Urgent Help Needed to Protect Lemon Sharks!
Target:
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
Lemon sharks aggregate off the East Coast of Florida every winter. They are an enormously popular attraction for scuba divers, giving a welcome boost to Florida's struggling recreational diving industry. But commercial fishermen are gearing up to target lemon sharks now. The primary purpose for this harvest is for their fins, which is a cruel and wasteful use for this animal. We need your support to stop the slaughter!
Research with satellite tags shows that the lemon sharks' winter aggregation is composed of individuals from up and down the Eastern Seaboard and the Bahamas. These large gatherings occur in a relatively small area off Palm Beach, close to shore and within a highly predictable time frame. This makes them easy targets, and scientists studying Florida's Lemon Shark Aggregation fear that commercial fishers can wipe out the lemon sharks in just one or two seasons.
Till now the commercial lemon shark fishery has been tiny -- less then 15,000 lbs annually nationwide. The Sandbar Shark, which is now protected, has had a commercial annual quota of 2 million pounds. Because of the new protections for Sandbar Sharks and other fish, commercial fishers have clearly stated their intention to re-direct fishing effort to lemon and other large sharks.
Large coastal sharks, including lemon sharks, hammerheads, bull sharks and tiger sharks, have already suffered massive declines of over 90% in the past 30 years, and are badly in need of protection.
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is seriously considering adding Lemon Sharks to the Prohibited Species List and your support is absolutely critical!!
If you value sharks and want to help save these beautiful and ecologically important animals, please sign this petition. And if you will be in Florida on October 19th - 20th, please attend one of the FWC Public Lemon Shark Workshops . Everyone is welcome to attend!
Oct. 19th - Fort Myers, FL - 6pm - 8pm - Joseph P. D'Alessandro Office Complex, 2295 Victoria Ave.
Oct. 20th - Dania Beach, FL - 6pm -8pm - IGFA Fishing Hall of Fame and Museum, 300 Gulf Stream Way.
Research with satellite tags shows that the lemon sharks' winter aggregation is composed of individuals from up and down the Eastern Seaboard and the Bahamas. These large gatherings occur in a relatively small area off Palm Beach, close to shore and within a highly predictable time frame. This makes them easy targets, and scientists studying Florida's Lemon Shark Aggregation fear that commercial fishers can wipe out the lemon sharks in just one or two seasons.
Till now the commercial lemon shark fishery has been tiny -- less then 15,000 lbs annually nationwide. The Sandbar Shark, which is now protected, has had a commercial annual quota of 2 million pounds. Because of the new protections for Sandbar Sharks and other fish, commercial fishers have clearly stated their intention to re-direct fishing effort to lemon and other large sharks.
Large coastal sharks, including lemon sharks, hammerheads, bull sharks and tiger sharks, have already suffered massive declines of over 90% in the past 30 years, and are badly in need of protection.
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is seriously considering adding Lemon Sharks to the Prohibited Species List and your support is absolutely critical!!
If you value sharks and want to help save these beautiful and ecologically important animals, please sign this petition. And if you will be in Florida on October 19th - 20th, please attend one of the FWC Public Lemon Shark Workshops . Everyone is welcome to attend!
Oct. 19th - Fort Myers, FL - 6pm - 8pm - Joseph P. D'Alessandro Office Complex, 2295 Victoria Ave.
Oct. 20th - Dania Beach, FL - 6pm -8pm - IGFA Fishing Hall of Fame and Museum, 300 Gulf Stream Way.
Lemon sharks aggregate off the East Coast of Florida every winter. They are an enormously popular attraction for scuba divers, giving a welcome boost to Florida's struggling recreational diving industry. But commercial fishermen are gearing up to target lemon sharks now. The primary purpose for this harvest is for their fins, which is a cruel and wasteful use for this animal. We need your support to stop the slaughter!
Research with satellite tags shows that the lemon sharks' winter aggregation is composed of individuals from up and down the Eastern Seaboard and the Bahamas. These large gatherings occur in a relatively small area off Palm Beach, close to shore and within a highly predictable time frame. This makes them easy targets, and scientists studying Florida's Lemon Shark Aggregation fear that commercial fishers can wipe out the lemon sharks in just one or two seasons.
