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      <image:caption>A portable CRISPR biosensing platform for the ocean. Credit Kin et al (2026)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Inside an anchovy’s mouth. Plankton particles are captured by the gill system. Credit Jens Hamann</image:caption>
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      <image:title>The Ocean Brief - Canada’s Quiet Vessels Initiative - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Credit: ClearSeas</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Map of the Nordic Seas and subpolar basins with currents that form part of the AMOC. Solid lines represent currents at/near the sea surface and dashed lines deep currents. Credit R. Curry, WHOI/Science/USGCRP (CC BY 3.0)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Credit: Klaus Stiefel/Flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0)</image:caption>
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      <image:title>The Ocean Brief - Mediterranean sharks, rays, and skates not doing well - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Credit: Longitude 181</image:caption>
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      <image:title>The Ocean Brief - Elkhorn coral outplanting shows some positive signs - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Credit: Elkhorn coral (Acropora palmata) spawning at Dry Tortugas National Park. Credit Brett Seymore, National Park Service (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Map showing exclusive economic zones in light blue, and the high seas in dark blue. Credit B1mbo/Wikimedia CC BY-SA 3.0 CL)</image:caption>
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      <image:title>The Ocean Brief - The High Seas Treaty: What It Is and Why It Matters - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>UN Member flags outside the UN headquarters in New York, USA. Credit Aotearoa/Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 3.0)</image:caption>
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      <image:title>The Ocean Brief - Antarctica’s submarine canyons mapped in unprecedented detail - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Luigi peak 1.415 m, Sierra DuFief, Wiencke Island. Credit: Georges Nijs (CC BY 2.0)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Credit NG et al (2025)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Credit: Dan Hershman/Wikipedia (CC BY 2.0)</image:caption>
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      <image:title>The Ocean Brief - Celebrate World Jellyfish day with six award-winning jellyfish - Make it stand out</image:title>
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      <image:title>The Ocean Brief - Celebrate World Jellyfish day with six award-winning jellyfish - Make it stand out</image:title>
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      <image:title>The Ocean Brief - Celebrate World Jellyfish day with six award-winning jellyfish - Make it stand out</image:title>
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      <image:title>The Ocean Brief - Artificial nests boost penguin breeding success, but there’s no one-size-fits-all design - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>African Penguin &amp; double-layered ceramic artificial nest. Credit Lorien Pichegru</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Sea angling competitions from Angling Spirit</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The isopod, Idotea balthica, clinging to the red seaweed Gracilaria gracilis. Credit: Wilfried Thomas / Station biologique de Roscoff / SU / CNRS (CC-BY-NC-SA)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>†Oncorhynchus rastrosus. (A) CT model of Holotype, UO F-26799, skull in right lateral view with a stylized drawing of the originally proposed “sabertoothed” position of the isolated premaxilla; (B) UO_A in anterior view of skull, prior to complete preparation and CT scan; (C) Artist’s rendering skull of male iconic fish with accurate spike-tooth configuration; (D) Artist’s rendering of complete female iconic fish with accurate spike-tooth configuration. Scale bar blocks = 1 cm each. Credit: Claeson et al., 2024, PLOS ONE, CC-BY 4.0.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Penguin Hike by Peter Swaine/Flickr (CC BY 2.0)</image:caption>
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      <image:title>The Ocean Brief - The loneliest penguins in the world?</image:title>
      <image:caption>The Galápagos penguin is the second smallest penguin species in the world. This image (which you can click on to enlarge) was created by Barbara Harmon, a biological and medical illustrator. Barbara has given her permission for this piece to appear here.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>The Ocean Brief - Sea Shorts: How Iceland's Jökulsárlón lagoon is changing the coast</image:title>
