- Signatures: 597
- Goal: 10,000
- Deadline: 5-10-2008
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Email this PetitionThe warm waters of the Hawaiian Archipelago are a natural safe haven for marine life, as well as a source of recreation for all who enjoy our waters. As stewards of this refuge, the people of Hawai‘i have a kuleana (obligation) to ensure it is fully protected.
| Number | Date | Prefix | Name | This is your personal message to Gov. Lingle concerning Ocean Noise |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 597 | 3:05 pm PDT, Aug 20 | Dr. | Amy Allen | please preserve the amazing ecosystem which you call your home |
| 596 | 5:03 am PDT, Jul 21 | Dr. | Lena Bückert | We need to save the whales and to stop active sonar. |
| 595 | 1:21 pm PST, Mar 4 | Ms. | Shannon Sultan | We don't like it when intrusive sounds are around us and do all we can to stop them. Why do we feel a right to inflict this same damage/harm to innocent cetaceans? |
| 594 | 12:56 pm PST, Mar 4 | Ms. | Mary Brooks | Make the noise quiet especially sonar which seems to beach whales |
| 593 | 1:23 pm PST, Nov 18 | Mr. | Brandon M Bean | hi |
| 592 | 11:07 am PST, Nov 12 | Anonymous | What is the point of a nation that promotes democracy and equality that does not stand by and protect the very world we live in? We must always stand by our principles if we are ever to be taken seriously as a nation. And we must work to do what is necessary, not what is in our "best interest" to protect that which is most important. And by example, we shall lead this movement of a more conscientious world. The only world we have. | |
| 591 | 10:18 am PDT, Oct 21 | Ms. | Anonymous | sonar is just stupid. its unnessary, unfair and so uncool. its selfish to kill these animals in such a painful way |
| 590 | 6:37 pm PDT, Sep 8 | Mrs. | susan Siegel | The ocean is a most precious to us, with all its creatures, you must for the preservation of life stop this harmful sonar. Honor life instead of promoting destruction. |
| 589 | 3:41 pm PDT, Aug 7 | Ms. | berry flower | turn down the volume!! |
| 588 | 5:36 am PDT, Jul 5 | greta malkotzoglou | protect nature! | |
| 587 | 12:18 pm PDT, Jul 1 | Ananda Stone | Ever been on a whale watch to see these amazing gentle giants before? If you have, and if you attend lectures by researchers and scientists you will feel as I do at how important it is to STOP this sonar! I can't imagine living in a world where the whales are gone, and human-kind is more interested in investing in killing each other. | |
| 586 | 12:03 pm PDT, Jun 26 | Ms. | cynthia ream | please cease naval exercises using sonar |
| 585 | 9:40 am PDT, Jun 25 | Dan Harris | Force the use of Passive sonars - Not active! | |
| 584 | 2:20 pm PDT, May 26 | Mrs. | Anonymous | You have a rare opportunity to protect the sea life in Hawaii for generations to come---use your governmental power for the good of all. |
| 583 | 11:50 am PDT, May 13 | Seth Stern | Protect our paciffic oceans! | |
| 582 | 12:02 pm PDT, Apr 28 | Mr. | JAMES SULLIVAN | Just because we can't hear it doesn't mean it doesn't hurt......... |
| 581 | 9:20 am PDT, Apr 26 | Ms. | Kristine Spencer | Noise in the Hawaiian waters affects all species. This must end. The government should be able to take their testing farther away from the Hawaiian waters, where there are many endimic species. |
| 580 | 4:32 am PDT, Apr 6 | Ms. | Sophia Dalle rubinstein | we must at all cost proect our oceans and the life therein. please make certain of this |
| 579 | 12:56 pm PDT, Mar 16 | Meow Mau | STOP THIS NOW!! | |
| 578 | 11:53 am PST, Mar 2 | Andrea MArkland | We need to protect the wildlife and environment that we have taken for granted for so long. Please take the actions required in order to protect our dying resources. It is our moral and ethical obligation to ensure that our world is left in the same or better state in which we are born into it. | |
| 577 | 12:40 am PST, Feb 26 | Nicolas BELLEUDY | protect the oceans | |
| 576 | 6:20 pm PST, Feb 19 | Marie-Rose HECKMANN | protect the oceans | |
| 575 | 2:00 pm PST, Feb 18 | JoAnne Perdue | Don't you wish this noise would go away, how does it feel ?? | |
| 574 | 7:11 am PST, Jan 30 | Kyna Crain | The animals deserve a quiet home just as you and I deserve one. | |
| 573 | 12:55 pm PST, Jan 27 | Ms. | Victoria Mary Stong / Community Activist | Protect my favorite vacation destination I'll never be able to afford(ha,ha)! I love Hawaii for it's Oceans so please protect them? |
| 572 | 12:33 pm PST, Jan 27 | Ms. | Laura Raymann | PROTECT THE OCEANS!!! |
| 571 | 3:31 am PST, Jan 27 | Alessandro Barracciu | PROTECT HAWAI‘I’S OCEANS | |
