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Boston Harbor, once dirtiest, now clean, agency tells judge

BOSTON – In 1982, former Quincy city Solicitor William Golden took a run along Wollaston Beach and came across bits of raw sewage in the sand, prompting him to take action. Quincy soon sued the Metropolitan District Commission and other agencies over discharges of untreated waste from Nut Island, at the

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Fishing captains turn to digital tools to meet monitoring mandate

BOSTON – New England fishermen are starting to use digital cameras to document groundfish discards and prove they are fishing within established quotas, turning to technology for a method that may prove more cost effective than hiring human monitors. With support from the Gulf of Maine Research Institute, The Nature Conservancy

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Obama won’t name Cashes Ledge an undersea monument

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — White House officials said Friday that President Barack Obama is not considering an underwater mountain in the Gulf of Maine for designation as a national monument, a message welcomed by commercial fisherman but frustrating to environmentalists. Environmental groups want Obama to permanently protect Cashes Ledge, an underwater

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Baker questions Obama step toward marine monuments

BOSTON – Raising concerns about potential impacts on commercial fisheries, Gov. Charlie Baker is questioning President Barack Obama's step toward designating two areas off the Massachusetts coast as national marine monuments. The White House and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have signaled an intention to designate at least

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New England Aquarium experts concerned by sighting of invasive turtle

Written by Sylvia Lee Wingfield BOSTON (AP) — Two odd-looking Chinese soft-shelled marsh turtles raised for food in Asia have been seen south of Boston, and there's concern they could eventually threaten local ecosystems if they become established in New England.