      <image:caption>Some of Jökulsárlón lagoon’s icebergs take on a rich blue colour (apart from that almost crystal-clear one right in the middle!). Credit: Samantha Andrews/Ocean Oculus.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>The Ocean Brief - Sea Shorts: How Iceland's Jökulsárlón lagoon is changing the coast</image:title>
      <image:caption>Iceland’s Diamond Beach is like an art gallery filled with beautiful creations. Credit: Samantha Andrews/Ocean Oculus.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://oceanoculus.com/the-ocean-brief/fog-or-mist-yfrkg</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-12-26</lastmod>
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      <image:title>The Ocean Brief - Lifting the fog... or is that mist?</image:title>
      <image:caption>An early morning ocean view at Newfoundland’s Bonavista Peninsula - with mist (not fog!). Credit: Samantha Andrews/Ocean Oculus.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>The Ocean Brief - Lifting the fog... or is that mist?</image:title>
      <image:caption>The warm Gulf Stream meets the cold Labrador Current at the Grand Banks. The result - over 200 days of fog each year! Credit: Treeman/Wikipedia (CC BY 2.5)</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://oceanoculus.com/the-ocean-brief/green-open-access-marine-ocean-9recx</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-12-26</lastmod>
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      <image:title>The Ocean Brief - Greening your marine science</image:title>
      <image:caption>Volume 1 of Philosophical Transactions. Credit Henry Oldenburg (Public Domain)</image:caption>
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      <image:title>The Ocean Brief - Greening your marine science</image:title>
      <image:caption>Credit: Mohamed_hassan (Pixabay Licence)</image:caption>
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      <image:title>The Ocean Brief - Greening your marine science</image:title>
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      <image:title>The Ocean Brief - Greening your marine science</image:title>
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      <image:title>The Ocean Brief - Greening your marine science</image:title>
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      <image:title>The Ocean Brief - Greening your marine science</image:title>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://oceanoculus.com/the-ocean-brief/devastation-of-a-tsunami-j6ptp</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-12-26</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69197957f6980d5efa218a3a/1763277229658-7WDW7Y5HL3ASSS9SNT0V/batticaloa_sri_lanka_%281%29-01%5B1%5D+%281%29.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>The Ocean Brief - The devastation of a Tsunami</image:title>
      <image:caption>Almost six months after the Tsunami hit Sri Lanka, the destruction wrought on Batticaloa was still evident. Credit: Samantha Andrews/Ocean Oculus</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://oceanoculus.com/the-ocean-brief/the-wonder-of-the-moeraki-boulders-7ljtm</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-12-26</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69197957f6980d5efa218a3a/1763277234964-Z958A9CN7ELWLOKQ8Z12/nz+boulders+%281%29-01+%281%29.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>The Ocean Brief - Sea Shorts: The Wonder of the Moeraki Boulders</image:title>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://oceanoculus.com/the-ocean-brief/secchi-plankton-gkszz</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-12-26</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69197957f6980d5efa218a3a/1763277234054-BHIH0A3T1D5W3PPCY3BT/plankton-trawl-coastal-explorer+%281%29.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>The Ocean Brief - You don't need hi-tech gear to study plankton</image:title>
      <image:caption>A mini-plankton trawl is deployed from the MV Coastal Explorer in Holyrood, Newfoundland, Canada. Credit: Samantha Andrews/Ocean Oculus</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://oceanoculus.com/the-ocean-brief/gooseneck-barnacles-4gkjz</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-12-26</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69197957f6980d5efa218a3a/1763277230420-41ELGTDNQK4I0Q75DKG2/barnacles</image:loc>
      <image:title>The Ocean Brief - The barnacle that looks like a goose... apparently...</image:title>
