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Hunting, fishing gets U.S. revival, even among kids

Bryan York displays a carp he shot out of the air with a bow and arrow during an expedition with Peoria Carp Hunters on the Illinois River in Peoria, Illinois on June 19, 2012. Federal data released in Sept. 2012 show more Americans are hunting and fishing, reversing a prior decline.

Will aid revive R.I. fishery?

A COD FISH lies on board the Emulate II fishing trawler.

Fishing Column: Fishing can be dangerous

What I love most about fishing is that you when you fish you never know what you might catch. Heck, here in Long Island Sound you may be fishing for striped bass and end up with a migrating bonito or an albacore.

Outdoors: Free event in Sturbridge helps battle kids and #8217; lack of outdoors love

The average family farmerand#8217;s age is 57. The predominant hair color of Land Trust members is gray. The average child spends far more time watching television than he does fishing, hunting or playing outside. That doesnand#8217;t bode well for the future. We need young blood down on our farms and outdoors.

Outdoors: Free event in Sturbridge helps battle kids and #8217; lack of outdoors love

The average family farmerand#8217;s age is 57. The predominant hair color of Land Trust members is gray. The average child spends far more time watching television than he does fishing, hunting or playing outside. That doesnand#8217;t bode well for the future. We need young blood down on our farms and outdoors.

Fishing fund hires ex-AG for probe

Former state Attorney General Scott Harshbarger is under contract to -- and has already begun an assessment of -- the "governance, policies and operations" of the Gloucester Fishing Community Preservation Fund, the locally-based nonprofit corporatio

Seafood catch at 17-year high

PORTLAND, Maine - The U.S. seafood catch reached a 17-year high last year, with all fishing regions of the country showing increases in both the volume and value of their harvests.

Seafood catch at 17-year high

PORTLAND, Maine - The U.S. seafood catch reached a 17-year high last year, with all fishing regions of the country showing increases in both the volume and value of their harvests.

U.S. seafood catch reaches 17-year high

PORTLAND, Maine - The U.S. seafood catch reached a 17-year high last year, with all fishing regions of the country showing increases in both the volume and value of their harvests.

Nation's seafood catch reaches 17-year high

PORTLAND, Maine -- The U.S. seafood catch reached a 17-year high last year, with all fishing regions of the country showing increases in both the volume and value of their harvests.
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