Marine

Fishermen on the Front Lines of Climate Change

Fishing-Gear Entanglements a Drag on Right Whales

Proposal to Protect Deepwater Habitat Divides Room

Little Narragansett Bay Faces Same Big Threats

NEWPORT, R.I. — Cashes Ledge, a pristine marine habitat in the Gulf of Maine, will maintain its protected status, but large swaths of other habitat in New England waters are one step closer to losing protection from various types of fishing gear.

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Projects Underway to Restore 5,000 Acres of Shellfish Beds

EPA Changes Plan for New Bedford Harbor Cleanup

Concerns About Opening Protected Habitat to Fishing

Stormwater rushing off the many acres of impervious surface that covers much of the Narragansett Bay watershed sends bacteria, nutrients and other contaminants into the region’s signature resource. Beaches are closed, toxic algae blooms, and money is lost.

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Coconuts and Oysters Save Ocean State Marshes

Bay State Bans Maritime Discharges in State Waters

Cutting Down Marine Relics to Open Up Bay

WOODS HOLE, Mass. — The first scientific expedition using the Exosuit will investigate depths up to 1,000 feet — 10 times the conventional depth of scuba — to observe, image and collect bioluminescent organisms that may provide critical information in advancing the field of neuroscience and related biomedical imaging.

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Into the Abyss in the Name of Science

R.I. Ocean: Complex Frontier Demands Collaboration

Squids Hampered by Acidifying Oceans

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Recommendations Diminish New England Fishing Protections

Somehow Stormwater Runoff Needs to be Taxed

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