      <image:caption>We found these little guys whilst doing a beach clean. It seems that one man’s litter is another species handy substrate. Credit: Samantha Andrews/Ocean Oculus</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://oceanoculus.com/the-ocean-brief/largest-fur-seal-in-the-world-e9ds3</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-12-26</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69197957f6980d5efa218a3a/1763277231282-E5RPR5D2EOSGUKCJAF0T/Arctocephalus_pusillus_distribution.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>The Ocean Brief - The largest fur seal in the world</image:title>
      <image:caption>Distribution of the Brown fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus) (dark blue: breeding colonies; light blue: non-breeding individuals). Credit Mirko Thiessen/Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 3.0)</image:caption>
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      <image:title>The Ocean Brief - The largest fur seal in the world</image:title>
      <image:caption>Brown fur seals near Bruny Island in Tasmania, Australia. Credit Samantha Andrews/Ocean Oculus</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://oceanoculus.com/the-ocean-brief/multi-tasking-underwater-zl88y</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-12-26</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69197957f6980d5efa218a3a/1763277231986-8VTVKAGZQGYEHJJ4AJ5R/maerl+beds</image:loc>
      <image:title>The Ocean Brief - Sea Shorts: Multi-tasking underwater</image:title>
      <image:caption>Maerl Beds in the Fal and Helford SAC (England). Credit Natural England/Ross Bullimore (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://oceanoculus.com/the-ocean-brief/uk-national-whale-dolphin-watch-99l3k</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-12-26</lastmod>
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      <image:title>The Ocean Brief - Join in the UK’s National Whale and Dolphin Watch this Summer</image:title>
      <image:caption>A young whale spotter looking out for whales and dolphins in Kinghorn, Scotland, during NWDW last year. Credit: Ronnie Mackie/Sea Watch Foundation.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>The Ocean Brief - Join in the UK’s National Whale and Dolphin Watch this Summer</image:title>
      <image:caption>Sea spotters conducting a land watch in Dorset. Credit: Catherine de Bertrand/Sea Watch Foundation</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://oceanoculus.com/the-ocean-brief/save-a-stranded-dolphin-8l2lf</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-12-26</lastmod>
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      <image:title>The Ocean Brief - Sea Shorts: Learning how to save a stranded dolphin</image:title>
      <image:caption>Bubbles the dolphin helping us with our stranded whale and dolphin rescue training.</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://oceanoculus.com/the-ocean-brief/when-sea-ice-turns-pink-2fld9</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-12-26</lastmod>
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      <image:title>The Ocean Brief - Sea Shorts: When sea ice turns pink</image:title>
      <image:caption>Pieces of sea ice in Newfoundland, Canada, covered in the pink algae. Credit: Samantha Andrews/Ocean Oculus</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://oceanoculus.com/the-ocean-brief/wreck-of-seabirds-33d3c</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-12-26</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69197957f6980d5efa218a3a/1763277235784-4QKB3K0WMXV2CSO1HPLY/seabird-wreck+%281%29.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>The Ocean Brief - Sea Shorts: A wreck of seabirds</image:title>
      <image:caption>Just some of the seabird wreck that hit Jersey (Channel Islands) in 2014. Credit Samantha Andrews/Ocean Oculus</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://oceanoculus.com/the-ocean-brief/sea-star-feet-xbn9y</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-12-26</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69197957f6980d5efa218a3a/1763277233898-0L57QBMH71J3KZUW1UBW/seastar-underside%2B%281%29%2B%281%29%2B%281%29.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>The Ocean Brief - Sea Shorts: The sucky side of the sea star</image:title>
      <image:caption>The underside of a sea star is where all the action is! Credit Samantha Andrews/Ocean Oculus</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://oceanoculus.com/the-ocean-brief/rockpooling-marine-life-bhwrc</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-12-26</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69197957f6980d5efa218a3a/1763277233514-9S6TXZH2EXHUP8VBT55P/keel%2Bworm.%2Btonicellla%2Brubra-01+%281%29.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>The Ocean Brief - Sea Shorts: Not just a dirty rock</image:title>
