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OCEAN CITY, Md. -- All signs are pointing towards the end of the Ocean City Police Departments Seasonal Officer Program. Since 1910, the program has been a cornerstone of the

State regulators are ratcheting down the number of fish anglers can keep in some rivers, citing fears that the fish could be in trouble. State scientists disagree.

Things were different back in 2013. The alewife population, the primary prey of salmon, were dying off.

Ocean City Police Department officials say their latest class of several dozen seasonal recruits will be ready this summer, imbued with full police powers and a fraction of the training permanent officers receive — something no other police force in the country does.

Ocean City Police Department officials say their latest class of several dozen seasonal recruits will be ready this summer, imbued with full police powers and a fraction of the training permanent officers receive — something no other police force in the country does.

Credit Kelly House / Bridge Michigan Dana Serafin still hauls in 20,000-pound boatloads of whitefish to supply regional restaurants and markets, but in recent years, the Saginaw Bay fisherman has found it more difficult to fill his orders. Native whitefish, the main livelihood for Serafin and other Great Lakes commercial fishers, have been in decline for years amid changes to the food web, replaced in Serafin’s nets by healthier populations of walleye and lake trout that he’s not allowed to...

J. Carl Ganter / Circle of Blue Originally published on February 5, 2021 8:32 am Hope is waning for those who hoped to stick an ice shanty on Little Traverse Bay this winter.  The same goes for nearby Torch and Elk lakes, two large inland waters adjacent to the bay. At the height of Michigan winter, all three are so devoid of ice, fishing guide Jim Chamberlin said, “you could launch a boat out there.”  On the kettle lakes of Southeast Michigan, thin ice has law enforcement offic...

J. Carl Ganter / Circle of Blue Hope is waning for those who hoped to stick an ice shanty on Little Traverse Bay this winter.  The same goes for nearby Torch and Elk lakes, two large inland waters adjacent to the bay. At the height of Michigan winter, all three are so devoid of ice, fishing guide Jim Chamberlin said, “you could launch a boat out there.”  On the kettle lakes of Southeast Michigan, thin ice has law enforcement officials responding to an uptick in on-water emergencies...