Copps Island Oysters employees offload oysters from Norwalk Harbor and Long Island Sound and ready them for market Thursday May 5, 2016, at the company's Norwalk, Conn. location. U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) visited Copps Island Oysters, a third-generation, family-owned farm located that harvests oysters, clams, and lobsters, on Thursday to learn firsthand about Connecticut's $30 million shellfish industry. Murphy also discussed his investment plan and learned firsthand from Copps Island Oysters owner Norm Bloom and Harbor Watch advocates about how reducing nitrogen levels and ocean acidity and improving the water quality of the Sound will help grow Connecticut's shellfish industry.