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Marine Life Top of CITES Meeting Agenda

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The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, or Cites that opened in the Qatari capital on Saturday will be discussing 42 proposals during the next two weeks. Tags: australia CITES marine life marine animals Japan. Oh look, more meetings. From Al Jazeera.

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US Considers Removing Humpback Whales from the Endangered Species List

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Tags: marine life whales us endangered species. I don't feel too comfortable about this. Seems a little premature, even though the population has been recovering well.

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Christian Science Monitor Calls for Endangered Species Hour

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I like this opinion piece from the Christian Science Monitor which calls for an "Endangered Species Hour." It's in response to the pathetic CITES conference which basically screwed marine animal protection. But jobs that depend on harvesting endangered species will quickly disappear if those species are not protected.

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Saving Marine Animals that Are NOT Cute

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It's easier to motivate people to save them as opposed to other species that are vital, but either boring or ugly. It's the same problem with marine life. Tags: marine life marine animals endangered species. So what happens to them?

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Britain and France to Support Ban on Bluefish Tuna Sales

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Tags: oceans bluefish tuna marine life seafood endangered species. I used to work for a seafood company and my current work still brings me in contact with the industry. Greedy, anti-government, and anti-regulation monstrosities.

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Good News About Blue Whales

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Tags: oceans marine life whales environment alaska endangered species. The hunting peaked in 1931 with more than 29,000 animals killed in one season. The animals used to cruise from Mexico and Southern California to Alaska, but they had mostly vanished from Alaskan waters.

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