      <image:caption>Even the humble rock becomes a home for sea life. "A" is a chiton and "B" the cast left behind by a keel worm. Credit Samantha Andrews/Ocean Oculus.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://oceanoculus.com/the-ocean-brief/a-perfect-harbour-yn9tp</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-12-26</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69197957f6980d5efa218a3a/1763277228239-QYJO7KVZMO30EMU5IMQ6/Newfoundland-1842</image:loc>
      <image:title>The Ocean Brief - Sea Shorts: A perfect harbour</image:title>
      <image:caption>Part of the St John's Harbour in 1842. Taken from page 248 Newfoundland, in 1842: a sequel to “The Canadas in 1841". Credit Sir Richard Henry Bonnycastle, and digitised by The British Library. Public Domain Licence.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>The Ocean Brief - Sea Shorts: A perfect harbour</image:title>
      <image:caption>A snowy St John's harbour. Credit Samantha Andrews/Ocean Oculus</image:caption>
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      <image:title>The Ocean Brief - Sea Shorts: A perfect harbour</image:title>
      <image:caption>Icebergs making their way through The Narrows. Credit Vey, source Vikings of the Ice : Being the Log of a Tenderfoot on the Great Newfoundland Seal Hunt by George Allan England. Public Domain Licence</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://oceanoculus.com/the-ocean-brief/art-of-the-cod-jig-trjl7</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-12-26</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69197957f6980d5efa218a3a/1763277228451-2IAZMJY0PA2FLZX387SF/cod-jig-art</image:loc>
      <image:title>The Ocean Brief - Sea Shorts: The Art of the Cod Jig</image:title>
      <image:caption>This beautiful wood inlay was created by Denis Abrard, who is based in Newfoundland. You can see more of his work at his website www.denisabrard.com. Image credit Samantha Andrews/Ocean Oculus</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://oceanoculus.com/the-ocean-brief/home-hopping-hermit-crabs-7cdrt</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-12-26</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69197957f6980d5efa218a3a/1763277230792-EQCUKFUQ9WAAFN6DQQ4D/Paguridae</image:loc>
      <image:title>The Ocean Brief - Sea Shorts: Home-hopping hermit crabs</image:title>
      <image:caption>This fine hermit crab was spotted near a rock pool in Cornwall, England. Credit Samantha Andrews/Ocean Oculus</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69197957f6980d5efa218a3a/1763277230801-VJQP1UWM9YK9P0IODD0G/hermit</image:loc>
      <image:title>The Ocean Brief - Sea Shorts: Home-hopping hermit crabs</image:title>
      <image:caption>This rather creative hermit crab was spotted in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Credit  Jenny Downing/Flickr (CC BY 2.0)</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://oceanoculus.com/the-ocean-brief/the-birth-of-an-isthmus-8lld7</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-12-26</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69197957f6980d5efa218a3a/1763277234772-VHK8RD69Z5DKVSSKBYSU/Bruny+Island</image:loc>
      <image:title>The Ocean Brief - Sea Shorts: The birth of an Isthmus</image:title>
      <image:caption>Bruny Island is located off the coast of Tasmania, Australia. Credit Samantha Andrews/Ocean Oculus</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://oceanoculus.com/the-ocean-brief/by-the-wind-sailor-szase</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-12-26</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69197957f6980d5efa218a3a/1763277228732-8LPDKMD6JUXY60YFY0K0/velella</image:loc>
      <image:title>The Ocean Brief - Sea Shorts: Sailing by the wind</image:title>
      <image:caption>This (rather blurry) photo of a Velella velella was taken in Jersey (Channel Islands) after a storm. Velella frequently find themsleves washed ashore in strong winds. Credit Samantha Andrews/Ocean Oculus</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://oceanoculus.com/the-ocean-brief/sunflower-sea-stars-appendages-8y96s</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-12-26</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69197957f6980d5efa218a3a/1763277234675-5490EI0R4Z21XS9F9GRL/purple-sunstar+%281%29.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>The Ocean Brief - Sea Shorts: Sunflower sea stars 'drop and run'</image:title>
      <image:caption>This (deceased) sunflower sea star (Pycnopodia helianthoides) was spotted on a rocky beach in Bamfield, British Columbia in Canada. See how it has a gap where some arms should be. Credit: Samantha Andrews/Ocean Oculus</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://oceanoculus.com/the-ocean-brief/lobster-golden-claws-kzzhl</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-12-26</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69197957f6980d5efa218a3a/1763277231451-133E6DFG0BHA5AJHTCYT/lobster-yellow</image:loc>
