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Rebuilding the Ladder
Alewife, a species of river herring native to Eastern North America, has been harvested at Maine’s Damariscotta Mills fish ladder since the early 1800s. Two hundred years later, the ladder […]
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The Real Alewives of Kennebec County
Alewife, a fish with a funny name, lives in the ocean and swims upstream to spawn in lakes along the east coast of North America. Historically, their vast populations fed […]
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Animal Spirits
Apple Podcasts | Spotify On the tiny Caribbean island of Dominica, a remote beach serves as an ideal place for sea turtles to lay their eggs. The Dominica Sea Turtle […]
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Fear Is the Thing with Fins
Apple Podcasts | Google Play| Spotify | Stitcher | Radio Public After a shark scare when she was a teenager, Pat Gallant-Charette never liked wading past her waist. So when […]
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Turn Down for Whales
Apple Podcasts | Google Play| Spotify | Stitcher | Radio Public Researchers have found that ocean noise is a big problem for underwater life. Human activities like shipping, naval exercises, […]
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A Quarantine Aquarium
Apple Podcasts | Google Play| Spotify | Stitcher | Radio Public As the pandemic rages, we’re all staying home. That has cut many of us off from the places we […]
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Episode #7: The White Whale
Subscribe on Apple Podcasts | Subscribe for Android on Radio Public Michael Gorman looked up to his older brother Kevin. Kevin was smart, independent, rebellious. He became a commercial fisherman, […]
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Episode #6: Something Fishy, part 2
Subscribe on Apple Podcasts | Subscribe for Android on Radio Public Conservation-minded regulations have cut New England’s groundfish fleet in half. But have they improved the health of the ecosystem?
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Episode #5: Something Fishy, part 1
Subscribe on Apple Podcasts | Subscribe for Android on Radio Public Tim Rider loves to fish, and he does it well: the fish he catches bring top dollar at high-end […]
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Episode #4: The Business of Elvers
Subscribe on Apple Podcasts | Subscribe for Android on Radio Public Every spring, fishermen in Maine put out nets to catch baby eels – also known as elvers – as […]