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Don’t move the fish.
That’s the message the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has for animal rescuers scrambling to rescue the wildlife stuck or trapped in what’s left of Mill Pond in Stony Brook.
“The fish remaining in the remnants of Mill Pond are an invasive carp species,” reads a statement from the department released to Greater Long Island. “These non-native fish may possess diseases harmful to native fish and should not be relocated to another waterbody for risk of damaging that ecosystem.”
The statement also stressed the the DEC is not overseeing or authorizing any transfer of fish. The pond, which emptied into the salt water of Stony Brook Harbor after Harbor Road collapsed during Monday morning’s powerful storm, is on private property, the DEC noted.
Rescuers in Stony Brook race to save animals trapped in pond mud
Thousands of fish, birds, turtles and other animals have died during and since the dam collapse. Animal rescue workers, including Brookhaven Town Supervisor Dan Panico, have helped save dozens of animals stuck in the thick mud and fish swimming in puddles.
In many social media posts, participants in the rescue effort have discussed having moved struggling fish survivors to more spacious nearby ponds.
Panico and Brookhaven Town’s press office had not replied to requests for comment, at the time of publication of this report.
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