As Local Ocean came to an end Tuesday with the foreclosure of its property on Route 9 in Greenport, new property owner Michael Spielman is keeping the hundreds of thousands of fish at the site for the time being.
Greenport Supervisor John Porreca said he spoke with Spielman on Wednesday, who indicated that he will continue to care for the fish while he tries to unload them while fielding inquiries by companies possibly interested in taking over the operation in some capacity.
Porreca said Spielman is trying to market the remaining fish for sale and may look to dispose of the saltwater from the production in the town’s sewage treatment plant. Porreca said he and the town’s superintendent of water and wastewater, John Mokszyski, are looking into the possibility of disposing the salt water into the plant without damaging the facility.
