- Signatures: 4,417
- Goal: 10,000
- Deadline: 1-1-2008
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Petition Target: President Rafael Correa, Ecuador
The Galapagos Islands, renowned throughout the world for their unique biodiversity, are threatened by a proposal to open protected waters to longlining, a method of fishing usually associated with high levels of bycatch and high pressure on fish stocks.
The Galapagos Marine Reserve is home to a high proportion of species that occur nowhere else on earth. Longlining could be devastating. Given the high numbers of sharks, rays, turtles, sea birds, and sea lions it is inevitable that the bycatch of these animals will be extremely high and will impact populations which are threatened or endangered.
Sign Now to encourage President Rafael Correa of Ecuador to take action now to protect the Galapagos for future generations!
The Galapagos Islands, renowned throughout the world for their unique biodiversity, are threatened by a proposal to open protected waters to longlining, a method of fishing usually associated with high levels of bycatch and high pressure on fish stocks.
The Galapagos Marine Reserve is home to a high proportion of species that occur nowhere else on earth. Longlining could be devastating. Given the high numbers of sharks, rays, turtles, sea birds, and sea lions it is inevitable that the bycatch of these animals will be extremely high and will impact populations which are threatened or endangered.
Sign Now to encourage President Rafael Correa of Ecuador to take action now to protect the Galapagos for future generations!
Tell them to stop Long Line Fishing TODAY!
| Number | Date | Prefix | Name | State | Country | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4,417 | 9:24 am PDT, Jun 23 | Heather Connors | California | United States | We are killing our selves by killing sharks! Pretty soon they will be gone and no one will be able to control fish population that eat photoplankton which creates 70% of the world oxygen. Sharks are alive while lims are cut off and sent back to the sea to suffocate. We will be suffocating soon | |
| 4,416 | 11:46 am PDT, Jun 21 | Anonymous | Norway | |||
| 4,415 | 2:58 am PDT, Jun 18 | Mr. | mark ames | United Kingdom | ||
| 4,414 | 6:15 pm PDT, May 27 | Karolina Salikier | United Kingdom | |||
| 4,413 | 5:33 am PDT, May 12 | Mrs. | Deborah Hodgson | Australia | Cut out this awful act...the Galapagos should be a sanctuary for all marine life. | |
| 4,412 | 5:20 am PDT, May 9 | Nina Cioffi | Florida | United States | Stop pilliging our oceans. The greed is depleting the planet | |
| 4,411 | 6:57 am PDT, May 6 | Stoyka Chipchakova | Bulgaria | |||
| 4,410 | 10:21 am PDT, May 5 | Ms. | Angie Whiteman | United Kingdom | ||
| 4,409 | 7:07 am PDT, Apr 29 | Mr. | Sean Ferguson | Canada | I wanna know, who the hell eats shark fins? I think it's an eastern cultural hoity toity thing - Do they not understand what they are doing to the ecosystem? also, I bet they don't fish in their waters for shark fins cause it's probably ILLEGAL just like it should be. Stop this mass and unrequired killing of sharks and other species on the islands. | |
| 4,408 | 9:59 pm PDT, Apr 23 | Stephen Brown | Canada | It's crazy!! It needs to stop. Any semi-intelligent person who informs themselves will understand that. | ||
| 4,407 | 7:59 am PDT, Apr 16 | Ralph Hofman | Netherlands | |||
| 4,406 | 12:00 am PDT, Apr 15 | Mrs. | Alexandra Douglas | Greece | ||
| 4,405 | 6:35 pm PDT, Apr 7 | Ms. | Rachel Velasquez | North Carolina | United States | I watched "Shark Water". |
| 4,404 | 1:10 pm PDT, Apr 7 | Mr. | Duncan Carson | United Kingdom | Long line fishing is indescriminate and should not be used anywhere especially the Galapagos. | |