Till now the commercial lemon shark fishery has been tiny -- less then 15,000 lbs annually nationwide. The Sandbar Shark, which is now protected, has had a commercial annual quota of 2 million pounds. Because of the new protections for Sandbar Sharks and other fish, commercial fishers have clearly stated their intention to re-direct fishing effort to lemon and other large sharks.
Large coastal sharks, including lemon sharks, hammerheads, bull sharks and tiger sharks, have already suffered massive declines of over 90% in the past 30 years, and are badly in need of protection.
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is seriously considering adding Lemon Sharks to the Prohibited Species List and your support is absolutely critical!!
If you value sharks and want to help save these beautiful and ecologically important animals, please sign this petition. And if you will be in Florida on October 19th - 20th, please attend one of the FWC Public Lemon Shark Workshops . Everyone is welcome to attend!
Oct. 19th - Fort Myers, FL - 6pm - 8pm - Joseph P. D'Alessandro Office Complex, 2295 Victoria Ave.
Oct. 20th - Dania Beach, FL - 6pm -8pm - IGFA Fishing Hall of Fame and Museum, 300 Gulf Stream Way.
Research with satellite tags shows that the lemon sharks' winter aggregation is composed of individuals from up and down the Eastern Seaboard and the Bahamas. These large gatherings occur in a relatively small area off Palm Beach, close to shore and within a highly predictable time frame. This makes them easy targets, and scientists studying Florida's Lemon Shark Aggregation fear that commercial fishers can wipe out the lemon sharks in just one or two seasons.
Till now the commercial lemon shark fishery has been tiny -- less then 15,000 lbs annually nationwide. The Sandbar Shark, which is now protected, has had a commercial annual quota of 2 million pounds. Because of the new protections for Sandbar Sharks and other fish, commercial fishers have clearly stated their intention to re-direct fishing effort to lemon and other large sharks.
Large coastal sharks, including lemon sharks, hammerheads, bull sharks and tiger sharks, have already suffered massive declines of over 90% in the past 30 years, and are badly in need of protection.
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is seriously considering adding Lemon Sharks to the Prohibited Species List and your support is absolutely critical!!
If you value sharks and want to help save these beautiful and ecologically important animals, please sign this petition. And if you will be in Florida on October 19th - 20th, please attend one of the FWC Public Lemon Shark Workshops . Everyone is welcome to attend!
Oct. 19th - Fort Myers, FL - 6pm - 8pm - Joseph P. D'Alessandro Office Complex, 2295 Victoria Ave.
Oct. 20th - Dania Beach, FL - 6pm -8pm - IGFA Fishing Hall of Fame and Museum, 300 Gulf Stream Way.
We signed the "Urgent Help Needed to Protect Lemon Sharks!" petition!
# 5,524:
10:02 pm PST, Feb 9,
Tori Thorpe, Maryland
# 5,523:
5:06 am PST, Feb 9,
Thomas Carter, United Kingdom
# 5,522:
4:49 am PST, Feb 9,
Name not displayed, Florida
Thank you for looking out for the sharks!
Thank you for looking out for the sharks!
# 5,521:
2:50 am PST, Feb 9,
Markus Fortmeier, Germany
I cannot understand the ignorance of people once there is some money involved....
I cannot understand the ignorance of people once there is some money involved....
# 5,520:
5:15 pm PST, Feb 8,
Name not displayed, New York
# 5,519:
11:04 am PST, Feb 7,
Laurie Foell, Minnesota
Please protect the Lemon Sharks!!
Please protect the Lemon Sharks!!
# 5,518:
10:09 am PST, Feb 7,
Verena Rebmann, Germany
# 5,517:
9:03 am PST, Feb 7,
Tomas De Camillis, Brazil
# 5,516:
9:24 am PST, Feb 6,
Name not displayed, Virginia
# 5,515:
7:44 pm PST, Feb 4,
Stefanie Prstac, Florida
# 5,514:
11:36 am PST, Feb 4,
Robert Louer, Florida
# 5,513:
10:08 am PST, Feb 3,
Lutz Schmidt, Germany
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4:13 pm PST, Feb 2,
Marci Poitras, Canada
save the lemon sharks. |
# 5,511:
9:38 am PST, Feb 2,
Robert elia Mastrantonio, United Kingdom
# 5,510:
9:06 am PST, Feb 2,
Sergio Jimenez Campos, Costa Rica
# 5,509:
1:19 am PST, Feb 2,
Name not displayed, Oregon
# 5,508:
9:04 pm PST, Feb 1,
Arya Shanker, Nepal
# 5,507:
5:59 pm PST, Feb 1,
Denna Roark, Arizona
We need to protect all the precious life that God has given us.
