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Stop "Dirty Fishing" from Recklessly Killing Ocean Life!
Target: National Marine Fisheries Service
Sponsored by: Care2
Sponsored by: Care2
Each year, commercial fishing wastes more than 16 billion pounds of fish and kills hundreds of thousands of sea turtles, marine mammals and seabirds. These ocean creatures are needlessly caught and discarded, usually dead or dying, by fishing operations around the world. Under existing laws, the federal government is required to reduce dirty fishing. Yet, nearly a decade after Congress enacted laws addressing dirty fishing, the steps taken have been grossly inadequate. Tell the National Marine Fisheries Service to improve their fragmented and unfocused efforts to reduce dirty fishing, and implement practical strategies that produce real results.
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# 250:
2:43 pm PDT, May 2,
Oana Ichim, Romania
# 249:
1:20 pm PDT, May 2,
Marilyn Nelson, North Dakota
Drag nets should be abolished and should have been many years ago.
Drag nets should be abolished and should have been many years ago.
# 248:
1:17 pm PDT, May 2,
Nancy Welch, Texas
# 247:
11:13 am PDT, May 2,
Silky Wyld, Wisconsin
# 246:
10:36 am PDT, May 2,
Anne Romanow, Illinois
# 245:
9:58 am PDT, May 2,
Deanna Speicher, Pennsylvania
# 244:
8:46 am PDT, May 2,
DIANE Symons, Pennsylvania
# 243:
8:21 am PDT, May 2,
Marla De Vries, Netherlands
# 242:
7:31 am PDT, May 2,
Theresa Workman, Ohio
# 241:
7:14 am PDT, May 2,
James Rizzolo, Florida
# 240:
6:34 am PDT, May 2,
Connie Steger, Wisconsin
# 239:
5:14 am PDT, May 2,
Holly Heighberger, Ohio
# 238:
3:55 am PDT, May 2,
Monika V, France
# 237:
9:26 pm PDT, May 1,
Michael Cryer, Colorado
# 236:
7:36 pm PDT, May 1,
Mary Zoglio, Florida
# 235:
4:59 pm PDT, May 1,
Dusty Ravenwolf, Florida
# 234:
3:54 pm PDT, May 1,
Sarah Panullo, Pennsylvania
# 233:
3:37 pm PDT, May 1,
Marcy Morgan, California
# 232:
2:49 pm PDT, May 1,
Daniella Roozenburg, Netherlands
# 231:
1:22 pm PDT, May 1,
Ann Cawley, Missouri
# 230:
1:20 pm PDT, May 1,
Rose Bellamy, United Kingdom
# 229:
11:26 am PDT, May 1,
Kim Szabo, Florida
# 228:
10:51 am PDT, May 1,
Deanna Bebb, California
# 227:
10:24 am PDT, May 1,
Dianna Lynn, Barbados
Stop destroying!
Stop destroying!
# 226:
9:17 am PDT, May 1,
Honeysucklebarb Liebowitz, New Jersey
# 225:
9:03 am PDT, May 1,
Lyssa Danehy, New Mexico
Talk about waste fraud and abuse! The government is all over that topic if it effects them, why would they not think that wasting our natural resources was equally important?
Talk about waste fraud and abuse! The government is all over that topic if it effects them, why would they not think that wasting our natural resources was equally important?
# 224:
8:30 am PDT, May 1,
Laura Leifer, California
# 223:
7:30 am PDT, May 1,
Angela Duby, Texas
# 222:
5:35 am PDT, May 1,
Elena Pintilie, Canada
# 221:
3:25 am PDT, May 1,
Hilke Van Hove, Netherlands
# 220:
3:19 am PDT, May 1,
Ruth Pruiksma, New Jersey
# 219:
12:10 am PDT, May 1,
Kimberly Wiley, New York
# 218:
11:27 pm PDT, Apr 30,
Sherri O'Connor, Canada
Drag nets should have been banned decades ago. Instead, they are still with us killing everything. Man will never learn.
Drag nets should have been banned decades ago. Instead, they are still with us killing everything. Man will never learn.
# 217:
9:15 pm PDT, Apr 30,
Nancy Vernand, California
I have actually seen the waste in person and could tell you stories about commercial fisherman that would shocck you but it's time to stop the five to ten mile gill nets and the drag nets that rape the ocean of every living thing that encounters it. The fishermen throw back dead or barely alive what they do not want. DOLPHINS OFTEN GET TANGLED IN THESE NETS.
I have actually seen the waste in person and could tell you stories about commercial fisherman that would shocck you but it's time to stop the five to ten mile gill nets and the drag nets that rape the ocean of every living thing that encounters it. The fishermen throw back dead or barely alive what they do not want. DOLPHINS OFTEN GET TANGLED IN THESE NETS.
# 216:
9:01 pm PDT, Apr 30,
Christine Pearson, Arizona
# 215:
7:33 pm PDT, Apr 30,
Anna White, Connecticut
# 214:
7:21 pm PDT, Apr 30,
Brenda Lawson, California
# 213:
6:16 pm PDT, Apr 30,
Fran Cannon, California
It is very harmful to marine life
It is very harmful to marine life
# 212:
5:49 pm PDT, Apr 30,
Debbie Peterson, New Jersey
its horrible
its horrible
# 211:
5:17 pm PDT, Apr 30,
Evert Jan Klein Velderman, Netherlands
# 210:
5:02 pm PDT, Apr 30,
Nanlouise Wolfe, California
# 209:
4:58 pm PDT, Apr 30,
Karen Stillwell, Tennessee
# 208:
4:34 pm PDT, Apr 30,
Liz Casey, Canada
# 207:
4:15 pm PDT, Apr 30,
Catherine Godfrey, Canada
# 206:
2:47 pm PDT, Apr 30,
Angelia Goncalves, New Jersey
yah!
yah!
# 205:
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1:53 pm PDT, Apr 30,
Cory Ferguson, West Virginia
This is killing too many animals. We must put practices in place to stop this. |
# 204:
1:50 pm PDT, Apr 30,
Chloe Ekman, New Zealand
# 203:
12:29 pm PDT, Apr 30,
Littlewing NANCY GLAVIANO, Utah
# 202:
12:08 pm PDT, Apr 30,
Alison Jones, United Kingdom
# 201:
10:49 am PDT, Apr 30,
Pearl Millard, United Kingdom