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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'"><FONT color=#000000>Contact:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Tanya L. Grady<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><FONT color=#000000><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">(Provincetown, Cape Cod, MA) </SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">- The Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies (PCCS) will present two lectures beginning Thursday, January 22, 2009 at 7 p.m., 5 Holway Avenue, Provincetown.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The lectures will continue every Thursday at 7 p.m. throughout the month of January.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Admission is free and refreshments will be served.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'"><FONT color=#000000>Thursday, January 22, 2009<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'"><FONT color=#000000>Languages of Whales and Dolphins World-Wide<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'"><FONT color=#000000>Presented by Dr. Ruth Leeney<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'"><FONT color=#000000>Ruth Leeney, PhD will discuss the science of cetacean bioacoustics: the study of calls produced by whales and dolphins.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Leeney will highlight the sounds made by right whales here in Cape Cod Bay, clicks produced by harbor porpoises in the United Kingdom, by belugas in the Arctic, by bottlenose dolphins in Ireland and by Heaviside’s dolphins in Namibia.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>She will explain what these sounds tell us about where these animals are, how many of them there are, and what they might be up to.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'"><FONT color=#000000>Squid in Nantucket Sound:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Biology, Ecology and the Fishery<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'"><FONT color=#000000>Presented by Owen Nichols<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'"><FONT color=#000000>The Longfin inshore squid is abundant in Nantucket Sound during the spring and summer, forming the basis for a seasonal fishery.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Owen Nichols, director of PCCS Marine Fisheries Initiative, will explain<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>the biology, history and distributional ecology of this animal, with particular focus on the present status of the squid fishery.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Current research on squid ecology conducted in collaboration with local fishermen will be discussed.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'"><FONT color=#000000>Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies is a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving marine mammals and ecosystems in the Gulf of Maine through research, education, public policy initiatives and responsible management strategies.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>PCCS delivers measurable results including establishment of the Atlantic Large Whale Disentanglement Network and continuous work to develop whale-safe fishing gear.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>PCCS played a key role in the federal designation of Cape Cod Bay as a critical habitat for the endangered North Atlantic right whale and the designation Stellwagen Bank as a national marine sanctuary.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>To learn more about our research programs and results, please visit </FONT><A href="http://www.coastalstudies.org/">www.coastalstudies.org</A><FONT color=#000000> or email </FONT><A href="mailto:pccsmedia@coastalstudies.org">pccsmedia@coastalstudies.org</A><FONT color=#000000>.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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