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		<title>Sea Life London Aquarium weans gourami off Kit Kats</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When a 4 kilogram pet gourami named Gary was moved to the Sea  Life London Aquarium, he went on a hunger strike and refused to eat  the fruit given to him. Eventually, the aquarium staff found out why  he was shunning the natural diet of a gourami  – Gary had been  raised on Kit Kats [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/news/lib/1471</link>
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		<title>Native American tribes strive to save the lamprey</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Lamprey used to be an important source of  food for Native American tribes living along the northwestern coast  of North America, and the fish was once upon a time harvested in  ample amounts from rivers throughout the Columbia Basin, from Oregon  to Canada.

Today, the many hydroelectric dams built in  these rivers have turned the fish [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/news/lib/1468</link>
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		<title>Radioactive strontium-90 found in fish in Vermont, USA</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Vermont health officials have found radioactive strontium-90 in a  smallmouth bass taken from the Connecticut River.
The fish was collected 9 miles upstream  from the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant, but William  Irwin, the state&#8217;s chief radiological health officer, says it&#8217;s not  certain where the strontium-90 comes from. It might come from the  power plant, it [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/news/lib/1466</link>
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		<title>Gold Nugget pleco and Mango pleco finally described by science</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Two pleco species from the Xingu River drainage that are popular  within the aquarium hobby have finally been scientifically described  and given scientific names.
The fish known to aquarists as Gold  Nugget pleco (L18, L85, L177) is from now on officially named Baryancistrus  xanthellus,  while the pleco called Mango pleco (L47) has been given the scientific [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/news/lib/1461</link>
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		<title>Will grey seals counteract cod recovery in the Baltic Sea?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Grey seals and cod used to be found in great abundance throughout  the Baltic Sea, but today the seals are chiefly present in the  northern parts of the sea while the cod is found in the south.
 Management programs are working on increasing the number of both  species and this will likely cause predator and  prey [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/news/lib/1457</link>
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		<title>Hilton stops serving sailfish and marlin in Costa Rica</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Four Hilton Worldwide hotels in Costa Rica have pledged to stop serving sailfish and marlin after entering into an agreement with the Billfish Foundation (TBF) and the Costa Rica Sport Fishing Federation (FECOPT). 
Last year, TBF released a study showing the significant economic value of sportfishing tourism in Costa Rica, and the four hotels are now taking billfish from the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/news/lib/1455</link>
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		<title>China Releases 1.3 Billion Fish into Yangtze River</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week, 1.3 billion fish were released into the Yangtze River by the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture (MOA). The release took place in the provinces of Jiangxi, Hubei, Hunan, Anhui and Jiangsu in the middle and lower reaches of the river.
The release is a part of a project that the authorities hope will help restore fishery resources after the recent [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/news/lib/1452</link>
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		<title>New species of Brazilian killifish described by science</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A new species of killifish native to Brazil has been formally described and given a scientific name. The fish, from now on known as Rivulus albae, belongs to the subgenus Melanorivulus and was found in soft and acidic water in northeastern Brazil.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/news/lib/1448</link>
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		<title>The mystery of bonefish spawning solved</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Bonefish is an extremely popular fishing that lures 1000s of sport fishermen to try their luck each year but until now it has been unknown how this species reproduce.   Andy Danylchuk, a researcher working at University of Massachusetts Amherst  and his colleagues have been studying bonefish for the last few years using using ultrasonic transmitters to tag and track  the fishes movements. The research have been conducted outside Bahamas. The results can now be found in the online version of  journal Marine Biology.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/news/lib/1445</link>
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		<title>Will a third force field be enough to protect the Great Lakes?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers have constructed an electric barrier in the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, a waterway linking the Mississippi River with the Great Lakes watershed. The idea is to prevent Asian carps from entering the Great Lakes where it could wreck havoc with the ecosystem. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/news/lib/1444</link>
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