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Sign petitions to protect reefs in Hawaii, protest slaughter of whales
Last Update: 25 February 2008 09:33 AM
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Author: Matt Segal ( segal3 )
Related Link: Save Hawaiian Reefs
On Monday, February 25, 2008, the Hawaiian Legislature will hear testimony on Senate Bill 3225 which intends to regulate aquarium trade harvesting in Hawaii for the first time. Previously, the Hawaiian harvesting fisheries have self-reported “$820,000 [in sales] while the trade group Hawai’i Tropical Fish Association publicly estimated it’s total sales at around $4.9 million for the same year”, or nearly six times more than reported harvested.
If you’ve had the experience to snorkel or dive in the Hawaiian Islands (you do not have to be a resident of Hawaii), take a minute to submit your testimony before Monday about the importance of limiting harvesting of reef fish life.
In addition, a new online whaling protest petition intended for the International Whaling Commission has garnered over a million signatures - visit Whales Revenge to add your support.
Before posting this link please check your facts. The petition linked to is full of misinformation, the petition you are signing proposes various previsions to the actual bill, which would do more harm than good (e.g. eliminating funding for research to check the effectiveness of protected areas, to name but a few). It would have been MUCH better to link to the actual Hawaii.gov site where the ACTUAL bill can be read and testimony can be submitted, instead of relying on the twisted facts of a special interest group. Shame on you Wetpixel!
Posted by JCharles on 02/25 at 09:33 AM