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	<description>Sharing the wonders of the ocean to inspire conservation, education, research, and a sea ethic...</description>
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		<title>Healthy Oceans Can Help Save Us From Climate Change</title>
		<link>http://marinebio.org/blog/?p=967</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:22:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[International coalition advances marine conservation as part of the solution to climate change
WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ &#8212; A large international coalition today urged the United States to support marine conservation options that will help mitigate climate change.
The &#8216;Blue Climate Coalition,&#8217; comprised of sixty-six conservation groups and interests and over 150 marine scientists and professionals, from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First high seas MPA in the Antarctic Region</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joni</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The first high seas Marine Protected Area (MPA) in the Antarctic region has been declared in an area south of the South Orkney Islands. The proposal was successfully pitched by the UK delegation to the meetings last week of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) in Tasmania. The South Orkneys [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seafood Choices Alliance &#8211; Seafood Summit 2010</title>
		<link>http://marinebio.org/blog/?p=947</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:56:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joni</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Seafood Summit 2010 &#8211; Challenging Assumptions in a Changing World
31 January &#8211; 2 February 2010
Paris, France
Seafood Summit brings together global representatives from the seafood industry and conservation community for in-depth discussions, presentations and networking with the goal of making the seafood marketplace environmentally, socially and economically sustainable.
While many industry events offer companies networking opportunities to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blue Carbon &#8211; The Role of Healthy Oceans in Binding Carbon</title>
		<link>http://marinebio.org/blog/?p=942</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:58:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oceans play a significant role in the global carbon cycle. Not only do they represent the largest long-term sink for carbon but they also store and redistribute CO2. Some 93% of the earth’s CO2 (40 Tt) is stored and cycled through the oceans.
The ocean’s vegetated habitats, in particular mangroves, salt marshes and seagrasses, cover &#60;0.5% [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fun new items in the MarineBio Gear Shop</title>
		<link>http://marinebio.org/blog/?p=936</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 03:59:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joni</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Marine Conservation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Like everyone else, we&#8217;re trying to find ways to stay afloat in this crazy economy. To help support MarineBio and to be the envy of all of your friends &#8211; check out the new items in the MarineBio gear shop: http://marinebio.org/shop/
You&#8217;ll find everything from apparel, our new 2010 calendar, stickers and cards, mugs, mousepads, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Biologist Saves Thousands Of Sea Turtles Over 20 Years</title>
		<link>http://marinebio.org/blog/?p=927</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 23:21:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Marine Conservation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Todd Steiner of Sea Turtle Restoration Project Has Ended Sea Turtle Slaughter, Closed Deadly Fisheries and Protected Nesting Beaches During Two Decades of Global Grassroots Organizing
20th Anniversary – Big Splash – Nov. 14 – Berkeley, CA
Biologist and ocean activist Todd Steiner of Sea Turtle Restoration Project (STRP) in Forest Knolls, CA, near San Francisco has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Two-spot Octopus Hunting at Night in Catalina</title>
		<link>http://marinebio.org/blog/?p=917</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 19:16:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Marine Life News]]></category>

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The Aquarium of the Pacific&#8217;s Director of Education and our Director of Cephalopods, Dr. James Wood, found two amazingly cooperative two-spot octopuses (Octopus bimaculoides) while looking in tidepools at night on Catalina Island off of Southern California. This video shows the octopuses hunting, cleaning, squeezing through a crevice, and more. See Dr. Wood&#8217;s site &#8220;The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>World&#8217;s first &#8220;shark sanctuary&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://marinebio.org/blog/?p=907</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 17:24:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Marine Conservation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Palau to create the world&#8217;s first &#8220;shark sanctuary&#8221;, banning all commercial shark fishing in its waters.
We couldn&#8217;t agree more and applaud President Toribiong&#8217;s efforts to protect the remaining sharks in our ocean. Hopefully other nations will follow suit. In 2006, French Polynesia decreed shark fishing, and therefore shark finning, illegal in its waters for all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force Interim Report for public review and comment</title>
		<link>http://marinebio.org/blog/?p=902</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 14:50:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Obama Administration Officials Release Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force Interim Report - September 17, 2009
WASHINGTON, DC – Obama Administration officials today released the Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force Interim Report for a 30-day public review and comment period. The Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force, led by White House Council on Environmental Quality Chair Nancy Sutley, consists [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Join OCEAN! The Online Community Environmental Action Network</title>
		<link>http://marinebio.org/blog/?p=888</link>
		<comments>http://marinebio.org/blog/?p=888#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 01:17:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joni</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Announcements]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marine Conservation]]></category>

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David Shiffman of &#8220;WhySharksMatter&#8221; recently unveiled the Online Community Environmental Action Network (OCEAN).
OCEAN is an organized method, utilizing all the resources of the internet, to spread the word about important environmental causes. Membership is free, and members will be asked to help promote certain blog posts, petitions, multimedia resources, and other conservation websites using a variety [...]]]></description>
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