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            Baby lobster numbers spell trouble for

            shellfish population                                                                                                   DOCTOR ON DUTY

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            By PATRICK WHITTLE                                                                                                  Hospital 7:00 pm / 10:00pm
            Associated Press                                                                                                    Tel. 527 4000
            PORTLAND,     Maine   (AP)
            —  Baby  lobsters  are  con-                                                                                              San Nicolas
            tinuing  to  appear  in  high                                                                                        IMSAN 24 Hours
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            numbers  off  some  parts  of
            Canada while tailing off in                                                                                         Women in Difficulties
            New England, raising ques-                                                                                          PHARMACY ON DUTY
            tions about what the valu-                                                                                          Oranjestad:
            able  shellfish's  population                                                                                       Eagle Tel. 587 9011
            will look like in several years.                                                                                    San Nicolas:
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            University of Maine scientist                                                                                       Women in Difficulties
            Rick Wahle has document-                                                                                            OTHER
            ed  trends  in  baby  lobster                                                                                       Dental Clinic 587 9850
            density  for  years,  and  re-                                                                                      Blood Bank Aruba 587 0002
            leased  new  data  for  2018    In this May 9, 2016 file photo, a marine biologist holds a young                    Urgent Care 586 0448
            this  month.  The  new  data   lobster on Friendship Long Island, Maine.                                            Walk-In Doctor’s Clinic
            reinforce   recent   trends                                           Associated Press                              +297 588 0539
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            about  lobsters  that  show                                                                                         EMERGENCY
            upticks  off  sites  in  Atlantic  most  lucrative  fisheries  in
            Canada, such as some ar-     either country. Some scien-                                                            Police            100
            eas in Nova Scotia, Wahle  tists  have  said  the  shellfish                                                        Oranjestad        527 3140
                                                                                                                                                  527 3200
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            said.  Meanwhile,  the  Gulf  appear to be moving north                                                             Sta. Cruz         527 2900
            of  Maine  reported  below  as waters warm.                                                                         San  Nicolas      584 5000
            average numbers from Bar  “It’s as if this wave that has                                                            Police Tipline      11141
            Harbor  to  Cape  Cod,  he  crested in Maine is now in-                                                             Ambulancia        911
            said.                        creasing  in  Atlantic  Cana-                                                          Fire Dept.        115
            Young  lobsters  settle  into  da,” Wahle said.                                                                     Red Cross         582 2219
            the  ocean  bottom,  where  New  England’s  commer-                                                                 TAXI SERVICES
            they  take  shelter  as  they  cial  harvest  of  lobster  has                                                      Taxi Tas       587 5900
            grow.  Wahle  tracks  where  been  strong  in  recent                                                               Prof. Taxi     588 0035
            lobsters  are  settling  in  23  years,  but  it’s  dependent                                                       Taxi D.T.S.    587 2300
            areas  from  Rhode  Island  on  young  lobsters  grow-                                                              Taxi Serv. Aruba 583 3232
            to  Prince  Edward  Island,  ing to maturity. Some New                                                              A1 Taxi Serv.   280 2828
            Canada.  This  year's  data  England sites, such as those                                                           Women in Difficulties
            showed  high  totals  in  Ca-  off Rhode Island, show few                                                           TRAVEL INFO
            nadian  locations  such  as  baby lobsters at all.                                                                  Aruba Airport   524 2424
            St. Mary's Bay, Nova Scotia,  America’s lobster industry is                                                         American Airlines 582 2700
            and the southern Gulf of St.  based mostly in Maine, and                                                            Avianca       588 0059
            Lawrence,  but  low  num-    its haul of the crustaceans                                                            Jet Blue      588 2244
            bers in Maine fishing areas  has been high all decade.                                                              Surinam       582 7896
            such  as  the  Midcoast  re-  The  state’s  catch  peaked
            gion and Casco Bay.          at an all-time high of 132.6                                                           Women in Difficulties
            American  fishermen  com-    million in 2016 before falling                                                         CRUISES
            pete  with  Canada  for  the  to 111.9 million — still a his-
            same  species  of  lobster,  torically  high  number  —  in
            which  anchors  one  of  the  2017.q


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