Joe Boyle, left, and Mike Dirks inspect a snare sentinel after pulling it from the Gulf of Mexico near Grand Isle, La. Snares are used to search for the presence of subsurface oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill at depths of up to 15 feet near the shoreline.

First published in the September 16, 2010, 2:51 a.m. edition

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