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</span><span style="line-height: 11pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); text-indent: 0px;">exposing</span><span style="line-height: 11pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: 1.2pt;"> </span><span style="line-height: 11pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); text-indent: 0px;">oysters</span><span style="line-height: 11pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: 0.65pt;"> </span><span style="line-height: 11pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); text-indent: 0px;">and</span><span style="line-height: 11pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: 0.95pt;"> </span><span style="line-height: 11pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); text-indent: 0px;">gear</span><span style="line-height: 11pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: 0.25pt;"> </span><span style="line-height: 11pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); text-indent: 0px;">to</span><span style="line-height: 11pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: 0.65pt;"> </span><span style="line-height: 11pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); text-indent: 0px;">help</span><span style="line-height: 11pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: 0.95pt;"> </span><span style="line-height: 11pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: -0.2pt;">r</span><span style="line-height: 11pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); text-indent: 0px;">educe</span><span style="line-height: 11pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: 1.4pt;"> </span><span style="line-height: 11pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); text-indent: 0px;">fouling.</span><span style="line-height: 11pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: 0.75pt;">
</span><span style="line-height: 11pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); text-indent: 0px;">Some floating</span><span style="line-height: 11pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: 0.4pt;"> </span><span style="line-height: 11pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); text-indent: 0px;">gear</span><span style="line-height: 11pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: 0.25pt;"> </span><span style="line-height: 11pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); text-indent: 0px;">types</span><span style="line-height: 11pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: 0.5pt;"> </span><span style="line-height: 11pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); text-indent: 0px;">can</span><span style="line-height: 11pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: 0.65pt;"> </span><span style="line-height: 11pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); text-indent: 0px;">also</span><span style="line-height: 11pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: 0.25pt;"> </span><span style="line-height: 11pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); text-indent: 0px;">be</span><span style="line-height: 11pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: 0.3pt;"> </span><span style="line-height: 11pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); text-indent: 0px;">subme</span><span style="line-height: 11pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: -0.3pt;">r</span><span style="line-height: 11pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); text-indent: 0px;">ged</span><span style="line-height: 11pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: 1.7pt;"> </span><span style="line-height: 11pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); text-indent: 0px;">to</span><span style="line-height: 11pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: 0.65pt;"> </span><span style="line-height: 11pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); text-indent: 0px;">the</span><span style="line-height: 11pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: 0.95pt;"> </span><span style="line-height: 11pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); text-indent: 0px;">bottom</span><span style="line-height: 11pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: 1.8pt;"> </span><span style="line-height: 11pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); text-indent: 0px;">in </span><span style="line-height: 11pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); text-indent: 0px;">anticipation</span><span style="line-height: 11pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: 2.45pt;"> </span><span style="line-height: 11pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); text-indent: 0px;">of</span><span style="line-height: 11pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"> </span><span style="line-height: 11pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); text-indent: 0px;">storm</span><span style="line-height: 11pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: 1.25pt;"> </span><span style="line-height: 11pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); text-indent: 0px;">events</span><span style="line-height: 11pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: 0.85pt;">
</span><span style="line-height: 11pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); text-indent: 0px;">or</span><span style="line-height: 11pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: 0.6pt;"> </span><span style="line-height: 11pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); text-indent: 0px;">winter</span><span style="line-height: 11pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: 1.4pt;"> </span><span style="line-height: 11pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); text-indent: 0px;">ice.</span><span style="line-height: 11pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: 0.1pt;"> </span><span style="line-height: 11pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); text-indent: 0px;">For</span><span style="line-height: 11pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: 0.8pt;"> </span><span style="line-height: 11pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); text-indent: 0px;">these</span><span style="line-height: 11pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: 0.9pt;"> </span><span style="line-height: 11pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: -0.2pt;">r</span><span style="line-height: 11pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); text-indent: 0px;">easons </span><span style="line-height: 11pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); text-indent: 0px;">oyster</span><span style="line-height: 11pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: 0.85pt;"> </span><span style="line-height: 11pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); text-indent: 0px;">g</span><span style="line-height: 11pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: -0.2pt;">r</span><span style="line-height: 11pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); text-indent: 0px;">owers</span><span style="line-height: 11pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: 0.75pt;"> </span><span