- Signatures: 12,212
- Goal: 10,000
- Deadline: 8-13-2004
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Public Comment Period Opened - Save Corals and Sponges
Oceana's fight to defend deep-sea corals from the destructive fishing
practice known as "bottom trawling" has reached a critical moment -- we
have petitioned the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) to put
regulations in place protecting corals and sponges from bottom trawling,
and they have opened the issue up for public comment.
This is your chance to tell NMFS that protecting fragile, ancient coral and sponge habitats is important to you!
The comment period ends August 13, 2004, so don't wait! Take action -- tell the Director of NMFS' Office of Habitat Conservation to support Oceana's petiton and protect corals and sponges from bottom trawling!
Oceana's fight to defend deep-sea corals from the destructive fishing
practice known as "bottom trawling" has reached a critical moment -- we
have petitioned the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) to put
regulations in place protecting corals and sponges from bottom trawling,
and they have opened the issue up for public comment.This is your chance to tell NMFS that protecting fragile, ancient coral and sponge habitats is important to you!
The comment period ends August 13, 2004, so don't wait! Take action -- tell the Director of NMFS' Office of Habitat Conservation to support Oceana's petiton and protect corals and sponges from bottom trawling!
| Number | Date | Name | State | Your unique public comment here |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12,216 | 10:19 am PDT, Jul 4 | Anonymous | Indiana | The seas are an indicator of the health of the planet. |
| 12,215 | 9:23 pm PDT, Jul 3 | Xian David | save nature | |
| 12,214 | 1:18 pm PDT, Jul 1 | Martin Forpresident | New York | save the sea. |
| 12,213 | 11:31 am PDT, Jul 1 | Tammie Dahl | Washington | These creatures of the ocean needs protection as much as any land creature. Its time to end the mistreatment of our ocean habitats. |
| 12,212 | 3:15 pm PDT, Jun 29 | Katie Mauritz | Oregon | Please keep the oceans beautiful. |
| 12,211 | 8:11 pm PDT, Jun 28 | Black Cat | Ohio | Help where you can.Thanks |
| 12,210 | 9:33 pm PDT, Jun 27 | Nita Anderson | Pennsylvania | Our oceans are one of our greatest natural resources, please protect every part of them. |
| 12,209 | 5:31 pm PDT, Jun 27 | Brenda Schenk | Washington | We need to save our sea life before there's nothing left to save. We need to stop being selfish and make more loving & earth friendly decisions. |
| 12,208 | 2:06 pm PDT, Jun 26 | Roxanne Acosta | Florida | They deserve protection - vital part of our ecosystem. |
| 12,207 | 5:56 am PDT, Jun 24 | Elaine Secondo | Connecticut | Stop destroying Nature! |
| 12,206 | 10:30 pm PDT, Jun 23 | Virginia Romano | Connecticut | Respect the life on our planet. |
| 12,205 | 10:02 pm PDT, Jun 23 | Rz Saverio | California | Our lives are interconnected -our futures too. |
| 12,204 | 9:37 pm PDT, Jun 23 | Ami Kathleen | Connecticut | Please be kind to all living things! |
| 12,203 | 8:56 pm PDT, Jun 23 | Melanie Boisvert | Protect biodiversity! | |
| 12,202 | 8:32 pm PDT, Jun 23 | Vicki P. Hines | North Carolina | This is where a very large portion of all our sea life begins!!!! Protect our corals and sponges now while we still can! |
| 12,201 | 1:28 pm PDT, Jun 21 | Linda Thorburn | Please help stop killing life on this earth. | |
| 12,200 | 8:51 am PDT, Jun 17 | Thomas Pirovano | Armed Forces Americas | I will help for the sea Corals and Sponges. |
| 12,199 | 10:15 am PDT, Jun 16 | Anonymous | Arizona | This is not our earth, we share it. Therefore it is NOT our place to destroy it and all the animals and wildlife. What are these people thinking. omg! |
