article on the winter flouder population crash

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I'd argue that the bottom in most places is healthier than it was 30years ago...

Yet there were definately more bottom dwellers and fish in general in the bays and rivers 30 years ago, just ask the clam-man, he'd can attest to that..It was the years and years of pollution throughout time that slowly pushed em out...unfortunately, there really isn't anything pulling them back in. As far as the

global warming, local cycles or power plants

...that definately increased the decline in population. It's an ugly mess and even though water testing shows improvement, the sea-life just hasn't rebounded. I'm sure you have more statistics and would know better than I, I'm just talking about what I see first hand and hear from my locals. Is it getting better in one way and worse in another??...Only time will tell...