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Committee debates mooring‑field expansion, transient vs. seasonal moorings and ecological safeguards
Summary
The Strategic Harbor Plan Committee reviewed potential mooring‑field sites and operational needs on Oct. 30, focusing on ecological constraints, transient versus seasonal mooring models, and sanitation and access logistics.
The Strategic Harbor Plan Committee and project team reviewed candidate mooring‑field locations in Norwalk Harbor, evaluated historical mooring patterns and overlaid bathymetry and shellfish‑lease maps to refine potential fields. Shay (project lead) said the team shifted many initial candidate sites outside commercial shellfish leases but noted large portions of the outer harbor remain natural shellfish habitat requiring bottom and biological surveys before final siting.
"Transients, if they stay on a hook for four days, you're not necessarily regulating them. You don't know whether they're pumping and dumping gray water or black water in the harbor," Shay said, framing part of the…
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