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
Published
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.
The demise of winter flounder in Narragansett Bay: Who are the suspects?
The winter flounder has dozens of predators but is climate change the biggest threat to Narraganssett Bay s once most dominant fish?
Alex Kuffner, The Providence Journal
Published
11:21 am UTC Apr. 15, 2021
The winter flounder has dozens of predators but is climate change the biggest threat to Narraganssett Bay s once most dominant fish?
Alex Kuffner, The Providence Journal
Published
11:21 am UTC Apr. 15, 2021
Like plaice, sole, halibut and other species of flatfish, the winter flounder doesn’t look quite right compared with other creatures that follow the rules of symmetry.
It’s like a Looney Tunes version of a fish, one that got squashed by an anvil. Or something imagined by a Cubism-era Picasso.