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		<title>Voices of the Future</title>
		<link>http://earthocean.tv/blog/voices-of-the-future/</link>
		<comments>http://earthocean.tv/blog/voices-of-the-future/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 22:07:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Johnson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA["Expedition Vaquita"]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chris Johnson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[compensation schemes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conservation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[conservation groups]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[conservation issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[education programs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[El Golfo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fishing gear]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gulf of California]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[livelihood projects]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[miguel reyes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[San Felipe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[School]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Students]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Whale Trackers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[While in El Golfo, I visited the local high school to show video and photos to students of vaquita that I filmed only a few days earlier. Unbelievably, it was the first time anyone had visited them and their school to talk about the vaquita.]]></description>
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		<title>A Fisherman&#8217;s Perspective</title>
		<link>http://earthocean.tv/blog/a-fishermans-perspective/</link>
		<comments>http://earthocean.tv/blog/a-fishermans-perspective/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 21:39:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Johnson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA["Expedition Vaquita"]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alternative lifestyles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[artisanal fishers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cetacean]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic consequences]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[El Golfo de Santa Clara]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fishermen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fishermen Perspective]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gillnets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[government funds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[government plan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gulf of California]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mexicali]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NACAP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pangas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Porpoise]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shrimp trawlers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tiburones]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vaquita]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vaquita Marina]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[For the past year, Miguel Reyes Franco has been taking part in the alternative gear experiments in the region. He gives us an insight into the issues surrounding Vaquita conservation from a fishermen’s perspective.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Behind the Buyout</title>
		<link>http://earthocean.tv/blog/behind-the-buyout/</link>
		<comments>http://earthocean.tv/blog/behind-the-buyout/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:09:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Johnson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[buyout plan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Catalina Lopez]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chris Johnson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conservation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[conservation groups]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fisheries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fishermen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fishing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gillnets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gulf of California]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marine Conservation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NACAP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[non governmental organization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Noroeste Sustentable]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NOS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ocean garden]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rent-out]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Search for the Desert Porpoise]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vaquita]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Whale Trackers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.whaletrackers.com/?p=1882</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Today I joined Catalina Lopez Sagástegui of Noroeste Sustentable (NOS). Their mission is to “construct and implement a long term vision for the region’s sustainable development through a political and social agreement”.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>A Voice for Vaquita</title>
		<link>http://earthocean.tv/blog/a-voice-for-vaquita/</link>
		<comments>http://earthocean.tv/blog/a-voice-for-vaquita/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Nov 2008 19:11:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Johnson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CEC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chris Johnson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conservation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interview]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lorenzo Rojas Bracho]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marine mammals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NACAP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Porpoise]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Science]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vaquita]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Lorenzo Rojas Bracho has been the 'voice for vaquita' for many years.  He is redefining what a ‘scientist’ is in an era full of critical conservation issues for marine mammals.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Trouble with Krill</title>
		<link>http://earthocean.tv/blog/the-trouble-with-krill/</link>
		<comments>http://earthocean.tv/blog/the-trouble-with-krill/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 02:20:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Genevieve Johnson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Genevieve Johnson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Krill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marine Conservation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.whaletrackers.com/?p=1840</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[While we often overlook the smaller life forms in favor of their cuter, more charismatic counterparts, the impact of increasing levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere on less visible species could have enormous ramifications.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>An Encounter with a Killer Whale Calf</title>
		<link>http://earthocean.tv/blog/killer-whale/</link>
		<comments>http://earthocean.tv/blog/killer-whale/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 04:45:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Johnson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[barb taylor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob Pitman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cetacean]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chris Johnson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dolphin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gulf of California]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hundreds of miles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Killer Whale]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[killer whale calf]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mammal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marine ecosystem]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NOAA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[robert pitman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stranding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Todd Pussman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Toothed Whale]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vaquita]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Whale]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Whale Trackers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[young animal]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.whaletrackers.com/?p=1664</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Scientist Barb Taylor asked me to join a team from the RV David Starr Jordan to document what was happening 5 miles away. Bob Pitman sighted a marine mammal on the “big-eyes” moving erratically.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Joining the Jordan</title>
