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Do Water Snakes Get Thirsty?
![boat ramp](https://ncseagrant.ncsu.edu/hooklinescience/wp-content/uploads/sites/14/2019/10/HLS-MRF-boat-ramp-Baker.jpg)
What Do They Spend Your Fishing License Fee On?
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What Kinds of Anglers Are the Best at What They Do?
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What Should We Do With a Fleet of Boats When It Wears Out?
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Discarding Greater Amberjack: Catch and Release or Catch and Decease?
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What Do Fish Fossils Reveal About Environmental Conditions in North Carolina’s Coastal Plain Several Million Years Ago?
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How Is Overfishing Affecting Southern Flounder?
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What’s Killing Weakfish?
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Is Data From Social Media Useful for Fisheries Science?
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