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Micah Kieffer implants tag in sturgeon captured in the Kennebec River

By Eastern Ecological Science Center
Man on a boat uses a scalpel to surgically implant radio tag in to the belly of a small sturgeon (approx. 18" long).
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USGS sturgeon biologist, Micah Kieffer, surgically implants telemetry tag in a juvenile sturgeon captured (and later released) during a survey in the Lower Kennebec River

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Public Domain.