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		<title>A good day for Vaquita</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2011 06:50:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Johnson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the Upper Gulf of California, Mexico, every sighting of a live vaquita is a good day for the species. Describing any chance encounter with vaquita as incredibly rare is a grand understatement. Photographs of any live animals are few and far between. They only seem to emerge randomly online every two or three years now.]]></description>
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		<title>Voices of the Future</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 22:07:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Johnson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While in El Golfo, I visited the local high school to show video and photos to students of vaquita that I filmed only a few days earlier. Unbelievably, it was the first time anyone had visited them and their school to talk about the vaquita.]]></description>
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		<title>A Fisherman’s Perspective</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 21:39:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Johnson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the past year, Miguel Reyes Franco has been taking part in the alternative gear experiments in the region. He gives us an insight into the issues surrounding Vaquita conservation from a fishermen’s perspective.

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		<title>Vaquita Footage Released</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 16:49:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Johnson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are releasing the footage for  non-commerical use to educate the general public about the Vaquita porpoise. You may share, post, and use media for educational and non-commercial purposes. ]]></description>
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		<title>Tracking Vaquita on the David Starr Jordan</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 08:50:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Johnson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had the opportunity to spend time with and speak in depth to scientists Barbara Taylor and Tim Gerrodette of the NOAA Fisheries Southwest Fisheries Science Center in La Jolla, California.]]></description>
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		<title>Behind the Buyout</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:09:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Johnson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today I joined Catalina Lopez Sagástegui of Noroeste Sustentable (NOS). Their mission is to “construct and implement a long term vision for the region’s sustainable development through a political and social agreement”.]]></description>
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		<title>A Voice for Vaquita</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Nov 2008 19:11:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Johnson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lorenzo Rojas Bracho has been the 'voice for vaquita' for many years.  He is redefining what a ‘scientist’ is in an era full of critical conservation issues for marine mammals. ]]></description>
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		<title>The Trouble with Krill</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 02:20:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Genevieve.Johnson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While we often overlook the smaller life forms in favor of their cuter, more charismatic counterparts, the impact of increasing levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere on less visible species could have enormous ramifications.]]></description>
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		<title>Meet The Vaquita Marina</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2008 04:07:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Johnson</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.whaletrackers.com/?p=1693</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I never dreamed I would be in a position to even see vaquita, let alone film the animal in the wild. The stage was set, perfect weather for seeing vaquita.]]></description>
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		<title>An Encounter with a Killer Whale Calf</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 04:45:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Johnson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Scientist Barb Taylor asked me to join a team from the RV David Starr Jordan to document what was happening 5 miles away. Bob Pitman sighted a marine mammal on the “big-eyes” moving erratically.]]></description>
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