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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. Australia and Japan are among the countries refusing to back a total ban.

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Isla Isabel – Mexico’s Galapagos

10,000 Birds

These nutrient-rich currents provide sustenance for a variety of marine-life, including the many thousand of seabirds that call this place home. The surrounding waters are also home to Whale Sharks year-round and on my recent visit I was very fortunate to hop overboard after coming across not one, but two, of these gentle giants.

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Dead Sea Lions in Puget Sound - Again

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The animal protection group Seal Sitters says a necropsy showed that the sea lion had suffered a shark bite and had twisted intestines in addition to a bullet wound. KING says one of the Nisqually casualties was a Steller sea lion, protected under the Endangered Species Act. Investigators say they do not know who is responsible.

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