In this June 2007 file photo, a scientist releases a juvenile lobster while doing research on Orr’s Island in Harpswell. A University of Maine survey of 11 locations in the Gulf of Maine indicates the number of young lobsters has declined by more than half from their 2007 levels, a significant statistic, since lobsters typically take about eight years to reach the legal harvesting size.

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