Rhode Island saved the winter flounder once. Can we do it again?
Outside of fishermen and scientists, the fish s disappearance has gone unnoticed. Out of sight, out of mind.
Alex Kuffner, The Providence Journal
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9:44 am UTC Apr. 15, 2021
It’s a point of pride for the crew of the research vessel John H. Chafee that they continued working last spring as the coronavirus outbreak took hold, keeping the Department of Environmental Management survey going even as other studies were suspended.
The work can be mundane trawling the same mile-long stretches in 13 locations around Narragansett Bay every month and combing through endless catches of fish and it’s not always productive. The only thing in one memorable catch from Mount Hope Bay was an old boot, laughs Capt. Pat Brown.
RI fishermen could count on winter flounder until species collapsed
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Narragansett Bay is changing The winter flounder isn t coming back
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Danny McDaid (left) with Jerry Kiernan at the opening of the Danny McDaid Athletics Track in 2013. Photo: Brian McDaid.
Danny McDaid pays tribute to Jerry Kiernan Posted: 5:00 pm January 28, 2021
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By Ciaran O’Donnell
It was while he was heading home to New Mills from the family farm up on the hill last Thursday morning when Danny McDaid’s mobile phone rang. He pulled in to take the call from his brother. Frankie, who’s based in Dublin. It wasn’t good news. Jerry Kiernan had died in his sleep the night before. He was 67.
Danny had been talking to Paddy Marley, the Clonliffe Harriers AC President, the night before. The death of the hugely talented Hugo Duggan in December had knocked the pair for six and the passing of the Milford great dominated much of their conversation. Danny, Paddy, Hugo and Jerry were all members of the famous Clonliffe Harriers a couple of generations back. They were part of a close bunch who’d formed a long and la
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Another All-Ireland final beckons for Mayo and another Croke Park finale for Sean Rice to cast an eye over.
Now in his 83rd year, Rice still maintains a good recall of past events, that since 1951 have not been kind to the Green and Red when Sam Maguire is being handed out. A journalist with the Connacht Telegraph and Connacht Tribune for many years, Rice now writes a weekly column on GAA affairs for the Mayo News.
Through his fine penmanship, the love affair with Gaelic football still shines through.
Life began in a little place called Moneen, just outside Castlebar. There wasn t too much money around during the War years and to be honest with you, life was tough, Rice revealed when speaking to RTÉ Sport.