Steve Cramer wrote: > > On Tue, 18 May 1999 rdiaz_at_ix.netcom.com wrote: > > > > The Hudson River paddle trip for a sushi late lunch at the Yaohan Plaza > > Japanese supermarket is on for this Sunday May 23rd. > > This sounds like a fun trip, but I gotta tell you, when I read the subject > line initially, my reaction was "Hudson River sushi?! Yuck!" Actually, the situation has drastically improved. Pollution levels have dropped so much that mollusks, known as ship worms, which cannot survive in polluted waters, have returned to New York harbor and are eating away at all our wooden piers. As for the fishing, The New York Times, Tuesday May 18th, Metro section page B5 has a photo of my tocayo (the Spanish term for someone with the same first name as you) Rafael Santos casting into the river at West 125th Street in Manhattan, which is just across from Yaohan Plaza the place where we are going. The NY Times caption says "The Hudson River, for years a forgotten waterway between more popular fishing areas on the Atlantic Ocean and the Great Lakes, is suddenly one of the hottest spots in the country, with the resurgence of striped bass." Earlier articles have talked about the clean bill of health for many type of fish caught in the River. I am certain that later that day Rafael was saying "Delicioso" and not "Yuck"!!! :-) ralph (nee rafael) diaz -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ralph Diaz . . . Folding Kayaker newsletter PO Box 0754, New York, NY 10024 Tel: 212-724-5069; E-mail: rdiaz_at_ix.netcom.com "Where's your sea kayak?"----"It's in the bag." ----------------------------------------------------------------------- *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue May 18 1999 - 20:05:19 PDT
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