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		<title>Impunity reigns for illegal shrimp trawlers in National Wildlife Refuges</title>
		<link>http://www.pretoma.org/espanol-reina-impunidad-por-pesca-ilegal-de-barcos-camaroneros-en-el-refugios-nacionales-de-vida-silvestre/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 23:21:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Miguel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In an official Incopesca notification PESJ-739-12-2011  received by Pretoma on December 14, the fisheries institute made public its decision to drop two cases of illegal fishing involving two shrimp trawlers within the Caletas-Ario National Wildlife Refuge’s protected waters where national laws prohibit their operation. Click here to see video. The vessels Sonia J and Luis [...]]]></description>
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		<title>President Chinchilla of Costa Rica decides on an Inter Institutional Marine Commission to study Costa Rican marine conservation and management policy</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 23:20:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Miguel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Minister of Environment Rene Castro announced yesterday that the President had decided that the Marine Commission that was to review marine conservation and management policy was to be interinstitutional, and that she expected a final report to be submitted to her within 6 months.  Castro did the announcement in the Presidential House, during a meeting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tuna Farm Aquaculture Project Stopped</title>
		<link>http://www.pretoma.org/tuna-farm-aquaculture-project-stopped/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 20:03:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; On Monday November 7, 2011 Costa Rica’s Environmental Secretariat (SETENA), via official document 2723-2011, stated it would no longer consider Granjas Atuneras de Golfito SA’s  petition to construct a yellow fin tuna aquaculture project, or tuna farm, at the mouth of the Golfo Dulce.  SETENA’s decision permanently closes the case on Granjas Atuneras’ (the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>(Español) Doña Laura Chinchilla atiende a reconocidas personalidades para hablar sobre conservación de tiburones</title>
		<link>http://www.pretoma.org/espanol-dona-laura-chinchilla-atiende-a-reconocidas-personalidades-para-hablar-sobre-conservacion-de-tiburones/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 15:16:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Miguel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fecha: 4 de noviembre del 2011 Hora: 10 AM Lugar: Hotel Holiday Inn (frente Parque Morazán), Salón Aurola, 3er piso &#160; Demostrando compromiso con el tema la Presidenta Laura Chinchilla escucha el llamado de la sociedad civil  para citarse el próximo jueves 3 de noviembre a las 5:30pm en Casa Presidencial con destacadas personalidades de [...]]]></description>
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		<title>3 green sea turtles being tracked with satellite transmitters at Cocos Island</title>
		<link>http://www.pretoma.org/3-green-sea-turtles-being-tracked-with-satellite-transmitters-at-cocos-island/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 20:23:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Asociación Pretoma</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Los Angeles High School sponsors turtle, names it “Manuelita” &#160; (October 3, 2011 – San José, Costa Rica) &#160; During the latest expedition to Cocos Island by the Costa Rican organization PRETOMA and their US based partner TIRN on September 21-27, three Pacific green turtles (Chelonia mydas) were tagged with satellite transmitters which will allow [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hundreds of Taiwanese citizens call on Costa Rica to protect sharks</title>
		<link>http://www.pretoma.org/hundreds-of-taiwanese-citizens-call-on-costa-rica-to-protect-sharks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2011 16:11:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Miguel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Meanwhile, Incopesca authorizes the importation of 15 tons of sharks fins from Nicaragua. (September 19, 2011 – San José, Costa Rica) Last Friday, a petition was delivered to Mrs. Laura Chinchilla, President of Costa Rica, with the signatures of 380 Taiwanese citizens calling for a complete ban on the importation of shark fins and other [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CAFTA will investigate Costa Rica for failing to protect sea turtles</title>
		<link>http://www.pretoma.org/cafta-will-investigate-costa-rica-for-failing-to-protect-sea-turtles/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2011 19:22:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Miguel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(September 6, 2011 – San José, Costa Rica) The Secretariat for Environmental Matters of the Central American and Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR), with headquarters in Antigua, Guatemala, formally admitted a Communication submitted by Pretoma (CAALA/11/005), in which Costa Rica is denounced for failing to effectively implement its environmental legislation. The communication was submitted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PRETOMA—finalist for 2011 Gulfstream Navigator Award</title>
		<link>http://www.pretoma.org/pretoma%e2%80%94finalist-for-2011-gulfstream-navigator-award/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2011 18:12:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;The Sustainable Coastal Development Project,&#8221; implemented in the district of Bejuco, Guanacaste by the Costa Rican environmental non-profit PRETOMA, has been nominated as a finalist for the 2011 Savannah Ocean Exchange’s $100,000 Gulfstream Navigator Award.  Each year the Savannah Ocean Exchange (September 7-8, 2011 in Savannah, Georgia) brings together international leaders to learn about the top [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Constitutional Court orders INCOPESCA to explain its politics regarding “partial landing” of sharks at public docks</title>
		<link>http://www.pretoma.org/constitutional-court-orders-incopesca-to-explain-its-politics-regarding-%e2%80%9cpartial-landing%e2%80%9d-of-sharks-at-public-docks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2011 20:01:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Miguel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(August 4, 2011 – San José, Costa Rica) On august 1st the Constitutional Court resolved PRETOMA’s law suit against INCOPESCA for its evasiveness in explaining its procedures that allow the partial landing of sharks by the foreign fishing fleet, by ordering the fisheries institute to give PRETOMA an explanation within 3 days (click to see  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>President Chinchilla assigns shark fin imports issue to Minister Antillón</title>
		<link>http://www.pretoma.org/president-chinchilla-assigns-shark-fin-imports-issue-to-minister-antillon/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pretoma.org/president-chinchilla-assigns-shark-fin-imports-issue-to-minister-antillon/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2011 19:47:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Miguel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(August 4, 2011 – San José, Costa Rica) This past July 14th PRETOMA received word from the President’s Office that the organization’s formal request to ban shark fin imports to Costa Rica, was assigned to the Minister of Economy, Industry, and Commerce, Ms. Mayi Antillón, for her consideration (click to read letter). “We have an [...]]]></description>
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