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Anti-shark finning campaigns IEMANYA OCEANICA campaign in support of US shark finning bill A new bill (HR 5741) has been proposed to the House of Representatives that will help in the conservation of sharks. The Shark Conservation Act of 2008 includes several measures to strengthen the implementation and enforcement of the protection of sharks under U.S. law. The bill calls for landing of whole sharks with carcass to avoid finning practices, addresses the enforcement of the prohibition of shark finning, and will promote the conservation of sharks internationally. For more information on this bill click here. We are asking you to write to your local governement representatives to express your support of The Shark Conservation Act of 2008. To find your local representative click here. Sample letter here. Feel free to use the letter as a template.
IEMANYA OCEANICA campaign to stop LAS VEGAS restaurant selling shark fin soup IEMANYA OCEANICA are organising this letter writing campaign: Thanks to a tip from one of our supporters,
we learned of the corporate decision made by the Las Vegas
Sands Corporation to offer shark fin soup on the menu
of their Jade Restaurant in the Palazzo Hotel. We jumped
to action and wrote a letter urging Mr. William Weidner
(President and Chief Operating Officer) to remove shark
fin soup from the menu. We have forwarded the message
to other NGOs asking them to support us in this cause.
Letter and email addresses are here. UPDATE! This campaign has been successful and Las Vegas Sands Corporation are no longer going to offer shark fin soup on the menu! Thank you to everyone who took part and to the restaurant for taking a responsible stance on the issue of shark finning. Your voice can help save sharks Sobering scientific reports and long-term
pressure from Ocean Conservancy and others have led the
National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) to propose dramatic
cuts in fishing for overfished Atlantic shark species
and improve the existing ban on shark finning - the wasteful
slicing off of a shark's valuable fins and discarding
the body at sea. The proposal is open for public comment
until mid-October. "Public support is essential to ensuring
that strong fishing limits are included in the final shark
plan and implemented before it's too late," said Sonja
Fordham, director of Ocean Conservancy's Shark Conservation
Program who serves on the NMFS shark advisory panel. To
learn more about the Atlantic shark proposals and how
you can voice your support for changes, visit: Send an email indicating your support
for shark protection and requesting improvements on the
shark finning ban to: Yahoo and Alibaba.
Yahoo and Alibaba trade in shark fins. Yahoo has a 1 billion dollar stake in Alibaba and controls 40% of the company. Help to end it. Alibaba and their corporate allies Yahoo put making a quick buck ahead of saving sharks from extinction. Take action and tell both companies you want them to stop promoting companies that trade in shark fins.
Indonesia slaughters more sharks than any other country. According to TRAFFIC, Indonesia was the biggest shark catching country in 2004 with 15% of the global total - that means Indonesian fishing vessels officially caught 122,000 tonnes of sharks - this figure is assumed to be vastly inferior to the actual amount due to underreporting of catches. Indonesia consumes high quantities of shark fin soup and the government has so far not taken any concrete measures to restrict the practice of shark finning.
Take action by sending a letter and an email to the Minister of Ocean Fisheries, asking that Indonesia introduces a total ban on shark finning. Boycott these restaurants if you live in the USA Please contact the following restaurants and ask that they stop sales of any products containing shark-fins. Above all, don't eat there unless they stop selling shark fin soup!
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