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Ocean Resources Care & Awareness ORCA" is an educational format service of Astral Arts Mendocino and will eventually cover subjects from the  forests  to the  sea. It began while watching a film about Orcas of the dolphin class. Scientists call the Orcas 'killer whales' when it is just as appropriate to say that Orcas are dolphins that kill whales, Orcas are 'killer dolphins'. All oceanic dolphins are in the Odontoceti (toothed whale) suborder of the  Cetacea. The suborder is characterized by having teeth, rather than baleen as do animals in the other suborder of cetaceans, Mysticeti. However, fossils indicate that early Baleen whales had teeth as well before evolving baleen, so defining the Odontoceti on teeth alone is problematic, and paleontologists have instead identified other features uniting fossil and modern odontocetes that are not shared by mysticetes. Toothed whales are active hunters, feeding on fish, squid, and in some cases marine mammals. The latest threat to Cetacean Migrations are  Ocean WAVE Energy Projects off the Mendocino Coast The latest threat to North Coast Sport, Commercial and Subsistence fishing communities and fisheries is the  MLPA Initiative  which isn't an initiative at all in the sense of a Ballot Initiative - Which Would Suggest That Californians Voted On The MLPA Initiative. Had the MLPA Initiative been voted as a Ballot Initiative it would have lost. Polls show that people favor management over area closures. ORCA As a service ORCA" distributes educational tools, brochures, multimedia, and posts updates of events - even urgent news items that affect the Pacific Ocean ecosystem off Northern California's rugged coastline. The MLPA Initiative, the process, the confusion, the lack of science, and given the rush to complete it, is it a well planned and funded agenda by special interests? No matter how you say it, it translates to  NO FISHING! What is the condition of the resources in the northwest coastal waters of California? Abalone and seaweed were chosen as key species to substantiate fishery closures but, there is no science and no apparent problem with these fisheries. The  Links To Extinction  page covers many ocean related topics. Just Say No To WAVE Energy Free Downloads Enjoy this beautiful powerpoint slideshow  of whales, icebergs and Orcas off the coast of Argentina. Informative 2005 ORCA  manual  PDF Mendocino Mist  Looking beyond the stemmed glass: Another history, another future on The Mendocino Coast. The Mendocino Whale Festival The Mendocino Whale Festival originally celebrated the advent of public participation in the Territorial Law of the Sea. Backed by 40 years of science by the IWC, and international conventions at the UN - Save the Whales became a banner that many believe finally led to international acceptance of the 200 mile EEZ (Exclusive Economic Zone) and protected territorial waters around the world. Astral Arts Mendocino Spring 2008 events calendar Astral-Arts Mendocino registered as a Mendocino County business in the Spring of 2003. All artwork, media, audio, video, projet series names and individual titles are Copyright Protected ©2004 ©2005 ©2006 ©2007 ©2008 ©2009 Author: Thomas DiFiore. All business logos and product line artwork, are marks with specific fonts used in the identification of goods/services as used in commerce, and are trademarks of the author or Astral Arts Mendocino.