Crew member lobster boat in the Gulf of St. Lawrence getting ready to set a spar buoy to mark lobster traps New Brunswick Canada

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2010 Spring Lobster first day at Escuminac Wharf near Miramichi, New Brunswick. 91 boats headed out a 6:00 into the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Atlantic Ocean. Each boat sets some 300 traps during the day. The season lasts two months.

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Photo credit: © Brian Atkinson / Alamy / Afripics
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