| 12,198 | 1:00 am PDT, May 29 | mireille azouzou | protection ŕ notre plančte | |
| 12,197 | 5:28 am PDT, May 27 | susini alexandra | .... | |
| 12,196 | 10:58 pm PDT, May 19 | Anonymous | California | We must protect the oceans for our future. |
| 12,195 | 10:20 pm PDT, May 16 | Anonymous | Maine | ... |
| 12,194 | 4:40 am PDT, May 9 | Anonymous | Florida | We have to stop destroying our planet. |
| 12,193 | 12:56 am PDT, May 9 | Candy Bowman-Leblanc | California | If the Corals die, it will be a chain-reaction, & it will put our sea life in danger of becoming extinct. |
| 12,192 | 2:06 am PDT, Apr 14 | Steve Klein | Armed Forces Americas | x |
| 12,191 | 12:25 pm PDT, Apr 11 | D White | Indiana | The health of humanity depends on the health of the oceans. |
| 12,190 | 5:50 pm PDT, Apr 9 | Christina Sott | Corals and sponges are the basis of the oceans literally. Basis for all marine life and with that as well for ourselves. We must learn to look deeper, not only protect the 'nice and friendly' birds or horses, also creatures we almost never heard of, for they are the foundation. | |
| 12,189 | 6:35 pm PST, Mar 29 | Stacy Desbrow | California | why destroy something so beautiful? |
| 12,188 | 11:29 am PST, Mar 28 | Barbara Whelan | Can man not see these beautiful places are to look at and not be touched animals and fish live here too leave well alone | |
| 12,187 | 9:15 am PST, Mar 27 | Tina Florell | - | |
| 12,186 | 5:55 am PST, Mar 27 | Helen Findlay | i feel its important to protect the coral and sponges-not only are you destroying these corals but the animals living amongst them. | |
| 12,185 | 8:08 am PST, Mar 24 | Anonymous | Protect unique ecosystems. Man should show respect to the planet that he shares. | |
| 12,184 | 11:02 am PST, Mar 22 | D Roy | Texas | The actions you take now can either redeem you or bite you in the a**! |
| 12,183 | 1:52 am PST, Mar 15 | Tracy Slager | Indiana | These species are an important part of the food chain, they are also a 'species' and worthy of protection just as fish, birds, and mammals are! |
| 12,182 | 1:49 am PST, Mar 6 | Emily Meadow | s | |
| 12,181 | 7:20 pm PST, Mar 5 | Donna Buckner | Tennessee | WE ALL SURVIVE OFF ONE BIG CHAIN... WHEN ONE SPECIES IS ELIMINATED WE OURSELVES ARE THAT MUCH CLOCER TO EXTINCTION |
| 12,180 | 5:08 am PST, Mar 4 | stephanie lessard | New Hampshire | leave our ocean floors alone the coral give life to many diffrent species of fish and other marine life we destroy that the repercussions will harm us as well |
| 12,179 | 5:09 am PST, Mar 2 | Sumea Muir | we don't need them | |
| 12,178 | 10:17 pm PST, Mar 1 | Karlie Lewis | Arizona | This is just like deforestation or tilling land only under the ocean! This needs to stop now! |
| 12,177 | 1:23 pm PST, Feb 23 | ellen creason | Missouri | these are beautiful creatues. If you have never seen or studied them I suggest you do before you continue trying to ruin them. |
| 12,176 | 10:17 pm PST, Feb 17 | Jenny Thevegan | Armed Forces Americas | Please spare this beautiful resource. |
| 12,175 | 7:43 pm PST, Feb 17 | Catherine Methot | Armed Forces Americas | please SAVE OUR OCEANS!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
| 12,174 | 4:57 pm PST, Feb 17 | Sherry Mcgowan | Idaho | If this continues everywhere..the oceans will be lifeless. |
| 12,173 | 8:55 pm PST, Feb 12 | David Marcy | Oregon | These trawlers are out for money only, with no reguard what so ever to the devastion to the ecosystem left by their wake! |
| 12,172 | 3:19 pm PST, Feb 10 | Kevin DeRamus | California | The consumer demand for ocean fish has driven the commercial fisherman to new depths in search of more fish. To stop trawling completely would destroy too many jobs. Better methods of bottom fishing need to be developed. Government money should be spent to protect the fishing industry and the ocean. |
