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face="Times New Roman">Monday, February 26, 2007</FONT></FONT></B></P>
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face="Times New Roman">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-outline-level: 1"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>Tanya Gabettie</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>PCCS Communications Coordinator</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>508.237.1920</FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt">PCCS Sponsors Winter Lecture Series in
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style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt">Orleans</SPAN></B></st1:place></st1:City><B
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%">(</SPAN></B><st1:City><st1:place><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%">Provincetown</SPAN></B></st1:place></st1:City><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%">, </SPAN></B><st1:place><st1:City><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%">Cape Cod</SPAN></B></st1:City><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%">, </SPAN></B><st1:State><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%">MA</SPAN></B></st1:State></st1:place><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%">) – </SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%">The
</SPAN><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%">Provincetown</SPAN></st1:PlaceName><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%"> </SPAN><st1:PlaceType><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%">Center</SPAN></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%"> for Coastal Studies (PCCS) will
sponsor a lecture at Snow Library in </SPAN><st1:City><st1:place><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%">Orleans</SPAN></st1:place></st1:City><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%"> on Wednesday, February 28.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The lecture is free and open to the
public:</SPAN></FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman">Wednesday, February 28<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
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align=center><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><st1:time Hour="18"
Minute="30"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">6:30 p.m.</B></st1:time><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><o:p></o:p></B></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Nathalie Jaquet<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
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align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Director, Right Whale Aerial
Survey<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
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align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">“Right Whales: Today and
Tomorrow”<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></I></B></P>
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face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></I></B></P>
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face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%">The
</SPAN><st1:place><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%">North
Atlantic</SPAN></st1:place><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%">
right whale remains on the critically endangered list with fewer than 350 whales
remaining.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Dr. Jaquet will discuss
research techniques such as aerial survey and photo-identification data.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Learn about past and present threats
facing this critically endangered species. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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align=center><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">**<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%">The
</SPAN><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%">Provincetown</SPAN></st1:PlaceName><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%"> </SPAN><st1:PlaceType><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%">Center</SPAN></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%"> for Coastal Studies was founded in
1976 and is dedicated to researching and protecting marine mammals and marine
ecosystems in the </SPAN><st1:place><st1:PlaceType><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%">Gulf</SPAN></st1:PlaceType><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%"> of </SPAN><st1:PlaceName><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%">Maine</SPAN></st1:PlaceName></st1:place><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%">, through applied research,
conservation, environmental and educational programs.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Its world-renowned disentanglement team
operates under a permit from the National Marine Fisheries Service.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>To learn more about whale
disentanglement, and our other programs, visit PCCS on the web at:
www.coastalstudies.org.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman">**<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Tanya Gabettie<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Communications
Coordinator<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></I></B></P>
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face="Times New Roman"><st1:City><st1:place><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Mobile</I></B></st1:place></st1:City><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">:
508.237.1920<o:p></o:p></I></B></FONT></FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman">Office: 508.487.3622 ext.
103<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></I></B></P>
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