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		<title>Shark Fin Banned in California</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Oct 2011 00:44:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Governor Jerry Brown signed AB 376 into law today &#8212; legislation that will ban the import, possession, and sale of shark fins in the state of California. Since California is one of the largest markets for shark fins outside of Asia, this act is a significant step toward increasing global protection of sharks and sustaining [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sharkconservation.wordpress.com&amp;blog=16274859&amp;post=326&amp;subd=sharkconservation&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Shark Fin Trade Ban</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2011 15:37:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Slaughter No ~ Protection Yes</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2011 17:44:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carmen Mandel</dc:creator>
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			<media:title type="html">&#34;Massacre&#34; by Thomas Vignaud</media:title>
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		<title>About Sharks and their Kin</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2011 14:10:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carmen Mandel</dc:creator>
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		<title>Shark and Ray Project &#124; Cousteau</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Dec 2010 16:48:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carmen Mandel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;We must not only defend sharks because they are useful and beautiful, but we must protect the sea that feeds them. And also restore the balance of the great ocean&#8217;s ecosystem, of which sharks form an important link and on which we ultimately depend.&#8221; Requins, Innocents sauvages, J-Y Cousteau et Yves Paccalet, Ed. Robert Laffont [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sharkconservation.wordpress.com&amp;blog=16274859&amp;post=224&amp;subd=sharkconservation&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Rays and Skates</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Dec 2010 15:51:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carmen Mandel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It ranges throughout tropical waters of the world, typically around coral reefs. They have the largest brain-to-body ratio of the sharks, rays and skates (Elasmobranchii).<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sharkconservation.wordpress.com&amp;blog=16274859&amp;post=180&amp;subd=sharkconservation&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Shark Photography Ethics</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Dec 2010 15:50:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carmen Mandel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Our responsibility to the sharks goes further than avoiding direct harassment. The pictures that we show the world influence the way people view sharks in general.&#8221; &#8211;Andy Murch, elasmodiver.com Visit Shark Photography Ethics.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sharkconservation.wordpress.com&amp;blog=16274859&amp;post=189&amp;subd=sharkconservation&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Responsible Shark Ecotourism</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Dec 2010 18:51:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carmen Mandel</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Dec 2010 19:44:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carmen Mandel</dc:creator>
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		<title>The Largest Fish</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Nov 2010 18:24:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carmen Mandel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Shark Extremes &#8211; Enchanted Learning Software.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sharkconservation.wordpress.com&amp;blog=16274859&amp;post=240&amp;subd=sharkconservation&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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