| 12,171 | 6:14 pm PST, Feb 9 | Anonymous | Oregon | protect 'em before they're gone cause they likely won't be coming back |
| 12,170 | 9:46 am PST, Feb 8 | ellen horowitz | Illinois | - |
| 12,169 | 9:04 am PST, Feb 8 | Amy Knight | Pennsylvania | Stop destroying and start fixing. |
| 12,168 | 5:48 pm PST, Feb 5 | Margarita On The Rocks | Nevada | gah. |
| 12,167 | 8:49 am PST, Feb 3 | Genie Brooks | Maryland | leave the sea alone |
| 12,166 | 1:08 pm PST, Feb 2 | karen reuther | Oregon | The oceans are necessary for the survival of our species. Why are you endangering that with your practices? |
| 12,165 | 3:24 pm PST, Jan 29 | Sioux Fletcher | Armed Forces Americas | appalling destruction of natural habitat |
| 12,164 | 7:31 pm PST, Jan 28 | Monica Maldonado | Texas | Leave the seas alone. |
| 12,163 | 3:45 am PST, Jan 27 | Char Watson | Florida | The sea is our hope, please save it! |
| 12,162 | 9:53 am PST, Jan 23 | Ann Drechsler | Hawaii | man has tried his best to destroy this world and the oceans too. But there are people out there that want to preserve for future generations. |
| 12,161 | 9:44 pm PST, Jan 22 | Suzanne Bar-Tal | I agree ....... Just do it! | |
| 12,160 | 12:03 pm PST, Jan 20 | C Lisa Jackson | Oregon | just do it |
| 12,159 | 8:35 pm PST, Jan 18 | Melissa Mobeck | Washington | Lets protect all livings thing, and the evment. Sorry miss spelled word. I like the sea corals and the living sponges. I'm an animal lover. |
| 12,158 | 6:25 pm PST, Jan 12 | Anonymous | Illinois | Leave the sea floor and its creatures alone! |
| 12,157 | 4:11 pm PST, Jan 10 | Halley Farber | Georgia | Please let future generations see how beautiful the sea floor is... Leave it there! |
| 12,156 | 1:26 pm PST, Dec 28 | Stephen Fox | Pennsylvania | As an aquatic biologist, I know the fragil relationship within eco-systems. Destroying Deep sea corals and sponges may have a future neg-effect that no one can yet determine. Our world is so interconnected that any action that causes and inbalance is dangerous. Please protect these species. |
| 12,155 | 12:08 pm PST, Dec 28 | Nancy Ohm | Pennsylvania | the sea is very beautiful. |
| 12,154 | 10:09 am PST, Dec 26 | Amy Painter | North Carolina | Protect our oceans! |
| 12,153 | 10:29 am PST, Dec 23 | Jenny Whorton | Colorado | n/a |
| 12,152 | 8:42 am PST, Dec 23 | Chandra Patel | Tennessee | nothing |
| 12,151 | 9:19 pm PST, Dec 19 | Anonymous | Pennsylvania | Cures to humanities diseases may be found on the ocean floor. |
Protect Vulnerable Deep Sea Corals & Sponges!
To Whom it May Concern:
YOUR UNIQUE COMMENT
I am writing to urge you to adopt the rule that is requested for protecting deep sea corals as set out in 69 Fed. Reg. 32991 (June 14, 2004). Coral and sponge habitats are too vulnerable and valuable -- for ocean health and potentially for human pharmaceuticals -- to allow bottom trawling fishing vessels to destroy them.
The proposed rule would provide the most reasonable protection from damage to living sponges and corals while having the least harmful impact on the economic wellbeing of existing fisheries and fishing communities.
Thank you for considering my comments.
YOUR UNIQUE COMMENT
I am writing to urge you to adopt the rule that is requested for protecting deep sea corals as set out in 69 Fed. Reg. 32991 (June 14, 2004). Coral and sponge habitats are too vulnerable and valuable -- for ocean health and potentially for human pharmaceuticals -- to allow bottom trawling fishing vessels to destroy them.
The proposed rule would provide the most reasonable protection from damage to living sponges and corals while having the least harmful impact on the economic wellbeing of existing fisheries and fishing communities.
Thank you for considering my comments.
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