They (the RI DEM, perhaps in conjunction with a civilian outfit) keep pouring buckets of fingerlings in rivers hoping some will survive and return.
So far, not so good.
"There is no royal road to this heavy surf-fishing. With all the appliances for comfort experience can suggest, there is a certain amount of hard work to be done and exposure to be bourne as a part of the price of success." From "Striped Bass," Scribner's Magazine, 1881.