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End Overfishing -- A Chance to Save 10 Species
Target: Chairman Duane Harris, South Atlantic Fishery Management Council
Sponsored by: Pew Environment Group
Sponsored by: Pew Environment Group
Did you know U.S. South Atlantic waters have more dwindling fish populations than any other region in the nation?
Ten species are in critical need of protection -- from black, red and gag grouper that make up the popular fish sandwich to the Warsaw grouper, a gentle giant that can grow nearly eight feet long and weigh up to 440 pounds. Additionally, red snapper populations have plummeted to just 3 percent of 1945 levels, and although they can live up to 54 years, few are older than 10.
Regional fishery managers are currently working on important changes to fishing rules that would strengthen limits on the numbers of fish caught annually, prohibit fishing in some areas of the ocean where imperiled fish live and limit certain kinds of fishing so populations have time to replenish themselves.
You can help save these fish! Please send a letter to the chairman of the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council, asking for approval of the new rules to help end overfishing and preserve our ocean ecosystem for future generations.
Ten species are in critical need of protection -- from black, red and gag grouper that make up the popular fish sandwich to the Warsaw grouper, a gentle giant that can grow nearly eight feet long and weigh up to 440 pounds. Additionally, red snapper populations have plummeted to just 3 percent of 1945 levels, and although they can live up to 54 years, few are older than 10.
Regional fishery managers are currently working on important changes to fishing rules that would strengthen limits on the numbers of fish caught annually, prohibit fishing in some areas of the ocean where imperiled fish live and limit certain kinds of fishing so populations have time to replenish themselves.
You can help save these fish! Please send a letter to the chairman of the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council, asking for approval of the new rules to help end overfishing and preserve our ocean ecosystem for future generations.
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I'm living in S'pore buy I'm signing this petition.
I'm living in S'pore buy I'm signing this petition.
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William Fowkes, Idaho
All life is sacred!
All life is sacred!
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Louise ABITBOL, New York
When is enough, enough?
When is enough, enough?
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Craig Weier, Australia
Just stop overfishing
Just stop overfishing
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Ginger Rasmussen, Missouri
It is a scientific fact that every species is important to the balance of nature. Only after one becomes extinct do we fully realize it's true impact. And then it's too late.
It is a scientific fact that every species is important to the balance of nature. Only after one becomes extinct do we fully realize it's true impact. And then it's too late.
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Shannan Zister, Canada
70% of the world depends on fish for their food, if the fish stocks collapse it would be devastating! We have an obligation to protect the ocean. Make the right choice.
70% of the world depends on fish for their food, if the fish stocks collapse it would be devastating! We have an obligation to protect the ocean. Make the right choice.
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Kristen Goodpaster, Kentucky
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Ida Mattsson, Sweden
The world wont end in 2012 so please save som fish for the future!
The world wont end in 2012 so please save som fish for the future!
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Naomi Carey, Washington
Please stop the greed. You need to leave these fish alone for a few years and then check the numbers. Haste makes waste and overfishing will only result in fish going extinct. You may want to do a scientific research to find out what happens when we overfish. It behooves us to stop overfishing immediately.
Please stop the greed. You need to leave these fish alone for a few years and then check the numbers. Haste makes waste and overfishing will only result in fish going extinct. You may want to do a scientific research to find out what happens when we overfish. It behooves us to stop overfishing immediately.
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