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If you ordered a “market price” lobster at an East End restaurant this summer, there’s more than a decent chance that your crustacean took a somewhat circuitous route from the waters off Eastern Long Island to your plate.

A veteran dockworker who spoke to The Suffolk Times earlier this summer described a little-known peculiarity of the East End’s fresh seafood market: More than one third of what fishing boats catch travels to New York City — and often back again.

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