We need to protect all the precious life that God has given us.
# 5,506:
5:56 pm PST, Feb 1,
Garth Veldran, New York
# 5,505:
8:45 am PST, Feb 1,
Name not displayed, Pennsylvania
# 5,504:
7:55 am PST, Feb 1,
Julie Perritt, Florida
# 5,503:
7:21 am PST, Feb 1,
Healy Florancic, California
# 5,502:
5:06 am PST, Feb 1,
Victoria Schmoeller, Korea, Republic Of
# 5,500:
2:19 am PST, Feb 1,
Guy Carr, Florida
# 5,499:
5:13 pm PST, Jan 31,
Jade Hawkins, Canada
# 5,498:
3:04 pm PST, Jan 31,
Tonielle Morley, Australia
# 5,497:
1:02 pm PST, Jan 31,
Debra Claessens, Belgium
# 5,496:
1:00 pm PST, Jan 31,
Macall Robinson, Canada
# 5,495:
12:48 pm PST, Jan 31,
Marlene Reaves, North Carolina
# 5,494:
10:39 am PST, Jan 31,
Jamie Fidgett, United Kingdom
I think all endangered species or animals of any type should be protected and not killed just for sport.
I think all endangered species or animals of any type should be protected and not killed just for sport.
# 5,493:
10:18 am PST, Jan 31,
Emma Macdonald, United Kingdom
# 5,492:
10:03 am PST, Jan 31,
Caci Gibson, Kentucky
# 5,491:
9:25 am PST, Jan 31,
DOLLAT ALINA, France
# 5,490:
12:46 am PST, Jan 31,
Richard Hollister, Arizona
# 5,489:
4:34 pm PST, Jan 26,
Stacey Fish, Indiana
# 5,488:
1:13 pm PST, Jan 26,
Doug Perrine, Hawaii
# 5,487:
11:56 am PST, Jan 26,
Eva Casale, Germany
# 5,486:
7:34 am PST, Jan 26,
Hanno D. Vetter, Germany
# 5,485:
7:56 pm PST, Jan 22,
Herb Vandepol, Florida
Sharks are an integral part of the ecosystem, over fishing and killing of sharks is a very serious problem
Sharks are an integral part of the ecosystem, over fishing and killing of sharks is a very serious problem
# 5,484:
1:22 am PST, Jan 22,
Robert Keen, United Kingdom
I have dived with these beautiful creatures many times. We surely cannot allow the slaughter of Lemon Sharks (in the waters of the USA particularly) just to provide tasteless soup in China. If it is allowed in Florida then there is no hope for sharks anywhere. Rob Keen , UK
I have dived with these beautiful creatures many times. We surely cannot allow the slaughter of Lemon Sharks (in the waters of the USA particularly) just to provide tasteless soup in China. If it is allowed in Florida then there is no hope for sharks anywhere. Rob Keen , UK
# 5,483:
7:12 pm PST, Jan 21,
Name not displayed, Illinois
# 5,482:
12:37 am PST, Jan 21,
Gauthier Chapelle, Belgium
# 5,481:
7:51 pm PST, Jan 20,
Koehl Willy, France
# 5,480:
6:58 am PST, Jan 18,
Chris DeCeuninck, Belgium
# 5,479:
6:51 am PST, Jan 18,
Marie-Pierre Rondia, Belgium
I went to the Bahamas to swim with the dolphins and going back to the boat, a lemon skark crossed my road one day and an other day. He was just under me for a few seconds. I remained so wonder-struck by his beauty and his quietness that a great tranquillity came in my mind and in my body.After this experience they concern me and affect me. I LOVE THEM.
I went to the Bahamas to swim with the dolphins and going back to the boat, a lemon skark crossed my road one day and an other day. He was just under me for a few seconds. I remained so wonder-struck by his beauty and his quietness that a great tranquillity came in my mind and in my body.After this experience they concern me and affect me. I LOVE THEM.
# 5,478:
2:02 am PST, Jan 18,
Ingrid Andersson, Sweden
# 5,477:
3:41 pm PST, Jan 17,
Daniel Ray, Georgia
We all need to take a stand to stop this.
