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	<description>As go the oceans, so goes the rest of the planet</description>
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		<title>Maui Dolphin Near Extinction! &#8211; ACTION Alert!</title>
		<link>http://www.protecttheocean.com/maui-dolphin-near-extinction-action-alert/</link>
		<comments>http://www.protecttheocean.com/maui-dolphin-near-extinction-action-alert/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 18:01:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Taylor</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[dolphin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[endangered]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[extinct]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hector's dolphin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maui's dolphin]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 2007, a combined WWF/university survey estimated that there were 110 of these friendly shore-dwelling dolphins left, all at the coast of New Zealand.  Now in 2012, there are less than 80... and three have been killed in as many weeks, drowned after becoming caught in illegal recreational fishing nets.  Called Set or Gill nets, they have been claiming the lives of Maui's and Hector's dolphins for years.  The government of New Zealand has laws against the use of such nets, but the laws are nearly never enforced.  If this trend continues, there will not be enough Maui's dolphins left for a sustainable genetic gene pool by this time next year.  The Maui's dolphin is going extinct, literally right before our very eyes!]]></description>
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		<title>A Human Issue</title>
		<link>http://www.protecttheocean.com/a-human-issue/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2012 18:03:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Taylor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Activism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Editorial]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[artic waters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cetaceans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[denmark]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dolphin and Whale Killing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[faroe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[faroe islands]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[global pollution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iceland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Japan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Norway]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pollution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[whales]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The killing of dolphins and whales is not a matter of national sovereignty, any more than human rights are a state-by-state issue.  This is a HUMAN behavior; humans are doing these killings, so it is up to we humans to police ourselves, regardless of what nationality those humans may give themselves.]]></description>
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		<title>Where Have All The Whalers Gone?</title>
		<link>http://www.protecttheocean.com/where-have-all-the-whalers-gone/</link>
		<comments>http://www.protecttheocean.com/where-have-all-the-whalers-gone/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Dec 2011 16:46:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Taylor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Editorial]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marine Preservation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sea Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canada]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[faroe islands]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[greenland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iceland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indonesia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IWC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Japan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Moratorium]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Norway]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Russia]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Whaling]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.protecttheocean.com/?p=1213</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Seriously. As late as the 1970&#8242;s, Australia and the United States were amongst the whaling nations. After even the International Whaling Commission (IWC), which is a pro-whaling organization, called for a moratorium on killing whales, nearly all nations stopped the activity. Why? What changed? We became to clever, too capable of killing. Where once it... <a href="http://www.protecttheocean.com/where-have-all-the-whalers-gone/"> [Continue Reading]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Oh Impotent We!</title>
		<link>http://www.protecttheocean.com/oh-impotent-we/</link>
		<comments>http://www.protecttheocean.com/oh-impotent-we/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 16:45:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Taylor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Editorial]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Protect The Ocean began writing about (and campaigning against) the use of Corexit within 2 days of BP&#8217;s use of it.  Corexit is the real culprit, you see, far more deadly than the oil itself, and the plot far more nefarious than most expect.  The use of Corexit was calculated, both in advance (as their... <a href="http://www.protecttheocean.com/oh-impotent-we/"> [Continue Reading]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Contract For The Ady Gil</title>
		<link>http://www.protecttheocean.com/the-contract-for-the-ady-gil/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 22:35:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Taylor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ady Gil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[contract]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paul Watson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pete Bethune]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sea Shepherd Conservation Society]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.protecttheocean.com/?p=1175</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[PREFACE: Protect The Ocean is about the ocean and its inhabitants, the ways we affect them, and the ways in which their well-being affects us all.  That&#8217;s our purpose and focus. The enmity between Pete Bethune and Paul Watson, founder of Sea Shepherd Conservation Society (SSCS) has simply gone on too long, and there are... <a href="http://www.protecttheocean.com/the-contract-for-the-ady-gil/"> [Continue Reading]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>PRESS RELEASE: Crew Seats Available on Gyres Research Vessel</title>
		<link>http://www.protecttheocean.com/press-release-crew-seats-available-on-gyres-research-vessel/</link>
