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style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><o:p></o:p>Contact:
<span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>Anne Smrcina<span
style="mso-tab-count:2">
</span><b>FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:4.0in;text-indent:-3.0in;tab-stops:-1.0in"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">781-545-8026
ext. 204<span style="mso-tab-count:2">
</span>March
21, 2012 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><span
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normal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">NOAA’S
Stellwagen Bank<i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"> </i>National
Marine
Sanctuary Seeks Advisory Council Applicants<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"
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none;text-autospace:none"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">NOAA’s
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary is seeking
applicants for five seats on its advisory council, </span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">which
<span style="color:black">ensures public participation in
sanctuary management and
provides advice to the sanctuary superintendent.</span> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span></span><span
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280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt;
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New Roman""><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>“Each
of the members brings a unique
perspective to the council based on their long experience in the
New England area,”
said Craig MacDonald, sanctuary superintendent. “</span><span
style="mso-bidi-font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Since
</span><span
style="mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">its
establishment,
the council has played a vital role in advising the sanctuary
and NOAA on critical issues. </span><span
style="mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times
New Roman"">We
are very pleased that council members offer their considerable
talents to help
us manage the resources of the Stellwagen Bank National Marine
Sanctuary.” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">The
sanctuary is accepting applications for one citizen-at-large
member; two research alternates; and two<i
style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"> </i>youth
member and alternate seats.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Candidates
are selected based on their
expertise and experience in relation to the seat for which they
are applying,
community and professional affiliations, and views regarding the
protection and
management of marine resources. Applicants who are chosen as
members should
expect to serve three-year terms.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">The
advisory council consists of
primary and alternate members representing a variety of public
interest groups.
It also includes</span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">six
governmental seats representing associated state and federal
agencies. <span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
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style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>Applications are
due by April 27<i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">. </i>To
receive an
application kit or for further information please contact
Elizabeth Stokes via
e-mail at </span><a href="mailto:Elizabeth.Stokes@noaa.gov"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Elizabeth.Stokes@noaa.gov</span></a><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">;
by
phone at 781-545-8026 X 201; or by mail at 175 Edward Foster
Road, Scituate, MA
02066. Application kits can also be downloaded from the
sanctuary’s website at</span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
</span><a href="http://stellwagen.noaa.gov/"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"">http://stellwagen.noaa.gov/</span></a><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>Stellwagen
Bank National Marine Sanctuary encompasses 842 square miles of
ocean,
stretching between Cape Ann and Cape Cod. Renowned for its
scenic beauty and
remarkable productivity, the sanctuary supports a rich diversity
of marine life
including 22 species of marine mammals, more than 30 species of
seabirds, over
60 species of fishes and hundreds of marine invertebrates and
plants.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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the Earth's environment, from the depths of the ocean to the
surface of the
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Bank
National Marine Sanctuary: </span><a
href="http://stellwagen.noaa.gov"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">http://stellwagen.noaa.gov</span></a><span
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Office
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href="http://sanctuaries.noaa.gov"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"">http://sanctuaries.noaa.gov</span></a><span
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