You might have spent some of the summer fishing in the Hudson River. Officials and volunteers with the Cornell Cooperative Extension of Rockland County say fishing’s fine, but it’s best not to eat what you catch, at least not too much. On the July edition of The Storm Water Consortium show, Rockland County Conservation Corps. member Alicia Spencer said it’s not recommended but you can eat fish caught from the Hudson in limited quantities…
Corps. member Elena Finelli learned a lot for the Fish Advisory by talking to people she’d met during their research while they were fishing on various piers in the county…
Women under the age of 50 and children under 15 should not eat fish or crabs from the Hudson River from the Corinth Dam north of Saratoga Springs south to the New York City Battery. To learn more about CCE’s Fish Advisory find this news article on our website and click the link. The Storm Water Consortium show can be heard every second Thursday at 9:30 here on WRCR and WRCR.com.