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		<title>Shark fins seized as a result of zero tolerance to sharkfinning police operation (english only)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 15:21:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Operation &#8220;Zero Tolerance for Shark Finning&#8221; results in shark fin bust, Costa Rica.]]></description>
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		<title>More of the same&#8230; Fisheries and Aquaculture Administrative Tribunal</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 15:13:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Miguel</dc:creator>
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		<title>Hope for the hammerhead shark</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2013 19:46:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Miguel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hope for the hammerhead shark]]></description>
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		<title>Leatherback turtle nest numbers way down</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2013 21:48:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Miguel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The western Pacific leatherback turtle, the world&#8217;s largest reptile and a common sight every year in the waters outside the Golden Gate, could go extinct within 20 years if more isn&#8217;t done to protect its habitat and nesting sites, a team of international experts concluded. The worldwide population of the endangered Pacific leatherback has declined more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dozens of dead blacktip sharks are found near Cabuya Island</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2013 15:45:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Miguel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On March 3rd, the Canadian photojournalist and biologist Nick Hawkins found over 80 blacktip shark (Carcharhinus limbatus) heads and dead bodies off western Cabuya Island, in direction of Cabo Blanco Absolute Natural Reserve.  The finding happened when Hawkins was exploring the area while photographing for a conservation project on the Nicoya Peninsula. The majority of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Victory!  Hammerhead sharks included in Appendix II of CITES</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2013 15:26:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Miguel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(March 11, 2013 &#8211; Bangkok, Thailand) In a very close vote, the plenary of CITES approved by a 2/3 majority the inclusion of hammerhead sharks in Appendix II.  The proposal was submitted by Costa Rica, Honduras and Brazil, and has obtained the support of Central America, most of the South American countries, the European Union, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Over 10,000 citizens from around the world support protection of hammerhead sharks in CITES.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 13:27:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Miguel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over 10,000 citizens from around the world support protection of hammerhead sharks in CITES. Latin American united against Asia (March 7, 2013 – San José, Costa Rica) Over 10,000 citizens from 118 countries signed a petition calling on the delegates participating in the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pretoma&#8217;s Newsletter &#8211; Tide of Change, Dec. 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2013 16:06:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Miguel</dc:creator>
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		<title>Artisinal fishermen condition minimum catch size to restriction of shrimp trawling fishing</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2013 23:16:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Miguel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(February 4, 2013) Convened by the Costa Rican Fisheries Institute (Incopesca) last January 30th in Playas del Coco, Guanacaste, leaders of 12 artisinal fishing associations listened to the institutional proposal to impose minimum catch size limits for some commercial fish species that they extract. Even though the artisinal fishermen are convinced that these measures are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CCAD recommends including hammerhead sharks in Appendix II of CITES</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2013 15:27:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Miguel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(January 29, 2013 &#8211; San José, Costa Rica) Last Friday January 25, the Council of Ministers of the Central American Commission of Environment and Development (CCAD), which belongs to the Environment Department of the Central American Integration System (SICA), agreed to support the initiative to include hammerhead sharks (Sphyrna lewini) en Appendix II of the [...]]]></description>
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