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New rules to better track saltwater catch

Federal regulators Wednesday corrected years of faulty data in unveiling a new system for estimating recreational saltwater fishing activity, but some fishermen weren't biting.

The changes, which follow years of angry skepticism from fishing boat captains and dockside anglers as limits tightened, seek to get a truer picture of fish populations.

The improvements "better reflect what is...

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