| 4,403 | 9:12 am PDT, Apr 7 | Alisa Schwartz | New Jersey | United States | Charles Darwin travelled to the Galapagos aboard the HMS Beagle, and the divergence of species that he observed in the isolated islands helped set him on the path to the theory of evolution. Jacques Cousteau said "If we go on the way we have, the fault is our greed and if we are not willing to change, we will disappear from the face of the globe, to be replaced by the insect" It is frightening that this great area of eco-diversity is in deep trouble with many of its native species near extinction. What is even more frightening is that we are watching its demise. Protect beautiful Galapagos! Stop long line fishing! | |
| 4,402 | 12:31 am PDT, Mar 25 | Mrs. | Catherine Gaspard | Belgium | ||
| 4,401 | 4:56 am PDT, Mar 9 | Ms. | lizzy ellison | United Kingdom | Long lining is barbaric and must be stopped now.These innocent creatures that are unfortunate enough to be caught by these lines are subjected to a cruel and slow death, many of which are unwanted catch and thrown back in to the sea injured or dead. Pure barbarism - stop it now | |
| 4,400 | 3:54 pm PST, Mar 1 | Mr. | Jean-Dominic Laroche | Canada | ||
| 4,399 | 10:01 am PST, Feb 23 | Hanna Kelley | Canada | Save this world that is disappearing. | ||
| 4,398 | 10:35 pm PST, Feb 20 | Juan Rodas | Ecuador | |||
| 4,397 | 2:47 pm PST, Feb 10 | Mr. | kris wirth | Idaho | United States | greed kills |
| 4,396 | 10:03 am PST, Jan 1 | Ms. | Anonymous | Texas | United States | Long Line fishing is destroying our wildlife. Fishing can be accomplished by other means. |
| 4,395 | 6:44 am PST, Dec 24 | Anonymous | Switzerland | |||
| 4,394 | 9:48 am PST, Dec 15 | Anonymous | Germany | Open your eyes!!! | ||
| 4,393 | 5:04 pm PST, Dec 5 | Mr. | Federico Cabrera | Argentina | ||
| 4,392 | 6:12 pm PST, Nov 25 | Anonymous | Canada | |||
| 4,391 | 4:36 am PST, Nov 13 | Ms. | Katy Hooper | United Kingdom | The importance of preserving unique wildlife in the Galapagos now, will be in the long term, of far more economic gain to your country setting you aside from other greedy countries that exploited there seas and will be left with nothing. | |
| 4,390 | 2:15 pm PST, Nov 5 | Amber Ewing | Texas | United States | ||
| 4,389 | 7:58 am PST, Nov 3 | Ms. | Nicole Jubinvile | Canada | ||
| 4,388 | 8:23 pm PDT, Oct 23 | Ms. | Mariana Ruiz Moreno | Uruguay | ||
| 4,387 | 3:53 pm PDT, Oct 10 | Mr. | Larry Burnet | Canada | My wife and I have been to the Galapagos Islands. We've seen first hand what a disverse culture of land and marine creatures exist on these islands. Why would the government allow such nonsense. The only reason there is such a diversity of wildlife living in harmony on the islands is because of strict controls that have been implemented to protect the animals that can't protect themselve from mankind. Again there isn't anything that the almighty dollar can't ruin. This news is most distressing to say the least. What a planet. | |
| 4,386 | 3:01 pm PDT, Oct 10 | John Harder | California | United States | ||
| 4,385 | 12:17 am PDT, Oct 3 | Kristine Robb | Washington | United States | ||
| 4,384 | 6:17 pm PDT, Sep 17 | Mr. | Philip Resden | Georgia | United States | |
| 4,383 | 7:11 am PDT, Sep 14 | Yvette Monnet | France | |||
| 4,382 | 11:09 am PDT, Sep 13 | Ms. | Sandy Valencour | Washington | United States | |
| 4,381 | 8:45 pm PDT, Sep 12 | Katheryn Jones | Canada | I have not torn down your backyard, don't destroy the worlds | ||
| 4,380 | 6:24 pm PDT, Sep 12 | Mr. | Wouter Vervaet | Belgium | ||
| 4,379 | 4:11 pm PDT, Aug 28 | Ms. | Tracy Hillmann | New York | United States | |
| 4,378 | 12:54 am PDT, Aug 25 | Ms. | Norah Lu | California | United States | |
| 4,377 | 7:14 pm PDT, Aug 24 | Anonymous | Mississippi | United States | ||
