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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium",sans-serif">PRESS RELEASE<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">August 27, 2018 Teresa Izzo<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">tizzo@ccmnh.org<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif"> </span></b><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium",sans-serif">The Cape Cod Museum of
Natural History </span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium",sans-serif">Presents
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium",sans-serif">Seeing Deeper into the World of the Great White Shark<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium",sans-serif">Dr. Greg Skomal / Fundraiser<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#262626">BREWSTER, MA —</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#262626">The Cape Cod Museum of Natural History in Brewster,
MA will be hosting Dr. Greg Skomal of the Massachusetts Shark Research Program on
</span><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">Thursday, September 27, 2018 at 6:00 pm.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">Despite its well-established presence
in the North Atlantic Ocean, the white shark is not considered an abundant species and efforts to study its ecology have historically been hampered by the inability of researchers to predictably find these sharks. However, the rebounding population of gray
seals off the coast of New England is drawing white sharks in greater numbers to our shoreline. Cape Cod has now become the only known aggregating site for white sharks in the North Atlantic.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">To take advantage of this opportunity, the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries initiated a long-term white shark
program in 2009 to study the ecology and natural history of this species in the western North Atlantic. With more than 100 white sharks now tagged with sophisticated technology, Dr. Greg Skomal and his team are piecing together an incredible story of how this
shark lives in the North Atlantic. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#262626">Dr. Skomal is an accomplished marine biologist, charismatic speaker and senior fisheries biologist with
Massachusetts Marine Fisheries since 1987. He currently heads up the Massachusetts Shark Research Program as well as directing the scientific research on Great White Sharks off the coast of Cape Cod for the last 7 years.
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">Join Dr. Skomal for this fascinating lecture as he recounts his findings of this amazing apex predator right off our Cape Cod shores!</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#262626"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#262626"><b>Doors will open for wine and cheese at 6 pm</b>.
<b>Lecture at 6:30pm</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">The presentation is $50 per person</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#262626">. All proceeds will
benefit Dr. Skomal’s research via the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy and the Cape Cod Museum of Natural History’s education programs.
<b>Reservations are required:</b> Tickets available online at </span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif"><a href="http://www.ccmnh.org">www.ccmnh.org</a></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#262626">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#262626"> For more information please call the Museum at 508-896-3867 ext. 133<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Teresa Izzo<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Program Coordinator/Publicist<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Cape Cod Museum of Natural History<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">869 Main Street/Route 6A<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Brewster, MA 02631<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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