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		<title>IWC Discusses Whaling Future</title>
		<link>http://marinesciencetoday.com/2010/06/22/iwc-discusses-whaling-future/</link>
		<comments>http://marinesciencetoday.com/2010/06/22/iwc-discusses-whaling-future/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 17:56:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Celia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AMCS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Marine Conservation Society]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ban on whaling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Darren Kyndlesides]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International Whaling Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IWC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nicolas Entrup]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[whaling moratorium]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This week, the International Whaling Commission (IWC) opened its 62nd Annual Meeting in Agadir, Morocco, and will vote on the future of the whaling moratorium.]]></description>
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		<title>Miami&#8217;s Rosenstiel School Launches Oil Spill Info Web Page</title>
		<link>http://marinesciencetoday.com/2010/05/27/miamis-rosenstiel-school-launches-oil-spill-info-web-page/</link>
		<comments>http://marinesciencetoday.com/2010/05/27/miamis-rosenstiel-school-launches-oil-spill-info-web-page/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 19:21:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Marine Biology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Physical Oceanography]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BP oil spill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Deepwater Horizon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environmental disasters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gulf of Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gulf of Mexico oil exploitation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gulf oil spill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marine education websites]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marine life in oil spill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[oil pollution]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[University of Miami]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine &#38; Atmospheric Science  has launched a new “Oil Spill” web page http://www.rsmas.miami.edu/oil-spill/ designed to share the science being conducted at the Rosenstiel School that is relevant to the issues emerging from the incident on the Deepwater Horizon oil platform. Designed for use by teachers, students and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Indian Ocean Now Home to World&#8217;s Largest Marine Reserve</title>
		<link>http://marinesciencetoday.com/2010/04/22/indian-ocean-now-home-to-worlds-largest-marine-reserve/</link>
		<comments>http://marinesciencetoday.com/2010/04/22/indian-ocean-now-home-to-worlds-largest-marine-reserve/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 20:49:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emily</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Marine Biology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Physical Oceanography]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[archipelago]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chagos Conservation Trust]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chagos Islands]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[indian ocean]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[world's largest marine reserve]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ Just recently the United Kingdom established the world&#8217;s largest marine reserve.  The reserve is a 210,000 square mile area (545,000 square kilometers) in the Indian Ocean encompassing the Chagos Islands.  British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said that this reserve &#8220;doubles the global coverage of the world&#8217;s oceans under protection,&#8221; and says that its creation is &#8220;a major step [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Endangered Killer Whales Eat Only One Kind of Salmon</title>
		<link>http://marinesciencetoday.com/2010/04/08/endangered-killer-whales-only-eat-only-one-kind-of-salmon/</link>
		<comments>http://marinesciencetoday.com/2010/04/08/endangered-killer-whales-only-eat-only-one-kind-of-salmon/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 20:16:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emily</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Marine Biology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canada's Species at Risk Act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chinook]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chinook salmon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fraser river]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NOAA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pacific Ocean]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[souther resident killer whales]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[U.S. Endangered Species Act]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In a report released on March 15, NOAA announced that new advances in genetic testing have allowed scientists to determine the origin of the Chinook salmon that are consumed by a group of endangered killer whales in the inland waters of Washington and British Columbia.  This group of killer whales, known to scientists as the Southern Resident [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NOAA Tracking Program Verifies Truth of &#8220;Dolphin-Safe&#8221; Label</title>
		<link>http://marinesciencetoday.com/2010/03/16/noaa-tracking-program-verifies-truth-of-dolphin-safe-label/</link>
		<comments>http://marinesciencetoday.com/2010/03/16/noaa-tracking-program-verifies-truth-of-dolphin-safe-label/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:03:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emily</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Marine Biology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bill Jacobson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dolphin Protection Consumer Information Act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dolphin-safe tuna]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Marine Fisheries Service]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NOAA Office of Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TTVP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tuna Tracking and Verification Program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tuna-dolphin issue]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve all seen the &#8220;dolphin-safe&#8221; labels on the tuna products we buy, but how do we know if that tuna was actually caught in a dolphin-safe way?  NOAA Fisheries Service&#8217;s Sustainable Fisheries Division operates the Tuna Tracking and Verification Program (TTVP) designed to determine the truthfulness of the &#8220;dolphin-safe&#8221; labels on tuna products.  This year, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. to Support Restrictions on Bluefin Tuna and Other Imperiled Species at CITES Conference</title>
		<link>http://marinesciencetoday.com/2010/03/15/u-s-to-support-restrictions-on-bluefin-tuna-and-other-imperiled-species-at-cites-conference/</link>