      <image:title>The Ocean Brief - Sea Shorts: Santa Claus? Meet Golden Claws!</image:title>
      <image:caption>I dub thee Lady Golden Claws! Credit Samantha Andrews/Ocean Oculus</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://oceanoculus.com/the-ocean-brief/sea-stacks-35n8s</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-12-26</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69197957f6980d5efa218a3a/1763277233878-H68MB6LLA2AK1I0TIFRP/bonavista2017+4-01.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>The Ocean Brief - Sea Shorts: Stacking up against the sea</image:title>
      <image:caption>The Chimney Sea Stack of Spillars Point, Newfoundland. Credit: Samantha Andrews/Ocean Oculus</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://oceanoculus.com/the-ocean-brief/cuttlefish-bones-more-than-bird-food-3yp5y</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-12-26</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69197957f6980d5efa218a3a/1763277229547-DAPU4XWM5YMZFNKPM655/cuttlefish-bone</image:loc>
      <image:title>The Ocean Brief - Sea Shorts: The curious case of the cuttlefish bone</image:title>
      <image:caption>This teeny tiny cuttlefish bone was found on a beach in the north coast of Jersey. Credit Samantha Andrews/Ocean Oculus</image:caption>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69197957f6980d5efa218a3a/1763277229557-HHYU3ZZ9V8PVVDR7H0OP/cuttlefish</image:loc>
      <image:title>The Ocean Brief - Sea Shorts: The curious case of the cuttlefish bone</image:title>
      <image:caption>This cuttlefish is a Sepia officinalis - the European common cuttlefish. Credit Richard/Flickr (CC BY-ND 2.0)</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://oceanoculus.com/the-ocean-brief/life-estuuary-6nb9f</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-12-26</lastmod>
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      <image:title>The Ocean Brief - Sea Shorts: Life on (and in) the mud</image:title>
      <image:caption>Do you know who made these footprints? They were taken down on the Hayle Estuary in Cornwall, England. Feel free to comment below if you know! Credit: Samantha Andrews/Ocean Oculus.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>The Ocean Brief - Sea Shorts: Life on (and in) the mud</image:title>
      <image:caption>This particular ragworm is a Nereis virens. Credit: Alexander Semenov/Flickr (CC BY 2.0)</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://oceanoculus.com/the-ocean-brief/whale-watching-with-care-djaaa</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-12-26</lastmod>
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      <image:title>The Ocean Brief - Sea Shorts: Whale watching with care</image:title>
      <image:caption>A female humpback whale in Witless Bay, Newfoundland. There was also a calf, but you cannot see it in this photo. Credit: Samantha Andrews/Ocean Oculus.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>The Ocean Brief - Sea Shorts: Whale watching with care</image:title>
      <image:caption>This humpback is called "Flounder HWC#8439" (catchy name right!). HWC#8439 was photographed at Massachusetts, USA during its migration north. Credit: Dave Fletcher/Flickr (CC BY-ND 2.0).</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://oceanoculus.com/the-ocean-brief/winter-flounder-xywz7</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-12-26</lastmod>
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      <image:title>The Ocean Brief - Sea Shorts: Wonders of the Winter Flounder</image:title>
      <image:caption>Look carefully and you will see another species of flounder - known as a peacock flounder - nicely camouflaged on the sea floor. Credit Dr Dwayne Meadows, NOAA/NMFS/OPR (Public Domain)</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://oceanoculus.com/the-ocean-brief/migratory-marine-species-protection-38ym6</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-12-26</lastmod>
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      <image:title>The Ocean Brief - 9 Migratory marine species to be given better protection</image:title>
      <image:caption>A stamp of Azerbaijan showing a Caspian seal and pup. Credit Post of Azerbaijan/Wikimedia (not subject to copyright)</image:caption>
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      <image:title>The Ocean Brief - 9 Migratory marine species to be given better protection</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whale shark encounter off Caribbean coast of Panama. Photographer: Sam Farkas. Credit NOAA OAR 2014 Photo Contest/Flickr (CC BY 2.0)</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69197957f6980d5efa218a3a/1763277231797-4WIUE67S122ZCTOGM4W2/angel-shark</image:loc>