| 4,376 | 1:29 am PDT, Aug 22 | Anonymous | Mississippi | United States | Please help stop this, before we lose more species. Extinction is forever. | |
| 4,375 | 10:55 am PDT, Aug 14 | Anonymous | Canada | |||
| 4,374 | 2:48 pm PDT, Jul 31 | greta malkotzoglou | Greece | |||
| 4,373 | 10:36 am PDT, Jul 24 | Anonymous | New York | United States | ||
| 4,372 | 7:44 pm PDT, Jul 23 | Jacob Ortiz | Florida | United States | IF YOU ARE THINKING ABOUT DOING LONG LINE FISHING THEN I WOULD THINK ON THE IMPACT IT HAS ON THE ENVIORONMENT AND PEOPLE BEFORE YOU FISH!!!!! | |
| 4,371 | 1:45 pm PDT, Jul 14 | Mr. | Mick Cave | United Kingdom | ||
| 4,370 | 1:32 pm PDT, Jul 14 | Ms. | Catherine Hainsworth | United Kingdom | ||
| 4,369 | 11:05 am PDT, Jul 10 | Laurel Watson | Arizona | United States | ||
| 4,368 | 1:01 am PDT, Jul 3 | Ms. | Ann Cooper | United Kingdom | ||
| 4,367 | 12:16 am PDT, Jun 27 | Mr. | Anonymous | California | United States | Do not allow this horrific practice to take place in the Galapagos Marine Sanctuary. |
| 4,366 | 10:39 am PDT, Jun 26 | Mr. | Todd Cameron | Canada | ||
| 4,365 | 7:02 am PDT, Jun 26 | Lindsay Rudd | Australia | |||
| 4,364 | 11:49 am PDT, Jun 23 | Giovanni Amorone | Italy | |||
| 4,363 | 6:34 am PDT, Jun 18 | jackie bauman | Canada | go sharks!!!!!!ya save the sharks.If we start helping them now they will repopulate and wont die so yah!!!sighn the petition!!!!:) | ||
| 4,362 | 2:10 am PDT, Jun 18 | Ms. | Kathy Slack | Canada | ||
| 4,361 | 12:13 pm PDT, Jun 17 | Barbara Tatti | Italy | |||
| 4,360 | 4:27 pm PDT, Jun 10 | Ms. | Whitney Steele | Arizona | United States | |
| 4,359 | 12:52 pm PDT, Jun 4 | Marisa Sebastian | Spain | |||
| 4,358 | 10:11 pm PDT, May 31 | Mr. | Anonymous | Canada | ||
| 4,357 | 10:32 am PDT, May 27 | Mr. | Francisco Lizama | California | United States | |
| 4,356 | 7:57 pm PDT, May 26 | Ms. | sheila maffio | Ohio | United States | |
| 4,355 | 4:26 pm PDT, May 24 | Mr. | ryan skach | California | United States | it's rude not to |
| 4,354 | 12:15 pm PDT, May 24 | elina jaiden | California | United States | It has recently come to my attention that over 90% of Shark population has been destroyed by finning, long-lining, poaching and hunting. Also, that now an animal that has been a part of our ecosystem since before the dinosaurs is facing the threat of extinction. It concerns me that there is so little said in the media or even on various conservation sites to directly address this issue. I am hoping that you can incorporate some information on the global consequences this action is having, and will continue to have on life on land as well as in the sea. I hope that you can help increase public awareness to this devastating issue. I can see where this concern could be overlooked as a minor one. After all, the shark has been made out to be a man eating monster for generations. However, I do feel that this could be publicly addressed now before the problem becomes irreversible. Also, the way in which the fins are harvested is truly macabre. If one committed the same cruelty to domestic animals (ie: cutting off limbs while still alive and throwing the "worthless" body away until it bleeds to death) without the promise of profit, society would be disgusted and call that behavior nothing short of sociopathic. It sickens me that not only are we depriving our children of a diverse environment but also teaching them to value cash over life. Regardless of what you choose to do or not do, I thank you for your time. | |
| 4,353 | 8:17 am PDT, May 19 | Mr. | Jovica Bozic | Serbia And Montenegro | ||
| 4,352 | 6:03 pm PDT, May 15 | Anonymous | Colorado | United States | ||
| 4,351 | 2:43 pm PDT, May 15 | Sandra Seiça | Portugal |
Prevent Long Line Fishing in the Galapagos!
