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FILE - Fisherman Kassim Abdalla Zingizi holds a yellowfin tuna after a catch in Vanga, Kenya, on June 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga, File)

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The wireline drilling core barrel is visible from the underside of the Liftboat Robert platform, from the Gaspee, a crew transport vessel, in the North Atlantic, Saturday, July 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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The sun sets behind the Liftboat Robert platform, home of Expedition 501, in the North Atlantic, Saturday, July 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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Expedition 501 researchers, including Brandon Dugan, Expedition 501 co-chief scientist, carry cores to a cold storage container aboard the Liftboat Robert platform, in the North Atlantic, Sunday, July 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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Residual water gushes from the Expedition 501 wireline core drilling rig during an operation aboard the Liftboat Robert platform, in the North Atlantic, Sunday, July 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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Expedition 501 members look down from the Liftboat Robert platform, to the approaching Gaspee, a crew transport vessel, in the North Atlantic, Saturday, July 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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A supply container is lifted from the Gaspee, a crew transport vessel, to the Liftboat Robert platform during an Expedition 501 crew and supply transfer in the North Atlantic, Saturday, July 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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Expedition 501 members in a Billy Pugh basket are lowered from the Liftboat Robert platform to the Gaspee, a crew transport vessel, in the North Atlantic, Saturday, July 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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Expedition 501 researcher Alizé Longeau collects water samples from cores aboard the Liftboat Robert platform, in the North Atlantic, in the early morning hours, Sunday, July 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)