| 570 | 3:30 am PST, Jan 27 | Laura Tatti | protect the oceans | |
| 569 | 7:06 pm PST, Jan 26 | Alison Fahland | Distroying our whales distroys our oceans, distroy our ocean and you distroy us as well as our economy. Think about it, whales are at the top of our food chain! | |
| 568 | 9:27 am PST, Jan 26 | rena Lawrence | I believe there are ways to solve this and be more eco friendly | |
| 567 | 8:32 am PST, Jan 20 | June Rice | The ocean covers three-quarters of our planet. We MUST keep it clean and protect it. | |
| 566 | 1:11 pm PST, Jan 16 | terry l. west | protect hawaii's oceans | |
| 565 | 10:40 am PST, Jan 14 | Claudia Peters | protect these beautiful ocean's | |
| 564 | 1:25 pm PST, Jan 13 | giovanna victorica | tomen en cuenta nuestras peticiones | |
| 563 | 3:40 am PST, Jan 13 | mireille azouzou | protection | |
| 562 | 2:01 am PST, Jan 11 | michele quintric | Please protect Ocean life. | |
| 561 | 2:45 pm PST, Jan 10 | Tess Thomson | You have the power to make a difference. Do it. | |
| 560 | 12:29 pm PST, Jan 10 | Ms. | Zoe Lazarus | To:Governor Lingle i.e.:Island Life You live on an island. Is it really a WISE move to disrupt the surrounding seas? Repeat: ISLAND. IN THE MIDDLE OF THE OCEAN. [fine,island Chain] Think it over. Quietly Please. Thank you. We all sure do appreciate this, and we are watching.We have faith in you, Guv. |
| 559 | 7:56 pm PST, Jan 9 | Paul Cruickshank | Please protect Ocean life. | |
| 558 | 6:16 pm PST, Jan 9 | C. Kendall | if there is an unconcious attempt at protecting an area that actually causes it's destruction: what are you REALLY protecting when there's nothing LEFT to PROTECT? | |
| 557 | 2:20 pm PST, Jan 9 | Ms. | Naomi Dutch | The warm waters of the Hawaiian Archipelago are a natural safe haven for marine life, as well as a source of recreation for all who enjoy our waters. As stewards of this refuge, the people of Hawai‘i have a kuleana (obligation) to ensure it is fully protected. |
| 556 | 1:43 pm PST, Jan 9 | Dr. | Jason Dunlap | STOP IT |
| 555 | 4:31 am PST, Jan 9 | Her - no longer a bitch. | Ssshhhh | |
| 554 | 3:45 am PST, Jan 9 | Ms. | Anonymous | Ok -sorry |
| 553 | 5:50 pm PST, Jan 8 | Dellianan of the Sea | Please Help Save our beautiful Ocean! | |
| 552 | 11:15 pm PST, Jan 7 | Jennifer McBeth | Please take a stand and help protect our oceans! | |
| 551 | 2:12 pm PST, Jan 7 | Rebecca Monaghan | Save Hawaii's oceans! |
PROTECT HAWAI‘I’S OCEANS FROM HARMFUL HUMAN-GENERATED NOISE
A growing body of research confirms that intense human-generated ocean noise can injure, deafen and kill marine life, including fish and marine mammals. Naval studies have also documented injury to humans. Acknowledging the harm caused by intense human-generated ocean noise, both the U.S. Navy and the State of Hawai‘i agreed in 2001 to limit the use of Low-Frequency Active Sonar (LFA) in Hawai‘i’s territorial waters. Now, however, increasing military activity in our waters, including Mid-Frequency Active Sonar, near shore explosions, and the Navy’s recent announcement of plans to expand naval exercises around all of the Hawaiian Islands raises serious concerns about the threats these exercises pose to marine and human life. We need to take action now to protect Hawai‘i’s oceans from harmful noise pollution. Until we can effectively remove intense noise pollution from Hawai’i’s waters, we strongly urge the State of Hawai‘i to protect Hawai‘i's unique ocean environment and our quality of life by mandating:
2. All military-produced sound originating outside the 3-mile limit of State waters, including Low- Frequency and Mid-Frequency Active Sonar, dipping sonar, and explosions, shall not exceed a received level of 145 decibels within the 3-mile jurisdiction of Hawai‘i’s state territorial waters and protected areas as listed above.
3. Any documented disturbance of protected marine species or significant effect on fisheries, verified by the State shall lead to immediate review of operations and cessation of the activity. Such disturbances could include changes in abundance, spatial distribution or the short and long term behavior of marine animals.
4. Any documented disturbance to humans within the 3-mile state territorial waters, verified by a doctor, shall cause an immediate review of operations and cessation of the activity.
5. The U.S. Navy shall be required to have independent observers (non-military) on all operations involving the use of explosives, and Low Frequency Active Sonar, Mid-frequency Active Sonar, or dipping sonar. Annual monitoring reports of all such activities shall be submitted to the State of Hawai‘i for release to the public.
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