The Stratford-based company says the layoffs, which total about 250 workers when accounting for out-of-state employees, account for about 2% of Sikorsky’s workforce.
Gov Lamont holds ceremonial bill signing to protect horseshoe crabs capeandislands.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from capeandislands.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Predating dinosaurs, the horseshoe crab has roamed the earth for 445 million years, surviving five mass extinctions and three ice ages, but overfishing and habitat loss pose the greatest challenge yet to the survival of Long Island Sound’s “living fossils.” A new state ban on horseshoe crab harvests aims to turn the keystone species’ declining numbers around. On Wednesday, state leaders and .
Connecticut bans horseshoe crab harvest courant.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from courant.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The new law puts in place a ban on horseshoe crab hand harvesting, which is the manual harvesting of crabs. The law takes effect on Oct. 1. Anyone caught violating the law will face a $25 fine for each crab they’ve harvested.