Downstairs in the Emerald, the lounge hops with a see-and-be-seen crowd who congregate for pre-dinner craft cocktails and small plates (think fish tacos and duck spring rolls), then dancing and mingling in the later evening hours.

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Staffed with cool, young locals from the mainland, the casual al fresco restaurant welcomes hotel patrons as well as guests from the yachts and sailboats that moor just offshore and serves fresh fish, excellent pastas and plates of fresh anchovies drizzled in olive oil with crusty bread.

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Ms. Schory's paintings of flamingos, koi fish and butterflies appear on several items, including jigsaw puzzles, light switch plates and T-shirts.

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The illegal fish eventually end up in Chinatown, the Fulton Fish Market, various city mom-and-pop seafood stores and even on the plates of high-end Manhattan restaurants.

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