style="line-height: 11pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); text-indent: 0px;">in</span><span style="line-height: 11pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: 0.65pt;"> </span><span style="line-height: 11pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); text-indent: 0px;">the</span><span style="line-height: 11pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: 0.95pt;"> </span><span style="line-height: 11pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: -0.2pt;">r</span><span style="line-height: 11pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); text-indent: 0px;">egion</span><span style="line-height: 11pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: 0.9pt;"> </span><span style="line-height: 11pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); text-indent: 0px;">became</span><span style="line-height: 11pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: 0.7pt;"> </span><span style="line-height: 11pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); text-indent: 0px;">inte</span><span style="line-height: 11pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: -0.2pt;">r</span><span style="line-height: 11pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); text-indent: 0px;">ested</span><span style="line-height: 11pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: 2pt;"> </span><span style="line-height: 11pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); text-indent: 0px;">in</span><span style="line-height: 11pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: 0.65pt;"> </span><span style="line-height: 11pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); text-indent: 0px;">this</span><span style="line-height: 11pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: 0.95pt;"> </span><span style="line-height: 11pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); text-indent: 0px;">type </span><span style="line-height: 11pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); text-indent: 0px;">of</span><span style="line-height: 11pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: 0.1pt;"> </span><span style="line-height: 11pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); text-indent: 0px;">gea</span><span style="line-height: 11pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: -0.7pt;">r</span><span style="line-height: 11pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); text-indent: 0px;">,</span><span style="line-height: 11pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: 0.35pt;"> </span><span style="line-height: 11pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); text-indent: 0px;">and</span><span style="line-height: 11pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: 0.95pt;"> </span><span style="line-height: 11pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); text-indent: 0px;">a</span><span style="line-height: 11pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: 0.1pt;"> </span><span style="line-height: 11pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); text-indent: 0px;">comparison</span><span style="line-height: 11pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: 1.95pt;">
</span><span style="line-height: 11pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); text-indent: 0px;">of</span><span style="line-height: 11pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"> </span><span style="line-height: 11pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); text-indent: 0px;">bottom</span><span style="line-height: 11pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: 1.8pt;"> </span><span style="line-height: 11pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); text-indent: 0px;">and</span><span style="line-height: 11pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: 0.95pt;"> </span><span style="line-height: 11pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); text-indent: 0px;">floating</span><span style="line-height: 11pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: 0.4pt;"> </span><span style="line-height: 11pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); text-indent: 0px;">gear</span><span style="line-height: 11pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: 0.25pt;"> </span><span style="line-height: 11pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); text-indent: 0px;">was
initiated</span><span style="line-height: 11pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: 1.75pt;"> </span><span style="line-height: 11pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); text-indent: 0px;">th</span><span style="line-height: 11pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: -0.2pt;">r</span><span style="line-height: 11pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); text-indent: 0px;">ough</span><span style="line-height: 11pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: 2.3pt;"> </span><span style="line-height: 11pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); text-indent: 0px;">the</span><span style="line-height: 11pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: 0.95pt;"> </span><span style="line-height: 11pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); text-indent: 0px;">Resea</span><span style="line-height: 11pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: -0.4pt;">r</span><span style="line-height: 11pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); text-indent: 0px;">ch</span><span style="line-height: 11pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: 0.4pt;"> </span><span style="line-height: 11pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); text-indent: 0px;">Farm</span><span style="line-height: 11pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: 0.95pt;"> </span><span style="line-height: 11pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); text-indent: 0px;">Network</span><span style="line-height: 11pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: 1.5pt;"> </span><span style="line-height: 11pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); text-indent: 0px;">(RFN). </span></div><div style="text-align: left; margin: 0.55pt -2.7pt 0.0001pt 5.1pt; text-indent: 0.2in; line-height: 11pt;"><span style="line-height: 11pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); text-indent: 0px;"><br></span></div><div style="text-align: left; margin: 0.55pt -2.7pt 0.0001pt 5.1pt; text-indent: 0.2in;"><span style="text-indent: 0px;"><font color="#231f20"><span style="line-height: 11pt;">This bulletin addresses the results of that study and several research questions posed during it.</span></font></span></div><div style="text-align: left; margin: 0.55pt -2.7pt 0.0001pt 5.1pt; text-indent: 0.2in;"><span style="text-indent: 0px;"><font color="#231f20"><span style="line-height: 11pt;"><br></span></font></span></div><div style="text-align: left; margin: 0.55pt -2.7pt 0.0001pt 5.1pt; text-indent: 0.2in;"><br></div><div style="text-align: left; margin: 0in 0.8pt 0.0001pt 5.1pt; line-height: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></div>
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