      <image:title>The Ocean Brief - 9 Migratory marine species to be given better protection</image:title>
      <image:caption>An angelshark. Credit Dan Meineck/Flickr (CC BY-ND 2.0)</image:caption>
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    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69197957f6980d5efa218a3a/1763277231805-0SJPMGQZ955TESADXCN2/dusky-shark+%281%29.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>The Ocean Brief - 9 Migratory marine species to be given better protection</image:title>
      <image:caption>Dusky shark being shadowed by a cobia (Rachycentron canadum) at Sea World Australia. Credit Happy Little Nomad/Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 2.0)</image:caption>
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      <image:title>The Ocean Brief - 9 Migratory marine species to be given better protection</image:title>
      <image:caption>Blue shark off southern California. Credit Mark Conlin/NMFS (Public Domain)</image:caption>
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      <image:title>The Ocean Brief - 9 Migratory marine species to be given better protection</image:title>
      <image:caption>White-spotted wedgefish at the Sydney Aquarium. Credit Ross Bennetts/Wikimedia (CC BY 2.0)</image:caption>
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      <image:title>The Ocean Brief - 9 Migratory marine species to be given better protection</image:title>
      <image:caption>Common guitarfish. Credit Esquilo/Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 3.0)</image:caption>
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      <image:title>The Ocean Brief - 9 Migratory marine species to be given better protection</image:title>
      <image:caption>Christmas Island Frigatebird photographed at Jakarta Bay, Jakarta, Indonesia. Credit Shah Jahan/Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 3.0)</image:caption>
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      <image:title>The Ocean Brief - 9 Migratory marine species to be given better protection</image:title>
      <image:caption>One of the other subspecies of black noddy, with a chick. This particular pair were photographed on Lady Elliot Island, Queensland, Australia. Credit Glen Fergus/Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 2.5)</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://oceanoculus.com/the-ocean-brief/sea-anemones-predators-96bg5</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-12-26</lastmod>
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      <image:title>The Ocean Brief - Sea Shorts: Sea anemones- the flowers (&amp;amp; predators) of the sea</image:title>
      <image:caption>A couple of different species of sea anemone in a rock pool in Bamfield, British Columbia, Canada. The image has been enhanced to show some of the details of the anemone's body. Credit Samantha Andrews/Ocean Oculus</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://oceanoculus.com/the-ocean-brief/new-zealand-endangered-sea-lion-mwj4k</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-12-26</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69197957f6980d5efa218a3a/1763277232181-TBAJOZSWDMXSP3L76MLZ/Hookers-sea-lion-new-zealand</image:loc>
      <image:title>The Ocean Brief - Sea Shorts: New Zealand's endangered sea lion</image:title>
      <image:caption>This fine sea lion was spotted on the Otago Peninsula in New Zealand's South Island. Credit: Samantha Andrews/Ocean Oculus</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://oceanoculus.com/the-ocean-brief/seaweed-tasty-nutritious-767at</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-12-26</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69197957f6980d5efa218a3a/1763277234014-2FCGXYLN0TAPJ34PSET0/kelp-seaweed-kombu+%281%29.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>The Ocean Brief - Sea Shorts: A tasty &amp;amp; nutritious treat from the sea</image:title>
      <image:caption>It's yummy... it's nutritious.... it's...? Credit: Samantha Andrews/Ocean Oculus</image:caption>
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      <image:title>The Ocean Brief - Sea Shorts: A tasty &amp;amp; nutritious treat from the sea</image:title>
      <image:caption>Korean miso soup - yummy! Credit TapisRouge (Pixabay Licence)</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://oceanoculus.com/the-ocean-brief/scallops-filter-feeding-ld5mj</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-12-26</lastmod>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://oceanoculus.com/the-ocean-brief/fishing-for-squid-zw8nk</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-12-26</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69197957f6980d5efa218a3a/1763277230126-7S7W4ITRVYMLWIU2JX2H/squid-fishing-boat</image:loc>
