RI's AG Patrick Lynch has been on the right side of environmental issues as well as the ROW problems that have sprouted up - can you imagine, a government official actually doing The Right Thing.
And somewhere in there is an acceptable balance that can be struck that has minimal impact on the fish/larvae and efficiency at the plant.
Balance, Danielson, ya know, that wax on wax off %^#*
"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.