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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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