      <image:title>The Ocean Brief - Sea Shorts: Fishing for Squid</image:title>
      <image:caption>Squid fishing boat in Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan. Credit Samantha Andrews</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://oceanoculus.com/the-ocean-brief/velvet-swimming-crab-gyd32</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-12-26</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69197957f6980d5efa218a3a/1763277235485-07NQWYCWI17Q23HJSY7U/velvet-swimming-crab+%281%29.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>The Ocean Brief - Sea Shorts: Introducing the velvet swimming crab - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Credit: Samantha Andrews</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://oceanoculus.com/the-ocean-brief/ocean-animal-movement-s7tpy</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-12-26</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69197957f6980d5efa218a3a/1763277232409-H7SGIX3LT3EUMVWZ707C/9787178464_5ef4c8d42b_o.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>The Ocean Brief - Three types of animal movement in the ocean</image:title>
      <image:caption>Image: A limpet munching its way across a rock. Credit Flickr/NOAA Photo Library (CC BY 2.0)</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://oceanoculus.com/the-ocean-brief/plight-of-the-vaquita-jjn8l</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-12-26</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69197957f6980d5efa218a3a/1763277233256-S2AGLIXFL3O387XLGE14/Vaquita6_Olson_NOAA.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>The Ocean Brief - The plight of the vaquita</image:title>
      <image:caption>Two vaquita in the Gulf of Mexico. Image credit: Paula Olson/NOAA, and cropped by WolfmanSF/Wikimedia (Public Domain)</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69197957f6980d5efa218a3a/1763277233265-A3CPUNEHC3XIQR5UBOJD/vaquita-poster</image:loc>
      <image:title>The Ocean Brief - The plight of the vaquita</image:title>
      <image:caption>Vaquita has been the focus of many conservation campaigns for a number of years. Image credit SEMARNAT/Flickr (Public Domain)</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://oceanoculus.com/the-ocean-brief/special-area-of-conservation-bl57f</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-12-26</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69197957f6980d5efa218a3a/1763277234533-2AXPN5QN6WHPVUG1L26F/497340583_30f6583d18_o.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>The Ocean Brief - How special is a ‘Special Area of Conservation?</image:title>
      <image:caption>Swimming scallop at the San Juan Islands. Credit Dan Hershman/Flickr (CC BY 2.0)</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69197957f6980d5efa218a3a/1763277234541-ZLDLH38JOXR2D8DA3VCT/Deck+of+fishing+boat</image:loc>
      <image:title>The Ocean Brief - How special is a ‘Special Area of Conservation?</image:title>
      <image:caption>Deck of fishing boat “Sea Otter” in Oban Harbour. Credit Eglos/Flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0)</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://oceanoculus.com/the-ocean-brief/oh-canada-what-about-your-ocean-8szn7</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-12-26</lastmod>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://oceanoculus.com/the-ocean-brief/protecting-kenyas-dolphin-habitat-pcj6j</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-12-26</lastmod>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://oceanoculus.com/the-ocean-brief/communities-and-microplastics-ysptt</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-12-26</lastmod>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://oceanoculus.com/the-ocean-brief/too-deep-commercial-fishing-c3xfs</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-12-26</lastmod>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://oceanoculus.com/the-ocean-brief/fossil-plankton-pollution-a8yce</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-12-26</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69197957f6980d5efa218a3a/1763277230185-UZU1YOWX8GU7RACKOUWX/new-plate-sl.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>The Ocean Brief - What 415 million year old fossil plankton tells us about heavy metal pollution and extinction</image:title>
