Source: Kate Elizabeth Queram, WILMINGTON STAR-NEWS, 1/15/12

Just hours after the sun rose on a chilly morning in Wilmington, several dozen fishermen had set out on the Cape Fear River, preparing to cast their lures in a striped bass tournament that would reward them with nothing but bragging rights – and the knowledge they had helped researchers learn more about the beleaguered fish.

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