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Shrimpers grace a St. Helena Sound sunset 45 miles south of Charleston, S.C. NOAA photo.
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Dr. Richard Wahle demonstrates a passive larval lobster collector developed with the assistance of fishermen and used for American Lobster Settlement Index data collection. UMaine Darling Marine Center photo.
Maine's Lobster Institute finds new director in researcher Richard Wahle
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