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    Corps team rescues white sturgeon at Chittenden Locks [Image 4 of 5]

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    A team of workers wearing hard hats, life vests, and gloves are measuring a large fish, likely a sturgeon, using a yellow measuring tape. The fish is contained in a blue inflatable boat or trough, with a burlap cloth covering part of it. This appears to be a fish monitoring or research operation, possibly conducted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers based on the hard hat insignia.

    SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES

    11.10.2016

    Photo by William Dowell 

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Headquarters

    Fish-rescue team members Rhonda Lucas and Sean McDuff measure a 6-foot-long white sturgeon rescued from the bottom of the Hiram M. Chittenden Locks during the annual maintenance pump out November 10. Each year, Corps natural resource staff, fish biologists, scientists and volunteers go on a fish-rescue mission when the locks are drained. To ensure Endangered Species Act listed fish are safe, the team must capture, haul them out of the 50-foot deep chamber and release them. The team doesn’t limit its efforts to ESA listed species and this year the rescue included an estimated 100-pound sturgeon. (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers photo)

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    Date Taken: 11.10.2016
    Date Posted: 02.24.2017 11:20
    Photo ID: 3186787
    VIRIN: 161110-A-DT641-004
    Resolution: 2424x3564
    Size: 4.18 MB
    Location: SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, US

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