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The article focuses on the baffling die-off of endangered smalltooth sawfish in the Florida Keys, with scientists scrambling to investigate the cause as reports of other fish exhibiting unusual behavior emerge, sparking concerns about the health of the marine ecosystem.

IT was still dark Thursday morning when Kim Zatto, 46, arrived at a bait shop on City Island. The other customers wore flannel shirts and fish-slimy jeans, but Ms. Zatto [...]

The article offers information on the meeting on the transport of baitfish to be hosted by the New York Department of Environmental Conservation in Ray Brook, Adirondack Mountains on July 28, 2010.

To the Editor: It's not just ''Trouble in the Hudson'' that power plants cause as noted in your May 23 editorial. The billions of bait fish (anchovy and herring) killed by the power plants are unavailable to the migratory tunas and codfish that used to feed at the mouth of the estuary. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

MOST fishermen chase big fish, but Larry Seaman, a bait fisherman, hunts finger-size ones to sell to bait shops to sell to fishermen chasing big fish. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Bass were busting up the water 60 yards away, feeding on bait fish. A fisherman trolled toward the melee to throw his bait and see if they were tournament-ready bass. After he flipped his bait, there was no movement, and no bass. It happened again. The bass rustled the water on the shoreline, the fisherman threw his blueback herring, and the fish did not appear. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article reports on the death of four dolphins in the local bays located in the north of East Hampton, New York in January 2007. Attempts were made to drive the dolphins out to deeper waters in Gardiners Bay and the ocean. But the attempts did not reach fruition. The dolphins were lured to the local bays because of warm water and baitfish.

Reports on the decision of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission to impose the first mandatory cap on catching menhaden, the most numerous baitfish in Chesapeake Bay.