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	<description>The activities of the Marine Conservation Society Lancashire local area group</description>
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		<title>Coast Photography Competition</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The competition is part of the celebration of the silver anniversary of the Lancaster Maritime Museum. Photographs on the COAST theme &#8211; from shipwrecks to sandy beaches &#8211; are invited. The best entries will be displayed in the Exhibition Gallery.
For further details, including PRIZES, please see the entry form below:
Coast photo competition entry form. (300kB [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lancashiremcs.org.uk/blog/2010/03/08/coast-photography-competition/</link>
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		<title>The Arctic and Antarctic &#8211; above and below the ice</title>
		<description><![CDATA[by Charlotte Caffrey MSc. FRGS
An exploration of the wildlife, marine life and scenery of   Spitzbergen, Greenland and the Antarctic Peninsula.
This is a special event organised by the Preston Society (The Preston Bird watching &#038; Natural History Society) to mark their 3000th. presentation/lecture! 
At: 7.30pm on Saturday 28th 27th November, 2010
Location: St. Mary’s Church [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lancashiremcs.org.uk/blog/2010/02/23/the-arctic-and-antarctic-above-and-below-the-ice/</link>
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		<title>Photo Competition 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The three categories this year were Above water, underwater and humerous, and the winners, declared by popular vote at the meeting on the 10th of February were:

Above: In the above water category, Greenland sea ice, by Chrissie Ryan.

Above: In the underwater category, Scorpionfish by Lewis Bambury.

Above: In the humerous category, Fish head by Chrissie Ryan.
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		<link>http://www.lancashiremcs.org.uk/blog/2010/02/22/photo-competition-2010/</link>
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		<title>Ribble Way walk</title>
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Report on the MCS walk 30th January: The Ribble Way walk between Longton and Penwortham (Preston) is an interesting route. While the land is flat, we walked on the raised levees, which protect the surrounding land from the river Ribble, and so had excellent views over the river and inland. Wildlife included several large flocks [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lancashiremcs.org.uk/blog/2010/02/02/ribble-way-walk/</link>
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		<title>Help protect the Chagos</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Chagos archipelago in the Indian Ocean is one of the least-spoilt areas of marine wildlife on earth, with extensive coral reef habitats. It could become one of the worlds foremost marine reserves, if we have the will to enact protection, as through an accident of history it is under British jurisdiction. Our chairman, Ron [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lancashiremcs.org.uk/blog/2010/02/01/help-protect-the-chagos/</link>
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		<title>Your Seas Your Voice</title>
		<description><![CDATA[MCS AGM report. The National AGM came north to Preston this year, just a few days after the long-awaited completion of the Marine and Coastal Access Act. This finally opens up the possibility of statutory marine reserves around the UK, so there was considerable satisaction, though there is still a long way to go to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lancashiremcs.org.uk/blog/2009/11/30/your-seas-your-voice/</link>
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		<title>Skating on the edge of extinction</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The &#8216;common&#8217; skate has been in serious trouble for some time, due entirely to over fishing. In 2008 ICES recomended that there should be no more target fishing, and that by-catch needed to be limited. Unfortunately, it now looks as though what fisheries statistics were labelling as the &#8216;common&#8217; skate is in fact two species, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lancashiremcs.org.uk/blog/2009/11/19/skating-on-the-edge-of-extinction/</link>
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		<title>Walney Walk Photos</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We had an interesting walk today around Walney, with some great weather and light.  Thanks Gordon for organising.
I couldn&#8217;t help but notice how much plastic rubbish there was though, hardly a meter without any.  I didn&#8217;t think I was that old, but I can remember as a child when on a trip to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lancashiremcs.org.uk/blog/2009/11/15/walney-walk-photos/</link>
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		<title>The effects of marine litter on birdlife</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Photographer Chris Jordan has published a heart-breaking series of photos of the effects of litter on baby Albatross.  On the tiny Midway Atoll in the middle of the North Pacific, tens of thousands of Albatross chicks die yearly of toxicity and starvation because their parents feed them plastic, thinking it&#8217;s food.
See the photos here
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		<link>http://www.lancashiremcs.org.uk/blog/2009/10/22/the-effects-of-marine-litter-on-birdlife/</link>
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		<title>Glen Luce (Stranraer area) dive trip</title>
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We arrived at Glen Luce through torrential rain on the Friday night, at start of the August Bank Holiday. Saturday, thankfully, was a stark contrast, with just a couple of showers, otherwise warm and sunny. The strong winds and heavy rain of the previous day had, however, done its damage to underwater conditions around the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lancashiremcs.org.uk/blog/2009/09/03/glen-luce-stranraer-area-dive-trip/</link>
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