{"id":857,"date":"2026-04-21T17:14:53","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T09:14:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mandaragat.org\/msn\/?page_id=857"},"modified":"2026-08-12T14:05:45","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T06:05:45","slug":"special-citations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mpasupportnetwork.org\/msn\/para-el-mar\/special-citations\/","title":{"rendered":"Special Citations"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"857\" class=\"elementor elementor-857\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d919936 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5d919936\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2dbdf5f7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode\" data-id=\"2dbdf5f7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"shortcode.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shortcode\"><nav aria-label=\"breadcrumbs\" class=\"rank-math-breadcrumb\"><p><span class=\"last\">Home<\/span><\/p><\/nav><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-20f17353 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"20f17353\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c23309c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7c23309c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Special Citations<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-237719e4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"237719e4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Special Citations honor outstanding contributions in specific aspects of marine conservation including enforcement excellence, innovative research, community leadership, and technological innovation.<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-68d5892 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"68d5892\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-43ee0745 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"43ee0745\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1703606b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1703606b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Awardees<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c26e653 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-filter-widget\" data-id=\"2c26e653\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;target_selector&quot;:&quot;#awardees-grid&quot;,&quot;filter_post_type&quot;:&quot;awardees&quot;,&quot;nothing_found_message&quot;:&quot;It seems we can\\u2019t find what you\\u2019re looking for.&quot;,&quot;group_logic&quot;:&quot;AND&quot;,&quot;filter_custom_handler&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;optimize_query&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;no_found_rows&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;suppress_filters&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;posts_per_page&quot;:-1,&quot;scroll_to_top&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"filter-widget.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"filter-container\" data-target-post-widget=\"#awardees-grid\">\n\t\t\t<form id=\"filter-2c26e653\" class=\"form-tax elementor-grid \" action=\"\/\" method=\"get\" autocomplete=\"on\">\n\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"bpf_filter_nonce\" value=\"2a43c2801d\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"flex-wrapper awardee_year\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"filter-title\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bpfwe-custom-field-wrapper bpfwe-select2\" data-logic=\"OR\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<select id=\"awardee_year-2c26e653\" name=\"awardee_year-2c26e653\"><option value=\"\">All Years<\/option><option data-category=\"2025\" data-taxonomy=\"awardee_year\" data-reset=\"5\" value=\"2025\">2025<\/option><option data-category=\"2023\" data-taxonomy=\"awardee_year\" data-reset=\"1\" value=\"2023\">2023<\/option><option data-category=\"2021\" data-taxonomy=\"awardee_year\" data-reset=\"1\" value=\"2021\">2021<\/option>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/select>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/form><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-39df743f elementor-grid-3 elementor-grid-tablet-2 elementor-grid-mobile-1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-loop-grid\" data-id=\"39df743f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" id=\"awardees-grid\" 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year.\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-14391a9e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"14391a9e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37183d0a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"37183d0a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f616f81 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7f616f81\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Finalists<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e1e7ad2 elementor-widget__width-initial 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class=\"e-loop-nothing-found-message\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-loop-nothing-found-message__text\">\n\t\t\t\tNo entries found for the selected year.\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e465475 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3e465475\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-352a77e3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"352a77e3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-194d38c6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"194d38c6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Panel of Evaluators<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div 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