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	<description>Whale and dolphin watching tours in Southern &#038; Northern California. Whale &#038; dolphin news, links, facts, tour info.</description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:54:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>U. S. Reassessing Humpbacks’ Endangered Status</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:54:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The federal government is considering taking the humpback whale off the endangered species list in response to data showing the population of the massive marine mammal has been steadily growing in recent decades.]]></description>
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		<title>The Artic Warmth of Hudson Bay’s Belugas</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 21:49:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The welcoming whales in waters lapping Manitoba break the ice with a bedazzled swimmer.

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		<title>Public Told to Stay Away from Gray Whales</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:32:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Kayakers, boaters and surfers should avoid a group of gray whales swimming less than a mile off the Pacifica coast, marine officials have warned.]]></description>
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		<title>Migrating Gray Whale Using Marina del Rey Channel as Rest Stop</title>
		<link>http://FinsandFlukes.com/general/migrating-gray-whale-using-marina-del-rey-channel-as-rest-stop/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 21:22:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The 20-foot-long California gray whale has been coming in and out of the channel for about a week. Experts say it appears healthy, so they have no plans to lure it out yet.]]></description>
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		<title>Evidence of Right Whales Found Off Greenland</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 20:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Government scientists believe they have some good news about the endangered right whale, whose population in the Atlantic Ocean is struggling to come back.]]></description>
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		<title>Record Number of Right Whale Births</title>
		<link>http://FinsandFlukes.com/general/record-number-of-right-whale-births/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 19:49:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[A total of 39 calves have been born this spring, an encouraging sign for the mammals.]]></description>
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		<title>Blue Whales, Due Soon off SoCal, Might Be Rediscovering Historic Territory</title>
		<link>http://FinsandFlukes.com/general/blue-whales-due-soon-off-socal-might-be-discovering-historic-territory/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 22:15:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Marine mammal enthusiasts in the San Pedro and Santa Barbara channels are encountering sporadic humpback whales and anticipate the arrival of blue whales, which generally arrive in late spring and linger through the summer.]]></description>
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		<title>Humpback Whales Amaze Maui Submarine Tour Group</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 20:50:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ 




A group of sightseers on an underwater tour off the coast of Maui received a surprise when a group of humpback whales surrounded the submarine they were in.The tour by Atlantis Adventures on Maui usually features lots of colorful fish, so to have the whales circling the submarine offered the ultimate adventure.   
The whales [...]]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. Court Cancels Alaska Drilling Program</title>
		<link>http://FinsandFlukes.com/general/us-court-cancels-alaska-drilling-program/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2009 18:48:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[A federal appeals court ruled Friday that the Bush administration did not properly study the environmental impact of expanding oil and gas drilling off the Alaska coast and canceled a program to find new reserves.]]></description>
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		<title>Japanese Whalers Fall Short of Quota, to Delight of Marine Mammal Lovers</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 20:43:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Whale watchers and marine mammal enthusiasts around the world might be pleased to learn that Japan fell substantially short of its minke whale hunt quota, thanks largely to disruptive efforts of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society earlier this season in the Antarctic region.]]></description>
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