PETITIONS: Save sharks

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From Shark Savers

http://www.sharksavers.org/

 

Petition: Protect South Africa's Sharks

Please sign this petition to:

 

Mr Marthinus van Schalkwyk

Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism

South Africa

Urge to improve protection of all sharks within South Africa’s territorial

waters. Sharks are killed even in marine reserves.

 

http://www.sharksavers.org/content/view/198/101/

 

Petition: Support law to ban shark fin products in Westchester

Westchester County, just north of New York City, is considering

a law to ban the sale of all shark fin products, including shark fin soup.

This would be the first legislation of its kind in the United States and

could create momentum to ban shark fin products in other localities.

 

 

The legislators, and this bill, deserve our support. Let's tell

them how important we think this ban is. Please 'sign' the letter, below. It

is especially important for residents of Westchester County to show their

support of this bill.

 

http://www.sharksavers.org/content/view/204/9/

 

 

 

Petition: Oppose new shark fishing in the Great Barrier Reef

 

'We are shocked that the Queensland, Australia Department of

Primary Industries and Fisheries (DPI & F) is creating a dedicated shark

fishery at a time when shark populations worldwide face unprecedented

fishing pressure and many have been drastically reduced.

 

Although the DPI & F’s measures intend to bring sustainability to

shark fishing, they appear to be driven by short-term financial gain.

Instead, the establishment of shark fisheries will deplete shark populations

and produce negative impacts to the Great Barrier Reef ecosystem. Short term

economic interest of a small number of fishermen should not be placed above

one of Australia's – and the world's - most precious resources: sharks and

the Great Barrier Reef.'

 

 

http://www.sharksavers.org/content/view/260/9/