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	<title>First International Conference on Marine Mammal Protected Areas</title>
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		<title>Welcome to First.ICMMPA.org</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The First International Conference on Marine Mammal Protected Areas brought together over 200 MPA managers, scientists, and educators from 40 countries to engage in sessions that provided a forum for sharing information on approaches to marine mammal management and conservation. The conference was  held from March 30 &#8211; April 3, 2009 at the Grand Wailea [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>The First International Conference on Marine Mammal Protected Areas</em> brought together over 200 MPA managers, scientists, and educators from 40 countries to engage in sessions that provided a forum for sharing information on approaches to marine mammal management and conservation.</p>
<p><strong>The conference was  held from March 30 &#8211; April 3, 2009 at the Grand </strong><strong>Wailea</strong><strong> Resort in Maui, Hawaii, USA.  Plans for the next conference in 2011 or 2012 are already under way and will be announced later this year.</strong></p>
<p>Explore this site to find out more about the first conference and read related <a title="News" href="http://www.icmmpa.org/?page_id=8" target="_self">news</a> on marine mammal protected areas.</p>
<p>Download the <a href="http://www.icmmpa.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/First-ICMMPA-Conference-March-30-April-3-2009.pdf" target="blank">Conference Proceedings</a> (2.2MB) from the first conference.</p>
<p>Download a <a href="http://www.icmmpa.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/icmmpa_onepage_509.pdf" target="blank">Conference Information Sheet</a> from the first conference.</p>
<p>Download the <a href="http://www.icmmpa.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/icmmpa_onepage_509.pdf" target="blank"></a><a href="http://www.icmmpa.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/icmmpa_execsummary.pdf" target="blank">Executive Summary</a> from the first conference.</p>
<p>View <a href="http://first.icmmpa.org/keynote-presentations/" target="_self">Keynote Presentations</a> from the first conference.</p>
<p>View Conference Accomplishments.</p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://icmmpa.org">Return to the International Committee on Marine Mammal Protected Areas Home Page</a></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://second.icmmpa.org" target="_self">Visit the Home Page for the Second Conference on Marine Mammal Protected Areas</a></span></p>
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