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News  DMF Publications: 2025 Q3 & Q4

1/01/2026
  • Division of Marine Fisheries

The following publications are recent articles written or co-written by DMF staff and published in scholarly journals or the DMF Technical Series. A full list of publications can be found at mass.gov/marine-fisheries-publications.  

Contributions 

  • 2024 Annual Report
  • TR-85: Chase, B.C. 2025. River Herring Spawning and Nursery Habitat Assessment, Weymouth-Back River Watershed, 2011-2012.
  • Vincent, R.V., J.M. Logan, J.J. Sheppard, M. Power, S. T. Hurley, and K. Bennett. In press. Nutrient transfer dynamics of anadromous alewives (Alosa pseudoharengus) in freshwater spawning and nursery habitats. Estuaries and Coasts. DMF Contribution 195. 
  • Winton, M.V., Novak, A.J., Migneco, V.L., Chisholm, J., and G.B. Skomal. 2025. Dusky sharks actively prey on gray seals. Environmental Biology of Fishes. doi.org/10.1007/s10641-025-01736-1. 

  • Weiss, M., Holland, A.R., D'Amato, A.W., Deegan, L.A., Farmer, W.H., Hoving, C., Karmalkar, A.V., Latzka, A., Magee, M., McIntyre, P.B., Morelli, T.L., Notaro, M., Olmstead, N., Palmer, R.N., Pau, N., Renfrew, R., Ribic, C.A., Sheppard, J., Staudinger, M.D., Zuckerberg, B., Bradley, B.A. (2025). Relationship-centered engagement bridges the divide between science and management, and enhances climate adaptation. BioScience, biaf087. doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biaf087. 

  • Division of Marine Fisheries 

    The Division of Marine Fisheries manages the state’s commercial and recreational saltwater fisheries and oversees other services that support the marine environment and fishing communities.
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