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'Ghost fish': Herring want to return to the Blackstone River. Why bringing them back isn't easy.
A plan to restore fish passage in the Blackstone River still faces obstacles over funding and questions over working with ...
How the Blackstone lost its river herring – and the plan to bring them back
When Slater Mill opened in 1793, it signaled the eventual demise of river herring and other migratory fish in the Blackstone ...
E&E News7d
Regulators walk back catch limits for Atlantic herring
The fish has sparked fiery regulatory battles, including in the Supreme Court case Loper Bright v. Raimondo, leading to the ...
The Providence Journal3d
Return of the river herring a key part of healing RI's Blackstone River - The Providence Journal
Annual commercial landings of river herring collapsed from 137 million pounds in 1969 to a historic low of 1.4 million pounds in 1997, according to the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission ...
Columbus Dispatch8d
River herring to return to Blackstone River under new proposal
But the herring can go no farther than the falls, the dividing line between the fresh waters of the Blackstone River above and the brackish, tidal waters of the Seekonk River below. The path ...
The Providence Journal8d
River herring to return to Blackstone River under new proposal - The Providence Journal
But the herring can go no farther than the falls, the dividing line between the fresh waters of the Blackstone River above and the brackish, tidal waters of the Seekonk River below. The path ...