We all need to take a stand to stop this.
# 5,476:
6:25 am PST, Jan 15,
Tekla Drakfrende, Sweden
# 5,475:
12:53 pm PST, Jan 14,
Monica Perez, Puerto Rico
# 5,474:
12:33 pm PST, Jan 14,
Angelo Hutchinson, United Kingdom
# 5,473:
7:38 pm PST, Jan 13,
Peggy Acosta, Pennsylvania
# 5,472:
9:57 am PST, Jan 11,
Akshay M, India
# 5,471:
11:13 pm PST, Jan 10,
Anita Dragičević, Croatia
# 5,470:
8:42 am PST, Jan 10,
Olaf Geisler, Germany
Please stop killing these wonderfull creatures. Stop this rubbish and think it over. SAVE OUR SEAS!!!!
Please stop killing these wonderfull creatures. Stop this rubbish and think it over. SAVE OUR SEAS!!!!
# 5,469:
4:08 pm PST, Jan 9,
Debbie Broomfield, Canada
# 5,468:
12:45 pm PST, Jan 9,
Dawn Goodall, United Kingdom
We are lumbering from one disaster to another!!!
We are lumbering from one disaster to another!!!
# 5,467:
12:32 pm PST, Jan 8,
Loncke Stéphane, France
whatever it cost$ to save a litle bit r planet,do it! (Yes we can!)
whatever it cost$ to save a litle bit r planet,do it! (Yes we can!)
# 5,466:
5:38 pm PST, Jan 7,
Suzzane Mortos, Philippines
i love animals and i care for them
i love animals and i care for them
# 5,465:
1:26 am PST, Jan 7,
Fenny Deborah, Singapore
# 5,464:
2:53 pm PST, Jan 6,
Julia Maeder, Germany
# 5,463:
3:44 am PST, Jan 6,
Samantha Hinton, United Kingdom
# 5,462:
3:41 am PST, Jan 6,
Katherine Collinson, United Kingdom
I stayed in Florida (Key West) in 2008 for 3 months and did my dive master out there, so as a visitor to the States, they are certainly a shark I like to see. I also had the chance to observe baby lemons while kayaking and enjoyed feeding them squid to get photos of them. I watched them for hours. Definitely somthing worth coming back. I think they are a magnificant shark and predator and to hunt them just for fins is disgusting! The best shark is defiinitely a LIVE shark!!!
I stayed in Florida (Key West) in 2008 for 3 months and did my dive master out there, so as a visitor to the States, they are certainly a shark I like to see. I also had the chance to observe baby lemons while kayaking and enjoyed feeding them squid to get photos of them. I watched them for hours. Definitely somthing worth coming back. I think they are a magnificant shark and predator and to hunt them just for fins is disgusting! The best shark is defiinitely a LIVE shark!!!
# 5,461:
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1:58 am PST, Jan 6,
Tessy Reiter, Germany
STOP THIS MASSACRE!!!!!!! |
# 5,460:
8:31 am PST, Jan 5,
Tarryn Parker, South Africa
Please protect these beautiful creatures! Once they've been wiped out, what will we have to show for them? A few rotting shark fins? Our environment needs people to stand up for it - let's make a difference!
Please protect these beautiful creatures! Once they've been wiped out, what will we have to show for them? A few rotting shark fins? Our environment needs people to stand up for it - let's make a difference!
# 5,459:
4:05 pm PST, Jan 4,
Name not displayed, Arizona
# 5,458:
2:47 pm PST, Jan 4,
Karen Holmes, United Kingdom
# 5,457:
12:09 pm PST, Jan 4,
Gaston Rayes, Argentina
# 5,456:
12:02 pm PST, Jan 4,
Jarrett Diamond, Canada
# 5,455:
11:53 am PST, Jan 4,
Timothy Sternberg, Florida
Timothy W Sternberg
Timothy W Sternberg
# 5,454:
11:40 am PST, Jan 4,
Cathryn Gillespie, Australia
stop finning our sharks....we dont need the products from them.
stop finning our sharks....we dont need the products from them.
# 5,453:
11:39 am PST, Jan 4,
Name not displayed, Canada
# 5,452:
7:47 pm PST, Jan 3,
Michael Hillyer, Florida
# 5,451:
2:54 pm PST, Jan 3,
Chris Poulos, North Carolina
