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Phone: (508)548-1400<br>

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<b><a href="http://www.whoi.edu/oceanus/viewArticle.do?id=14088&sectionid=1021">A Modest Proposal to Sustain Lobsters and Lobstermen</a></b><br>

<span class=main_lightblue>Relax minimum legal size requirements, but reduce number of traps. <a href="http://www.whoi.edu/oceanus/viewArticle.do?id=14088&sectionid=1021">Visit WHOI's <i>Oceanus</i> magazine to learn more</a>&nbsp;</span><a href="http://www.whoi.edu/oceanus/viewArticle.do?id=14088&sectionid=1021"><img src=home/images/bluearrow_8.gif width=8 height=8 border=0></a><br clear=all>
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<b><a href="http://www.whoi.edu/oceanus/viewArticle.do?id=14448&sectionid=1021">Voyage Takes a Census of Life in the Sea</a></b><br>

<span class=main_lightblue>Scientists net a wealth of tiny marine animals, including species never seen before. <a href="http://www.whoi.edu/oceanus/viewArticle.do?id=14448&sectionid=1021">Visit WHOI's <i>Oceanus</i> magazine to learn more</a>&nbsp;</span><a href="http://www.whoi.edu/oceanus/viewArticle.do?id=14448&sectionid=1021"><img src=home/images/bluearrow_8.gif width=8 height=8 border=0></a><br clear=all>
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<span class=caption><font color=#ffffdd><i>Oceanus</i> Magazine</font></span><br>

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<span class=main_lightblue>A journey into the crater of an active volcano. <a href="http://www.whoi.edu/oceanus/viewArticle.do?id=13350&sectionid=1000">Visit WHOI's <i>Oceanus</i> magazine to learn more</a>&nbsp;</span><a href="http://www.whoi.edu/oceanus/viewArticle.do?id=13350&sectionid=1000"><img src=home/images/bluearrow_8.gif width=8 height=8 border=0></a><br clear=all>
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