Petition Target: President Gustavo Noboa, Ecuador
We, the undersigned, applaud the government of Ecuador for its increasing efforts to conserve the Galapagos Marine Reserve and strongly support its designation as a World Heritage Site. However, we urge you not to allow destructive fishing methods, such as longlining, within the Reserve.
The Galapagos Marine Reserve is the second largest marine reserve in the world and home to a wonderful array of marine life, such as whales, dolphins, sea lions, sea birds, sharks, rays and other fauna and flora, much of which is unique to this area.
The Galapagos Islands, renowned throughout the world for their unique biodiversity, are threatened by a proposal to open protected waters to longlining, a method of fishing usually associated with high levels of bycatch and high pressure on fish stocks.
The Marine Reserve is home to a high proportion of species that occur nowhere else on earth. Longlining could be devastating. Given the high numbers of sharks, rays, turtles, sea birds, and sea lions it is inevitable that the bycatch of these animals will be extremely high and will impact populations which are threatened or endangered.
Though the longlines currently being advocated for use inside the Reserve are small-scale, this is unlikely to be economically viable for fishermen used to high returns from sea cucumbers and lobsters. It seems inevitable that pressure would mount to increase the scale and therefore the impact. The history of participatory management in these waters is poor, such as severe overfishing of sea cucumbers, the illegal shark fisheries and riots and vandalism by fishermen against management in the lobster fishery. Opening longlining would likely be an unmitigated disaster.
Sincerely,
The Undersigned
We, the undersigned, applaud the government of Ecuador for its increasing efforts to conserve the Galapagos Marine Reserve and strongly support its designation as a World Heritage Site. However, we urge you not to allow destructive fishing methods, such as longlining, within the Reserve.
The Galapagos Marine Reserve is the second largest marine reserve in the world and home to a wonderful array of marine life, such as whales, dolphins, sea lions, sea birds, sharks, rays and other fauna and flora, much of which is unique to this area.
The Galapagos Islands, renowned throughout the world for their unique biodiversity, are threatened by a proposal to open protected waters to longlining, a method of fishing usually associated with high levels of bycatch and high pressure on fish stocks.
The Marine Reserve is home to a high proportion of species that occur nowhere else on earth. Longlining could be devastating. Given the high numbers of sharks, rays, turtles, sea birds, and sea lions it is inevitable that the bycatch of these animals will be extremely high and will impact populations which are threatened or endangered.
Though the longlines currently being advocated for use inside the Reserve are small-scale, this is unlikely to be economically viable for fishermen used to high returns from sea cucumbers and lobsters. It seems inevitable that pressure would mount to increase the scale and therefore the impact. The history of participatory management in these waters is poor, such as severe overfishing of sea cucumbers, the illegal shark fisheries and riots and vandalism by fishermen against management in the lobster fishery. Opening longlining would likely be an unmitigated disaster.
Sincerely,
The Undersigned
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