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		<title>Why was Akaroa declined?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 06:09:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>catherine</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Marine Protected Areas Working Group]]></category>
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Akaroa Marine Reserve
Why has the Minister of Conservation declined this application?
Fish Forever is appalled by the Minister of Conservation’s decision to decline the application for the Akaroa Marine Reserve submitted by the Akaroa Harbour Marine Protection Society 14 years ago. We plan to support the society in raising the profile of this case so that this decision [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BayCare and Fish Forever meet this Thursday</title>
		<link>http://www.marinereserve.co.nz/?p=485</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 07:23:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>catherine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[See below agendas for BayCare and Fish Forever.

BayCare Meeting
1pm Thurs 26th August
Tane Mahuta Room, FNDC
Butler Centre, Kerikeri.
 Possible Agenda Items.


Quick run through the PPT presentation to focus on issues previously discussed. 
Introduce Fleur Corbett, who is further developing our Strategic Plan, Business Plan and Funding Applications – she plans to have this work completed by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Disappointment in Akaroa</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 03:24:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>catherine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[UPDATED POST &#8212; Sharing New Zealand Underwater Association Inc&#8217;s media statement.
23 August 2010
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Unusual Stance for Minister of Conservation 
For The Minister of Conservation to decline an application for a marine reserve because it conflicted with fishing is akin to claiming that the government shouldn’t create national parks because they conflict with the interests [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tragedy comes to our own beaches</title>
		<link>http://www.marinereserve.co.nz/?p=472</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 20:40:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>catherine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just over a week ago we posted Deep Trouble: are we starving our whales? We should ask that question again in the light of this tragic mass stranding on one of our own Northland beaches.

From the NZ Herald yesterday:
Attempts to refloat the surviving 15 whales stranded at Karikari Beach have been unsuccessful and rescue workers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Put your house in order!</title>
		<link>http://www.marinereserve.co.nz/?p=463</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 05:46:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>catherine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Britain and other countries face a collapse of their economies and loss of culture if they do not protect the environment better, the world&#8217;s leading champion of nature has warned.
&#8220;What we are seeing today is a total disaster,&#8221; said Ahmed Djoghlaf, the secretary-general of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity. &#8220;No country has met its targets [...]]]></description>
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