		<comments>http://marinesciencetoday.com/2010/03/15/u-s-to-support-restrictions-on-bluefin-tuna-and-other-imperiled-species-at-cites-conference/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:49:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emily</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bluefin tuna]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CITES]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ICCAT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Interior for Fish and Wildlife and Parks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[polar bears]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tom Strickland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[U.S. Department of the Interior]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://marinesciencetoday.com/?p=2853</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[According to the U.S. Department of the Interior, Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Fish and Wildlife and Parks Tom Strickland said the United States will support trade restrictions on bluefin tuna, polar bears, and imperiled corals and sharks among other proposals at the meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oregon No Longer Permits Driftnets</title>
		<link>http://marinesciencetoday.com/2009/12/29/oregon-no-longer-permits-driftnets/</link>
		<comments>http://marinesciencetoday.com/2009/12/29/oregon-no-longer-permits-driftnets/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 16:25:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Celia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bycatch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[driftnet fisheries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gillnet permits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gillnets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marine wildlife]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[swordfish fishing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A vote on December 11 decided that the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission will no longer issue commercial fishing permits for drift gillnet gear used to target swordfish and thresher sharks in waters off the Oregon coast.  These expansive driftnets are known to ensnare and drown dolphins, sea lions, endangered sea turtles and other animals.

This decision means that the State of Oregon will no longer provide necessary State permits to Oregon-based fishermen wishing to use this gear, effectively ending this indiscriminate fishery in Pacific waters off Oregon.

]]></description>
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		<title>Timor Sea Oil Spill Aftermath</title>
		<link>http://marinesciencetoday.com/2009/12/02/timor-sea-oil-spill-aftermath/</link>
		<comments>http://marinesciencetoday.com/2009/12/02/timor-sea-oil-spill-aftermath/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 16:53:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Celia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Marine Biology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AMSA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australia oil spill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Maritime Safety Authority]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dolphins in oil slick]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[environment pollution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marine life in oil spill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ocean pollution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[oil pullution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[oil spill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Timor Sea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Timor Sea oil spill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[West Atlas oil spill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[whales in oil slick]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[x Timor Sea oil spill]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Hundreds of fishermen and seaweed farmers are seeking compensation for their losses from West Atlas oil rig leak.]]></description>
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		<title>First High Seas Marine Protected Area in Antarctica</title>
		<link>http://marinesciencetoday.com/2009/11/30/first-high-seas-marine-protected-area-in-antarctica/</link>
		<comments>http://marinesciencetoday.com/2009/11/30/first-high-seas-marine-protected-area-in-antarctica/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:14:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Celia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Antarctica]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CCAMLR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Comission for the Conservation or Antarctic Marine Living Resources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[high seas marine protected area]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marine life migration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marine protected areas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MPA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[protected high seas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[protected waters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[South Ocean]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[South Orkney Islands]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[South Orkney Islands MPA]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://marinesciencetoday.com/?p=2763</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) approved the new high seas marine protected area south of the South Orkney Islands in the Antarctic Peninsula Region.  The Commission further agreed to a work plan to create networks of high seas MPAs across 11 other high priority areas in the Southern Ocean by 2012.]]></description>
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		<title>Legal Effort to Protect Endangered Blue Whale Underway</title>
		<link>http://marinesciencetoday.com/2009/11/23/legal-effort-to-protect-endangered-blue-whale-underway/</link>
		<comments>http://marinesciencetoday.com/2009/11/23/legal-effort-to-protect-endangered-blue-whale-underway/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:50:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Celia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Marine Biology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blue whale protection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Blue Whale Recovery Plan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blue whales]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Center for Biological Diversity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Endangered Species Act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environmental Defense Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Friends of the Earth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marine mammal ship strikes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marine mammals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Marine Fisheries Service]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pacific Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[x blue whale protection]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://marinesciencetoday.com/?p=2752</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The National Marine Fisheries Service, the agency charged with the stewardship of the U.S.'s living marine resources, may be sued for failure to implement the 1998 Blue Whale Recovery Plan. Friends of the Earth, Pacific Environment and the Center of Biological Diversity have joined the notice of intent to sue submitted by the Environmental Defense Center last week. ]]></description>
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