      <image:caption>Image: A malformed (’teratological’) chitinozoan specimen of the genus Ancyrochitina (a) and a morphologically normal specimen (b) of the same genus. Both of these Silurian microfossils are from the A1-61 well in Libya and are about 415 Ma old. Scale bars are 0.1 mm.  Image and caption taken from the paper.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://oceanoculus.com/the-ocean-brief/unique-ecology-human-predator-kxnyz</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-12-26</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://oceanoculus.com/the-ocean-brief/reducing-bycatch-skates-rays-acpww</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-12-26</lastmod>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://oceanoculus.com/the-ocean-brief/brighter-future-shy-albatross-fb6ew</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-12-26</lastmod>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://oceanoculus.com/the-ocean-brief/travelling-tiger-shark-a2576</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-12-26</lastmod>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://oceanoculus.com/the-ocean-brief/canadas-marine-protected-areas-fail-pgx5b</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-12-26</lastmod>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://oceanoculus.com/the-ocean-brief/no-fishing-zones-for-conservation-l3nc6</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-12-26</lastmod>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://oceanoculus.com/the-ocean-brief/blue-whales-ship-strikes-7fmz9</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-12-26</lastmod>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://oceanoculus.com/the-ocean-brief/climate-change-impacts-kenyan-fisheries-s68p8</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-12-26</lastmod>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://oceanoculus.com/the-ocean-brief/community-conservation-rebuild-fish-mmjxp</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-12-26</lastmod>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://oceanoculus.com/the-ocean-brief/acoustic-monitoring-ocean-rlcg8</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-12-26</lastmod>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://oceanoculus.com/the-ocean-brief/dynamic-ocean-management-93k9b</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-12-26</lastmod>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://oceanoculus.com/the-ocean-brief/chambered-nautilus-nautilus-pompilius-endxn</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-12-26</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69197957f6980d5efa218a3a/1763277229141-DBVP3HMWWYZHIKXQ2895/nautilus_pompilius_head.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>The Ocean Brief - Cool critter of the month: the chambered nautilus (Nautilus pompilius)</image:title>
      <image:caption>Image: This image was taken by Hans Hillewaert and kindly licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons.  Thanks Hans!</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://oceanoculus.com/the-ocean-brief/protecting-north-atlantic-right-whales-6bc88</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-12-26</lastmod>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://oceanoculus.com/the-ocean-brief/deep-sea-plutonium-244-origin-g9dat</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-12-26</lastmod>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://oceanoculus.com/the-ocean-brief/slipper-limpet-crepidula-fornicata-fthgl</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-12-26</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69197957f6980d5efa218a3a/1763277234475-Q8JYGGT5FPSCPP3PWNRD/slipper_limpet+%281%29.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>The Ocean Brief - Cool critter of the month: Slipper Limpet (Crepidula fornicata)</image:title>
      <image:caption>Image: The larval stage of these cool critters are planktonic (veliger larval stage).  This image of one such larvae was taken by Joyce Pieretti (University of Chicago), Manuela Truebano (Plymouth University), Saori Tani (Kobe University) and Daniela Di Bella (Fundacion Instituto Leloir).</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://oceanoculus.com/the-ocean-brief/australia-mpa-fails-sawfish-b8fep</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-12-26</lastmod>
  </url>
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    <loc>https://oceanoculus.com/the-ocean-brief/tale-of-two-penguins-xb5ts</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-12-26</lastmod>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://oceanoculus.com/the-ocean-brief/fishing-levels-no-take-zone-78z9t</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-12-26</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://oceanoculus.com/the-ocean-brief/species-range-change-detection-ad5ak</loc>
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