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Dredging for Beach Fill Can Impact Marine Habitat
- "The Chilmark selectmen have written to strongly oppose mining for sand in Vineyard Sound, which provides habitat for many species of fish and shellfish." "...winter flounder take 20 to 25 days to hatch, and that along with many other species, they feed on bottom-dwelling organisms. “It is their entire environment until they are almost a year old,” he said. “And it is the bottom of the food chain that starts right in that first six inches.”" - excerpts from article in Vineyard Gazette.
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