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Featured News Story

On the Search for Winter Flounder

“There is not a one-size-fits-all answer to this idea of when and where winter flounder are using these estuaries. I think (environmental DNA) is going to be a tool that ultimately will allow us to have a lot more nuances in where and when we apply the time of year restrictions,” — John Logan, biologist with Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries.

Time of year restrictions have made an already difficult dredging schedule more problematic, resulting in increasing shoaling of harbors and inlets.