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		<title>Sevengill sharks are fascinating creatures</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tina Kennedy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2025 18:45:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Sharks are fascinating creatures. We see several different ones here on the island such as: hornshark, leopard shark, swell shark, soupfin shark, blue shark and mako sharks. Most people were in disbelief when a free diver reported seeing a sevengill shark in the park last month. But low and behold, our staff witnessed and dove [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Insights from your local thalassophile … Deepwater skates sure are are cute creatures</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tina Kennedy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2025 18:55:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Last Sunday, I was invited to the C.I.M.I.’s annual wine fest. What a treat! While on campus, we visited a few lobs, which I have never done at night. As soon as I reached the aquarium, the most darling triangular fella was seen jumping for joy in his tank. There were several juvenile deep sea [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>You&#8217;ve heard of sea lions. How about sea elephants?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tina Kennedy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Feb 2025 21:03:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[When I found out I was going to be out of the water for two weeks, small grief engulfed me. Although the last swims I have been on, conditions have not been particularly notable, the underwater world has been fascinating. I am sure you have all heard of the sea lions barking all day and [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Insights from your local thalassophile … Pacific Torpedo Rays are amazing, but don’t touch</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tina Kennedy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2025 21:09:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Pacific Torpedo Ray is one of the most beautiful you can encounter in our waters. The common visitor has been seen by swimmers and divers at the underwater park this past month. One swimmer, Claudia, thought she saw a new memorial slab one day, until it began to move. The beautiful ray was seen [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Chamber Day 2021 is Wednesday May 5</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[For the Islander]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2021 17:38:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Annual fundraiser for Catalina Hyperbaric Chamber goes virtual this year For the Islander Chamber Day/Eve 2021, the annual fundraiser for the USC Catalina Hyperbaric Chamber, will be held Wednesday, May 5. The Catalina Hyperbaric Chamber has been treating victims of diving accidents for 47 years. Less than half of the hyperbaric chamber’s income from a [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Scuba Diving</title>
		<link>https://thecatalinaislander.com/scuba-diving-with-wade-mcdonald/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Wade McDonald]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Feb 2018 22:22:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Metridium farcimen pictured is a type of Sea Anenone that lives within the Eastern Pacific Ocean from Alaska all the way down to San Diego. They thrive in cooler Sea temperatures and are fascinating to encounter. They are capable of establishing large colonies by way of cloning from one single Metridium. Their diet primarily consists [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Scuba Diving: Sea Anenone</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Wade McDonald]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Feb 2018 18:06:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Metridium farcimen pictured is a type of Sea Anenone that lives within the Eastern Pacific Ocean from Alaska all the way down to San Diego. They thrive in cooler Sea temperatures and are fascinating to encounter. They are capable of establishing large colonies by way of cloning from one single Metridium. Their diet primarily [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Scuba Diving: Friday, Jan. 26, 2018</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Wade McDonald]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jan 2018 17:45:50 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Treefish like this one pictured above can be found from San Francisco, California all the way down to the central part of Baja, Mexico within the eastern Pacific Ocean. You will know one when you see one and it’s vivid color display is definitely something hard to not be noticed. The Treefish earned the name [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Scuba Diving: Man-O-War</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Wade McDonald]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jan 2018 20:07:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[So here I am in the beautiful Florida Keys? How on earth did I get here 2,800 miles from home ? Did I swim? Well no, not quite. But in fact wherever the ocean is, Wade is, and since  we arrived here to the American Caribbean safely won’t you grab your trunks and join me [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Scuba Diving Forecast: Dec. 8, 2018</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[For the Islander]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Dec 2017 19:38:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Back in 1976 when I was just a kid my father, mother and brother navigated our Catalina Sailboat out to the “Channel Islands.” I can only now understand the sense of escape my Dad must have been feeling when we embarked on these long salty adventures. Back in 1976 when I was just a kid [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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