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She Tags Fish on Every Charter She Runs. Here's How Captain Coral Aiello Makes Conservation Hands-On.
She Tags Fish on Every Charter She Runs. Here's How Captain Coral Aiello Makes Conservation Hands-On.
Ep 018: Fishing charter captains don't care about conservation, right? Wrong. Coral Aiello started working on her dad's charter boat as a 14-year-old mate. Sixteen years later, she's the captain and her dad works the deck. In this episode, Coral shares why she believes fishers care about the ocean more than most, how she brings fish tagging aboard her charters, and what her seat on the Rhode Island Marine Fisheries Council has taught her. Plus: warming waters, the "Professional Hooker" ...