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	<description>Join the Alliance for the Seas!</description>
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		<title>(Español) Foro Manejo de Tiburones</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 17:54:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Miguel</dc:creator>
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		<title>Costa Rican initiative to protect hammerhead sharks from international trade enjoys global support.</title>
		<link>http://www.pretoma.org/espanol-apoyo-internacional-a-costa-rica-por-iniciativa-que-pretende-proteger-el-tiburon-martillo-del-comercio-internacional/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 16:01:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Miguel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A total of 28 organizations from 9 countries have expressed their written support to the Ministry of Environment, Energy and Telecommunications (Minaet) of Costa Rica, for the national initiative that seeks to include the scalloped hammerhead shark (Sphyrna lewini) in Appendix III of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Adopt a satellite hawksbill sea turtle!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 20:32:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since 2010 Pretoma is working on a hawksbill sea turtle tagging program in Guanacaste (http://www.pretoma.org/support-pretoma/adopt-a-turtle/), Costa Rica. More than 15 hawksbills have been tagged with acoustic technology which has shown that these turtles are associated to reefs for long periods of time feeding from small sea sponges. Furthermore in 2011, Sirenuse a hawksbill sea turtle [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Costa Rica Held Accountable for Not Protecting Sea Turtles</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Feb 2012 15:13:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Miguel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Environmental Secretariat of the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) has requested Costa Rica to respond to the complaint filed by the Costa Rican organization Pretoma last July 13th, after studying the submitted documentation and determining that it fulfilled the requirements of the Agreement.  The complaint claims non compliance of the country with its [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Law suit filed against Incopesca’s President for failing to adhere to his duties</title>
		<link>http://www.pretoma.org/law-suit-filed-against-incopescas-president-for-failing-to-adhere-to-his-duties/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:44:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Miguel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(February 10, 2012 – San José, Costa Rica) Last February 1st, the Costa Rican marine conservation organization Pretoma filed suit against Mr. Luís Dobles Ramírez, Executive President of Incopesca at the Public Ministry Court, for failure to adhere to his mandate and duties.  As explained in the suit, all public servants must facilitate public information [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New York Times News: Illegal Fishermen 4, Enforcement 0</title>
		<link>http://www.pretoma.org/new-york-times-news-illegal-fishermen-4-enforcement-0/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 16:18:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Miguel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Illegal Fishermen 4, Enforcement 0 (Click here to read full article) Illegal fishing is a problem pretty much everywhere that regulations meet fish. As I noted in September, the United States government puts the global cost of illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing at up to $23 billion in lost income for legal fishermen and coastal communities. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>President swears in commission to improve marine governance</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 15:04:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Miguel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(*Press release translated from official Presidential House´s website: Presidenta juramenta comisión para mejorar la buena gobernanza marina) San José, December 20, 2011 This morning at the close of the Government Council session, Costa Rican President Laura Chinchilla swore in a commission whose objective will be to diagnose, evaluate, and recommend precise changes for the country’s [...]]]></description>
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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>
		<comments>http://www.pretoma.org/espanol-reina-impunidad-por-pesca-ilegal-de-barcos-camaroneros-en-el-refugios-nacionales-de-vida-silvestre/#comments</comments>
		<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>Vote for Pretoma at The Tank Bangers</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Nov 2011 14:16:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Miguel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Tank Bangers is diver band that wants to support marine conservation. The band will soon produce a single &#8220;Our Blue&#8221;, and has committed to donating part of the profits to a marine conservation NGO.  Pretoma could be that NGO!  The benefitted NGO will be elected through an internet vote.  There is time until Monday.  [...]]]></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>
		<link>http://www.pretoma.org/2323/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pretoma.org/2323/#comments</comments>
		<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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