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RECORD HIGH.
RECORD HIGH.
(J-MO)
AND THAT COULD MEAN
BAD NEWS FOR RHODE
ISLAND...
AND THE FISH THAT VISIT
HERE.
(MM)
THE GREEN TEAM'S T-J
DEL SANTO WENT
SEARCHING FOR
ANSWERS TODAY...
AND JOINS FROM THE
MOBILE NEWSROOM WITH
WHAT HE'S LEARNED.
THE WATERS OFF BARRINGTON
BEACH WERE ONCE A HOT
SPOT FOR CATCHING WINTER
FLOUNDER...THAT HAS
CHANGED DUE IN PART TO
RISING WATER TEMPERATURES.
A REPORT FROM THE NATIONAL
OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC
ADMINISTRATION SHOWS
COASTAL WATERS AROUND THE
NORTHEASTERN UNITED
STATES ARE THE WARMEST
THEY'VE BEEN IN MORE THAN 60
YEARS.
WE SEE THE SAME THING IN
OUR OWN COASTAL
WATERS...IN OUR SURVEY OF
NARRAGANSETT BAY.
DOCTOR JEREMY COLLIE IS A
PROFESSOR OF
OCEANOGRAPHY AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND.
HE SAID
WATER TEMPERATURES WERE
VERY HIGH THIS YEAR BECAUSE
THEY STARTED OFF WARM
FOLLOWING A WARM WINTER.
THE WARM WATER HAS
AFFECTED THE FISH IN THE
BAY....NOT JUST THIS YEAR, BUT
FOR MANY YEARS NOW.
MANY OF THE FISH SPECIES
HERE AREN'T YEAR ROUND
RESIDENTS, THEY'RE
SEASONAL MIGRANTS.
COLLIE SAID THE WARMER
WATER AFFECTS THE TIMING OF
THE MIGRATIONS AND
SOMETIMES POPULATIONS
ALTOGETHER.
WE'D EXEPECT NARRAGANSETT
BAY TO BECOME A LITTLE BIT
MORE SIMILAR TO DELAWARE
BAY OR CHESAPEEKE BAY IN
THE FUTURE.
COLLIE SAID WE'VE SEEN A RISE
IN BLUE CRAB POPULATIONS
HERE, BUT A DECLINE IN
LOBSTER POPULATIONS...
THE BIG LOSER IS THE POSTER
FISH FOR NARRAGANSETT BAY
WHICH IS THE WINTER
FLOUNDER.
AND LOOKING FORWARD, A
WARMER BAY COULD BE THE
NORM.
I THINK THE CONDITIONS WE
EXPERIENCED THIS WINTER
WILL BECOME MORE
FREQUENT.
DOCTOR COLLIE SAID WHILE
THIS IS IMPORTANT, IT'S NOT
CAUSE FOR ALARM...JUST YET.
FOR THE GREEN TEAM, I'M TJD,
EWN.
(J-MO)
A FLORIDA MAN... HAD AN
UNLIKELY EXCUSE WHEN