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Act Now to Save Red Snapper

Target: Peter Hood; Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council
Sponsored by: The Ocean Conservancy

Contrary to what your mother told you, there are only so many fish in the sea. And, while most people recognize that the ocean's bounty is central to our very survival, we have too often failed to recognize that ocean resources are finite. They can be exhausted.

Without immediate action, red snapper in the Gulf of Mexico face further depletion that jeopardizes the long-term health of this signature fish population.

For over two decades Gulf fishery managers, whose responsibility it is to protect and sustain our fish populations, have ignored science and repeatedly set catch levels too high. As a result, the spawning population of Gulf red snapper is down to 3% of its historic abundance.

In early June, the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council adopt new measures for red snapper, and time is running out to get the plan right.

Tell the Fish Management Council to work aggressively to end overfishing of red snapper and to rebuild the population as quickly as possible.

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deadline: 5-28-2007
goal: 10,000

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Success! Because of the Ocean Conservancy's hard work and dedicated people like you, the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council adopted a plan to set a science-based catch limit for red snapper. Thank you! Please click here for more petitions.

I am deeply concerned about the health of red snapper in the Gulf of Mexico. Red snapper is vitally important to the ocean ecosystem and the fishing communities that depend on them. Failure to stop the depletion of red snapper poses threats for the fish, fishermen, consumers and coastal economies.

As an Ocean Conservancy supporter, I write to urge the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council to implement management measures in Amendments 27 & 14 (as part of the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement, or "DSEIS") that will end the overfishing of red snapper and rebuild red snapper as quickly as possible.

In order to restore the health of the Gulf red snapper population, I urge you to adopt measures that: (1) set a scientifically based catch limit that will end overfishing by 2009 and rebuild red snapper as soon as possible; (2) greatly reduce bycatch in the red snapper fishery, as well as bycatch from shrimp trawls to levels necessary to end overfishing and restore red snapper; (3) enforce catch and bycatch limits so that they are not exceeded as they have been in the past; and (4) provide economic incentives for fishermen to achieve conservation benefits.

Continued overfishing of red snapper is bad for the Gulf ecosystem and bad for fishing communities reliant on sustainable fishing which healthy stocks can provide. As stewards of our natural resources, the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council has the responsibility to use sound, science-based catch levels and other conservation measures to ensure a healthy and productive Gulf ecosystem. Please uphold your duty as stewards of our fisheries by taking action now to restore red snapper to healthy levels.

Sincerely,
/Your Name/
/Your Address/
/Your City, State, Zip/

We signed the “Act Now to Save Red Snapper” petition!

# 100:

1:43 pm PDT, May 18, Aurora Grabill, Massachusetts

# 99:

1:43 pm PDT, May 18, Name not displayed, Illinois
PLEASE SAVE THE RED SNAPPER. THANK YOU

# 98:

1:43 pm PDT, May 18, Dawn McFerren, Pennsylvania

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1:43 pm PDT, May 18, Marlene Borth, Arizona

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1:43 pm PDT, May 18, Robin Garvey, California

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1:43 pm PDT, May 18, Aaron Hudson, Colorado

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1:43 pm PDT, May 18, Sandy Padgett, South Carolina

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1:43 pm PDT, May 18, Eleanor Beram, Massachusetts

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1:43 pm PDT, May 18, Hillary Buckingham, New York

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1:43 pm PDT, May 18, Boyer C. August, California

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1:43 pm PDT, May 18, Rue Oseas, Tennessee

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1:43 pm PDT, May 18, Sheila Starrett, Wisconsin

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1:42 pm PDT, May 18, Name not displayed, Florida

# 87:

1:42 pm PDT, May 18, Sue Holtz, Colorado
Stop over fishing!!! Let us keep the red snapper for others that come later to enjoy!!

# 86:

1:42 pm PDT, May 18, Kathleen Turner, Wisconsin
If Gulf fishery managers had been doing their jobs by setting catch levels at reasonable rates, this wouldn't be a crisis situation today. We must act now!

# 85:

1:42 pm PDT, May 18, Robert Komorous, Illinois

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1:42 pm PDT, May 18, Patty Sannes, Minnesota

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1:42 pm PDT, May 18, Jill Kyriakopulos, Arizona

# 82:

1:42 pm PDT, May 18, Barbara Boros, California
Once they are all gone it's too late.

# 81:

1:42 pm PDT, May 18, Kristin Stoddard, Washington

# 80:

1:42 pm PDT, May 18, Frances Killilea Moore, Massachusetts
This ought to be a no-brainer.

# 79:

1:42 pm PDT, May 18, Steven C. Anderson, California

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1:42 pm PDT, May 18, Megan C. Hobbs, North Carolina

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1:42 pm PDT, May 18, Ann Rosenthal, California

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1:42 pm PDT, May 18, Donald E Sandrock, Virginia

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1:42 pm PDT, May 18, Colette Hajjar, California

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1:42 pm PDT, May 18, Hideki Yamada, Minnesota

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1:42 pm PDT, May 18, Yasemin Tulu, Michigan

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1:42 pm PDT, May 18, Ginger Douglas, Michigan

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1:42 pm PDT, May 18, Allen Perada, California

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1:41 pm PDT, May 18, Name not displayed, Illinois

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1:41 pm PDT, May 18, Christina Begley, Florida
If saving the oceans and it's ecosystems means sacrificing eating fish and fishing, then it should be done, no questions asked, no fighting, just do it. Save the Red Snapper and the ocean!

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1:41 pm PDT, May 18, Vicki Wilson, Oregon

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1:41 pm PDT, May 18, Denise Sayles, Michigan

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1:41 pm PDT, May 18, Danny Spivey, Texas

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1:41 pm PDT, May 18, Judi Merl, Massachusetts

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1:41 pm PDT, May 18, Jennifer Harris, Arkansas

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1:41 pm PDT, May 18, Chad Miller, Georgia

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1:41 pm PDT, May 18, Gino Foti, Massachusetts

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1:41 pm PDT, May 18, Amber Brookman jr, New York

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1:41 pm PDT, May 18, Stacey Meyer, Wisconsin

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1:41 pm PDT, May 18, David Barnett, Illinois

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1:41 pm PDT, May 18, Monique Winkler, California

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1:41 pm PDT, May 18, Name not displayed, California

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