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  • Area closed to fishing. Three fry (baby fish) hatch.
    Add 3 fish
  • Three fish are caught in a gill net set by Ms. Fisherman.
    Lose 3 fish
  • Mr. Fisherman checks his gill net often and frees the fish he is not going to keep to eat
    Lose no fish
  • A Bluefish closes in on a school of smaller fish
    Lose 3 fish
  • A new marina attracts 30 new boats to the estuary.
    Lose 2 fish
  • New fry (baby fish) swim into the estuary from the ocean.
    Add 6 fish
  • Something mysterious in the water kills fish.
    Each player loses 3 fish
  • A salt marsh is set aside as a nature reserve.
    Add 4 fish
  • A large algal bloom occurs. Bacteria feed on the algae and use up all of the oxygen in the water causing a fish kill.
    Lose all of your fish
  • Dolphins feed in the estuary.
    Lose 2 fish
  • The town establishes a buffer rule so no one can cut the vegetation (grass) within 20 feet of the water. The water is now cleaner.
    Add 3 fish
  • Someone builds a new dock across the salt marsh without a permit. Two fish are killed when pilings damaged their habitat.
    Lose 2 fish
  • “Clean Sweep” was held to collect debris in the watershed.
    No fish lost
  • A fish ate a piece of plastic packing material that was blown into the water.
    Lose 1 fish
  • The salt marsh is left undisturbed.
    Each player adds 4 fish
  • A vacationing family of 4 went fishing and each caught a fish. None were released.
    Lose 4 fish
  • All the roadway storm drains are funneled into a holding pond with lots of plants to absorb the runoff and chemicals.
    Add 4 fish
  • A shark ate 2 fish
    Lose 2 fish
  • A fisherman dropped a can of oil in the water.
    Lose 3 fish
  • A polluting factory closes. The water is now cleaner
    Add 4 fish
  • A pelican flies over. It eats 1 fish for dinner.
    Lose 1 fish
  • Mr. Farmer sprayed his corn crop for insects. When it rained the runoff ran into the estuary and killed 3 fish.
    Add 5 fish
  • No dredging is allowed in the estuary for harvesting clams or scallops. Fish habitat is healthy
    Add 5 fish
  • Mr. Farmer sprayed his corn crop for insects. When it rained the runoff ran into the estuary and killed 3 fish.
    Lose 3 fish
  • Jimmy threw his fish back when he was fishing. It was smaller than the legal limit.
    No fish lost
  • A motorboat speeds through the estuary but not in marked channels. The propellers drag bottom and destroy fish habitat.
    Lose 2 fish
  • The nursery has lost 3 fry (fish babies) because bulldozing a nearby road caused mud to wash into the water.
    Lose 3 fish
  • Ms. Farmer expanded her goat pen near the water. Extra algae grew in the water because of the runoff.
    Lose 2 fish
  • A red drum catches a fish for dinner.
    Lose 1 fish
  • Septic tanks near the water have not been pumped out in over 10 years and pollute the estuary.
    Lose 3 fish
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