		<comments>http://www.protecttheocean.com/press-release-crew-seats-available-on-gyres-research-vessel/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 22:37:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Taylor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[5 Gyres]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Algalita]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Captain Charles Moore]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Flotsam]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Japan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marcus Eriksen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marieta Francis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pangea Exploration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[plastic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sea Dragon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tsunami debris]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Crew Seats Available on Research Voyage to Investigate Plastic Pollution and Debris from 2011 Japan Earthquake and Tsunami  LOS ANGELES, Calif., Oct. 5, 2011—Scientists, educators and eco-adventurers are being offered the unprecedented opportunity to join a research expedition through the North Pacific Ocean littered with debris generated by the Japan tsunami of March 11, 2011. Rarely is... <a href="http://www.protecttheocean.com/press-release-crew-seats-available-on-gyres-research-vessel/"> [Continue Reading]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Call To End Use of FADs! Tuna Whistleblower Shows All!</title>
		<link>http://www.protecttheocean.com/end-use-of-fads-tuna-whistleblower-shows-all/</link>
		<comments>http://www.protecttheocean.com/end-use-of-fads-tuna-whistleblower-shows-all/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 20:42:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Taylor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Editorial]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marine Preservation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dolphin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FAD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fish Aggregation Device]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greenpeace]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[illegal fishing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[manta ray]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marlin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pinger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[purse nets]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[turtle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[whale]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Greenpeace provides this video footage from a commercial tuna operation&#8217;s helicopter pilot, calling it &#8220;The Video the Global Tuna Industry Doesn’t Want You To See.&#8221; (WARNING: The video shows violence!) Just when you thought it couldn&#8217;t get any worse than the Faroe Islands, Pacific tuna hunt companies up the stakes. &#160; Using Fish Aggregation Devices... <a href="http://www.protecttheocean.com/end-use-of-fads-tuna-whistleblower-shows-all/"> [Continue Reading]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Colorado Ocean Coalition Symposium a Rousing Success!</title>
		<link>http://www.protecttheocean.com/colorado-ocean-coalition-symposium-a-rousing-success/</link>
		<comments>http://www.protecttheocean.com/colorado-ocean-coalition-symposium-a-rousing-success/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 04:22:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Taylor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Water Quality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[5 Gyres Institute]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Billy Causey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Colorado Ocean Coalition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dan Basta]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Helvarg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Louie Psihoyos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Matt Lppe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nicki Goldstein]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Samantha Stevenson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sylvia Earle]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.protecttheocean.com/?p=1110</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[From the opening through to closing for the night, and every moment in between, the Colorado Ocean Coalition&#8217;s 1st anniversary Symposium was a rousing success!  Today&#8217;s event started out with remarks by Vicki Nichols Goldstein.  When Vicki introduced Dr. Sylvia Earle, the crowd greeted her with an enthusiastic and well-deserved standing ovation, and that set... <a href="http://www.protecttheocean.com/colorado-ocean-coalition-symposium-a-rousing-success/"> [Continue Reading]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Dr. Sylvia Earle, Louie Psihoyos &amp; Many More at Colorado Ocean Coalition Symposium</title>
		<link>http://www.protecttheocean.com/dr-sylvia-earle-louie-psihoyos-many-more-at-colorado-ocean-coalition-symposium/</link>
		<comments>http://www.protecttheocean.com/dr-sylvia-earle-louie-psihoyos-many-more-at-colorado-ocean-coalition-symposium/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Nov 2011 18:56:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Taylor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Activism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marine Preservation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[5 Gyres]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Colorado Ocean Coalition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dan Basta]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Helvarg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jim Toomey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Louie Psihoyos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sylvia Earle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vicki Goldstein]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re anywhere near Denver or Boulder, Colorado, this is one you won&#8217;t want to miss!  The Colorado Ocean Coalition is celebrating their first anniversary with an unparalleled ocean symposium. Tomorrow, November 13, 2011, beginning shortly after noon at the Boulder Public Library, the Colorado Ocean Coalition is sponsoring an amazing list of guest speakers... <a href="http://www.protecttheocean.com/dr-sylvia-earle-louie-psihoyos-many-more-at-colorado-ocean-coalition-symposium/"> [Continue Reading]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>SeaWorld In Court</title>
		<link>http://www.protecttheocean.com/seaworld-in-court/</link>
		<comments>http://www.protecttheocean.com/seaworld-in-court/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2011 14:57:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Taylor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cetacean]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[court]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dawn Brancheau]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dolphin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[orca]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OSHA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[seaworld]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tilikum]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The facts tell a different story.   Dawn was just one of at least two trainers killed last year.  Across the Atlantic at a Canary Island facility that SeaWorld is involved with (and has orcas at) a man was killed within weeks of the incident.   And that doesn't begin to account for all of the orcas' lives lost to the captivity that SeaWorld tries to justify under the inaccurate claim of Education.  Truth is, orcas seldom live to even half of their normal, expected lifespans in SeaWorld tanks.  Fact is, many die within a year of being captured, and even those born in captivity see a very small fraction of the years they'd have in the wild.  SeaWorld's propaganda machine tries to paint a different picture, and their lawyers are trying to get the facts suppressed.  Why?  Because if the full truth were known, they'd be shut down and never allowed to reopen again.]]></description>
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