A 47-foot Motor Life Boat crew from Coast Guard Station Southwest Harbor meets up with U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Escanaba and their small boat in order to commence Operation Blue Claw off the coast of Maine, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2016. The Coast Guard and Maine Marine Patrol partnered to conduct living marine resource boardings. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Curtis Bethea)