		<link>http://earthocean.tv/blog/joining-the-jordan/</link>
		<comments>http://earthocean.tv/blog/joining-the-jordan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 04:27:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Johnson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA["Expedition Vaquita"]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Starr Jordan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NOAA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[robert pitman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vaquita]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.whaletrackers.com/?p=1659</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Windy days have dominated the past week and a half here in the northern Gulf of California frustrating researchers, local fishermen and even myself, the lone filmmaker trying to document “the story”.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Search Begins</title>
		<link>http://earthocean.tv/blog/the-search-begins/</link>
		<comments>http://earthocean.tv/blog/the-search-begins/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 02:47:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Johnson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA["Expedition Vaquita"]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cetacean species]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chris Johnson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[desert]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[human footprint]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[human pressures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[international ngos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marine mammal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[national oceanic and atmospheric administration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NOAA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paula Olson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[research expedition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[robert pitman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sea of Cortez]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Search for the Vaquita]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tom Jefferson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vaquita]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.whaletrackers.com/?p=1362</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Today is the beginning of my journey to search for and document the vaquita – the world’s smallest and most endangered cetacean (whale, dolphin or porpoise).]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Chile Creates Whale Sanctuary</title>
		<link>http://earthocean.tv/blog/chile-creates-whale-sanctuary/</link>
		<comments>http://earthocean.tv/blog/chile-creates-whale-sanctuary/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2008 03:04:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Genevieve Johnson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CCC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chile]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conservation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IWC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marine Conservation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Whale Santuary]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Good news about the marine environment seems to be an increasingly rare occurrence these days. However, there was only celebration in Chile yesterday after a Government announcement declaring Chilean waters a Whale Sanctuary.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Is Mexico Ready to Save the Vaquita?</title>
		<link>http://earthocean.tv/blog/mexico-vaquita/</link>
		<comments>http://earthocean.tv/blog/mexico-vaquita/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 08:46:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Genevieve Johnson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Baiji]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Extinction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vaquita]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.earthocean.tv/?p=739</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The race to save the vaquita, a tiny porpoise living in the northern Gulf of California, began in earnest this week with the launch of an international campaign in Ensenada, Mexico.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>It’s All in the Genes – Have Humpbacks Really Recovered?</title>
		<link>http://earthocean.tv/blog/its-all-in-the-genes/</link>
		<comments>http://earthocean.tv/blog/its-all-in-the-genes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 02:31:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Genevieve Johnson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Extinction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[humpback whales]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[international whaling commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IUCN]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marine ecologists]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steve Palumbi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[whaling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[world conservation union]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.earthocean.tv/?p=713</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I was concerned to read today that the World Conservation Union (IUCN) has downgraded the status of the majority of the world’s humpback whale populations.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Our Propensity for Inaction</title>
		<link>http://earthocean.tv/blog/our-propensity-for-inaction/</link>
		<comments>http://earthocean.tv/blog/our-propensity-for-inaction/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 01:49:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Genevieve Johnson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Commentary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Genevieve Johnson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Science Communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Whale Trackers Blog]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.earthocean.tv/?p=157</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The problem with science has always been its poor track record in wide distribution among the community. Marine science is no exception.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Fish Dead Zones</title>
		<link>http://earthocean.tv/blog/fish-dead-zones/</link>
		<comments>http://earthocean.tv/blog/fish-dead-zones/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 05:30:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Genevieve Johnson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dead Zones]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fish]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fisheries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ocean]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.earthocean.tv/?p=25</guid>
		<description><![CDATA["Dead zones" containing too little oxygen for fish to breathe are growing as global temperatures increase. Warmer water dissolves less oxygen, so as temperatures rise, oxygen vanishes from oceans.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Mediterranean Bottlenose Review</title>
		<link>http://earthocean.tv/blog/mediterranean-bottlenose-review/</link>
		<comments>http://earthocean.tv/blog/mediterranean-bottlenose-review/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 05:27:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Genevieve Johnson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Whale Trackers Blog]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.earthocean.tv/?p=24</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The first comprehensive review on the ecology and conservation of Mediterranean bottlenose dolphins will be soon published.
The authors, Giovanni Bearzi (Tethys President), Caterina M. Fortuna and Randal R. Reeves merged their collective expertise to summarize and critically review information about the Mediterranean population for the scientific journal ‘Mammal Review’.
Topics considered in this paper include distribution, [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Want to Help the Oceans? Eat Less Shrimp</title>
		<link>http://earthocean.tv/blog/help-the-oceans-eat-less-shrimp/</link>
		<comments>http://earthocean.tv/blog/help-the-oceans-eat-less-shrimp/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 04:26:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Genevieve Johnson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marine Conservation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ocean Literacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Seafood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shrimp]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[What Can I Do]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When people ask me what they can do to help the oceans, my immediate response is to say, “don’t eat shrimp!” Shrimp fisheries are the most destructive in the world and eating shrimp can be one of the worst things you can do to the oceans and to coastal communities.]]></description>
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