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<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-size:22.0pt">FOUND A TAGGED LOBSTER? </span>
</b><span style="font-size:22.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><b><i><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:windowtext">If you find a lobster with a yellow t-bar tag marked with “AOLA” please contact:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:16.0pt">Heidi Henninger at 603-828-9342 or heidi@offshorelobster.org</span></i></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Atlantic Offshore Lobstermen’s Association (AOLA), working with the New Hamp-shire 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>
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<p class="Default"><i><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">What to report:</span></u></i><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">
</span></i><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">date, location, tag #,
</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">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 meas-ure <b>carapace length
</b>in millimeters, we would appreciate that information as well. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="Default"><i><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Rewards:</span></u></i><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">
</span></i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">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>
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<p class="Default"><b><i><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:windowtext">If you haul a tagged lobster,
<u>please release it</u> and contact: </span></i></b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><b><i><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:windowtext">Heidi Henninger 603-828-9342 or heidi@offshorelobster.org
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