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    Talking Eelgrass
    Many North Atlantic fish spend an important part of their life cycles in coastal eelgrass habitat, and eelgrass is declining. Eelgrass is a native submerged aquatic plant found in shallow waters from Nova Scotia to North Carolina’s Outer Banks. In the northern areas this hearty plant spends part of each year under sea ice. It is not a true grass, but a flowering plant that evolved from terrestrial flora. With thin, streamlined leaves, and an extensive root system, it is uniquely adapted to thrive in ocean tides and swell. What it isn’t adapted to deal with is nutrient pollution, dredging, and other anthropogenic stressors that have our productive eelgrass meadow areas on the decline.
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    DELAWARE: US names Atlantic sturgeon to endangered species list
    WILMINGTON — The Delaware River's near-mythical Atlantic sturgeon won endangered species protection Tuesday, a move reflecting the big and long-lived bottom feeder's century-long slide from fishing industry mainstay to rarely seen victim of pollution, overfishing and habitat loss.
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    More dolphins wash ashore in New England
    BOSTON — Whether they got lost, sick or swam astray chasing food, 77 dolphins that beached on Cape Cod in recent weeks have died, the second time in three months New England has seen a mass of marine mammal deaths.

    Now, scientists are trying to figure out why.
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    Mark Sampson: New reefs are popping up all over
    The new fishing season might seem like a long way off but we're really only a couple months away from when folks will begin extracting fishing rods from attics and sheds, pulling winter tarps from their boats, and reviewing their charts, just to make extra sure they're set and ready for the fun times ahead. The natural optimism found in most anglers may foster aspirations for a new fishing season filled with beautiful weather and stringers full of big fish. But in these times when it seems fishermen are so often hampered by political, environmental, and economic issues, even the most optimistic angler can sometimes have trouble keeping a smile on their face when the winter news carries so many headlines of "doom and gloom." So it's always refreshing to hear some good news about positive developments within the fishing industry. On that note, let me reintroduce to you the Ocean City Reef Foundation and MARI.
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    Mattapoisett considers large-scale scallop restoration project
    MATTAPOISETT —The town is among eight seaside communities asked to participate in a state-funded project aimed at restoring bay scallops in areas impacted by the 2003 Bouchard barge oil spill in Buzzards Bay.
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33 Fishing Community Members Say Permit Bank, Giacalone are pluses for Gloucester

This permit bank is a true local treasure for our fishing community and related businesses. Its existence has been one of the only positive things to come to this fishing community in decades.