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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=Default><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Atlantic Offshore Lobstermen’s Association (AOLA), working with the New Hampshire Fish and Game, is tagging eggbearing, v-notched, and oversized lobsters on Georges Bank in 2015, in order to track migration and investigate growth rates. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Default><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=Default><i><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>What to report: </span></i><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>date, location, tag #, </span></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>lobster <b>sex</b>, whether the lobster had <b>eggs </b>or <b>v-notch </b>and whether you <b>kept or released </b>the animal. If you have a way to measure <b>carapace length </b>in millimeters, we would appreciate that information as well. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Default><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Rewards: </span></i><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>1st place- $500, 2nd place - $300, 3rd place $200. Each tag report will qualify as one entry into the raffle. Raffle winners will be drawn July 1, 2016. Planning underway for another raffle in 2017.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tw Cen MT","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tw Cen MT","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><i><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Tw Cen MT","sans-serif";color:black'>If you haul a tagged lobster, please release it and contact: </span></i></b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Tw Cen MT","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Tw Cen MT","sans-serif";color:black'>Heidi Henninger 603-828-9342 or heidi@offshorelobster.org</span></i></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>You are receiving this notice from the RIDEM, DFW, Marine Fisheries, rimarinefisheries listserve. <b><u>This is an automated message system; please do not reply to this email</u>.</b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>To <b>unsubscribe</b> from this mailing list, send an email to <</span><a href="mailto:rimarinefisheries-unsubscribe@listserve.ri.gov"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>rimarinefisheries-unsubscribe@listserve.ri.gov</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>If you need to get in contact with the owner of the list, (if you have trouble unsubscribing) send email to <</span><a href="mailto:owner-rimarinefisheries@listserve.ri.gov"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>owner-rimarinefisheries@listserve.ri.gov</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>