Fishermen who attended a meeting Monday in Point Judith about upcoming groundfish stock assessments are unhappy with the data collection process for…
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Proposed Changes To National Monuments Draw Mixed Reactions From NE Fishermen, Environmentalists
U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke’s recommendation to keep all 27 national monuments that were under federal review is drawing mixed reactions…
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Hundreds Of Thousands Oppose Offshore Drilling In Atlantic Ocean
More than 370,000 members of a national environmental coalition have submitted comments opposing a proposal to drill for oil and gas off the East Coast.
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Fishery Regulators Traveling NE To Discuss Industry Concerns With Fishermen
Fishery regulators are meeting with commercial and recreational fishermen all around New England to talk about upcoming assessments of key fish stocks.
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TGIF: 20 Things To Know About Rhode Island Politics & Media
Your humble correspondent never expected to be in the Statehouse for a budget vote in August . Then again, Rhody politics is full of surprises, right?…
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RI And MA Lobstermen At Odds With Regulators Over Conservation Efforts
Some Rhode Island and Massachusetts lobstermen say they’re frustrated that interstate regulators rejected new catch limits at a meeting Tuesday. The…
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As Stock Declines, Lobster Fishing Restrictions Considered
The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission is considering new lobster fishing restrictions Tuesday. The measures would be an effort to slow the…
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RI Audubon Society Records Nearly 300 Young Ospreys; Largest Number In 40 Years
A recent report from Audubon Society of Rhode Island, a wildlife conservation organization, recorded the highest number of osprey fledglings throughout…
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RI To Improve Boating Infrastructure With $200K In Grants
The Ocean State is slated to receive $200,000 in federal funding to improve its boating infrastructure.
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New England Regulators Consider Electronic Monitoring Of Fish
A subset of the New England Fishery Management Council is taking the summer to consider new methods for tracking groundfish in the region like cod,…
