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Jamie Sewell of Warren prepares his boat for scallop diving off the coast of Cushing. Sewell has been diving for scallops and sea urchins for years in what has become a hard industry to earn a living in due to quotas and catch limits. Gabe Souza/Staff Photographer
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Jamie Sewell of Warren prepares his boat for scallop diving off the coast of Cushing. Sewell has been diving for scallops and sea urchins for years in what has become a hard industry to earn a living in due to quotas and catch limits.
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Jason Simmons of Waldoboro helps Sewell slip into his scuba diving suit aboard the Sophie Elizabeth. Sewell, who lost his right arm in a snowmobile accident, uses a prosthetic arm fitted with a part designed for kayaking to hold his netted bag and uses his left hand to fill the bag with scallops.
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Simmons rinses Sewell's hand with hot water that's nearly 180 degrees before Sewell slides his glove on for a dive.
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Sewell jumps into the chilly Atlantic off the coast of Cushing in search of scallops.
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Sewell scuba dives toward the bottom of his boat, the Sophie Elizabeth, to cut a rope that got caught in the propellor while he was diving for scallops off the coast of Cushing.
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Scallops picked off the ocean floor rest in a tray waiting to be cut.
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Simmons "cuts" a scallop, a process that is similar to shucking a clam, while tending the boat. Sewell is one of a handful of scuba divers who still scour the ocean floor for the desired ground feeders.
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Freshly "cut" and washed scallops are poured into a bucket.
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Sewell looks toward shore after a full day of scuba diving for scallops off the coast of Cushing.