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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">The Friends of the </SPAN></B><?xml:namespace prefix =
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</SPAN></B><st1:PlaceType><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Museum</SPAN></B></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><B
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History<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"
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align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Presents<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Longfin
Inshore Squid in Nantucket Sound: Biology, Ecology and the
Fishery<o:p></o:p></SPAN></I></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">With Owen Nichols, director of the
Marine Fisheries Initiative at the </SPAN><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Provincetown</SPAN></st1:PlaceName><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> </SPAN><st1:PlaceType><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Center</SPAN></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> for Coastal Studies<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Tuesday, November 11, 2008 at
1:30<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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align=center><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Cape
Cod</SPAN></B></st1:PlaceName><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> </SPAN></B><st1:PlaceType><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Museum</SPAN></B></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> of Natural
History<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">869 Rte 6A, </SPAN></B><st1:place><st1:City><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Brewster</SPAN></B></st1:City><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">,
</SPAN></B><st1:State><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">MA</SPAN></B></st1:State><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">
</SPAN></B><st1:PostalCode><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">02631</SPAN></B></st1:PostalCode></st1:place><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">508-896-3867 x 133 <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>www.ccmnh.org<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 17,
2008<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Contact: Gayle Kenerson 508-385-2192 or <A
href="mailto:gck1@comcast.net">gck1@comcast.net</A> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Friends of CCMNH monthly meeting will
be held on<B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"> </B>Tuesday, November 11,
2008<B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"> </B>at 1:00pm, followed by the<B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"> </B>program<B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">, <o:p></o:p></B></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Longfin
Inshore Squid in Nantucket Sound: Biology, Ecology and the
Fishery<o:p></o:p></SPAN></I></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">With Owen Nichols, director of the
Marine Fisheries Initiative at the </SPAN><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Provincetown</SPAN></st1:PlaceName><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> </SPAN><st1:PlaceType><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Center</SPAN></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> for Coastal Studies<B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"> at 1:30.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></B><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Friends members/free, guests/$3<B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><o:p></o:p></B></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Owen
Nichols</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> will discuss the life history
and distributional ecology of longfin inshore squid <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">(Loligo pealeii)</I> with a particular focus
on the species’ occurrence in Nantucket Sound.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>History and present status of the squid
fishery will be discussed, as well as implications of environmental variations
on distribution and abundance of the species.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Nichols will conclude with a brief
summary of his current research, which is conducted in cooperation with local
fishermen.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Owen
Nichols</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> is a Ph.D. candidate at the
University of Massachusetts School of Marine Science and Technology, director of
the Marine Fisheries Initiative at the </SPAN><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Provincetown</SPAN></st1:PlaceName><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> </SPAN><st1:PlaceType><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Center</SPAN></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> for Coastal Studies and a former staff member of the
Museum’s Education Department (and alumnus of their kid’s
programs!)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV></BODY></HTML>