{"id":13527,"date":"2011-01-30T23:08:25","date_gmt":"2011-01-31T04:08:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/13527\/critical-legislation-guam-ban-sale-shark-fins-urge\/"},"modified":"2011-01-30T23:08:25","modified_gmt":"2011-01-31T04:08:25","slug":"critical-legislation-guam-ban-sale-shark-fins-urge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/13527\/critical-legislation-guam-ban-sale-shark-fins-urge\/","title":{"rendered":"Critical Legislation in Guam to ban sale of shark fins URGE!"},"content":{"rendered":"


AfSD\u2122(ADVOCATE FOR SAVING DOGS\u2122and all living creatures)<\/a>
\nFriendburst :
\n<\/b>Advocate for Saving Dogs\u2122<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/b>Animal Rights<\/a><\/p>\n


RILEY \u00ae <\/p>\n

<\/font>Critical Legislation in Guam to ban sale of shark fins needs your comments<\/font><\/i><\/p>\n

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<\/font><\/font>PLEASE, send a letter of support for <\/font>Guam<\/font>‘s sharks as soon as you finish reading this email!<\/font><\/i><\/div>\n

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<\/font><\/font>The momentum to protect sharks is snowballing in the South Pacific! <\/font>Guam<\/font>‘s Vice-Speaker BJ Cruz and Senator Rory Respicio have introduced <\/font>a bill to <\/font>ban the sale and possession of shark fins.
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<\/font><\/font> Although only just introduced, Bill No. 44-31 is already being met with strong opposition from the fishing community <\/font><\/i><\/div>\n

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<\/font><\/font>The Natural Resources Committee will hold a hearing on the bill next Tuesday night <\/font>Guam<\/font> time, which is Monday night EST.<\/font><\/i><\/div>\n

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<\/font><\/font>You can make your voice heard by sending a letter in support of the bill to the Honorable Rory J. Respicio. His email is roryforguam@gmail.com<\/a>. <\/font>(please also CC Mike <\/font>Lydia<\/font> on these emails at mike.lidia@senatorbjcruz.com<\/a>), <\/font>or you can fax your letter to Senator Respicio at (671) 472-3547<\/font><\/i><\/div>\n

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<\/font><\/font>Please send your letters by Sunday afternoon January 30th (sooner would be better). The more letters Senator Respicio receives, the greater the chance of passing this bill!<\/font><\/i><\/div>\n

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<\/font><\/font>Your letters should include the following information:<\/font><\/i><\/div>\n

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<\/font><\/font>1. Your name.
2. Where you live.
3. Your reasons for wanting to protect sharks.
4. A request to “please pass Bill No. 44-31 with no<\/u> amendments”.<\/font><\/i><\/div>\n

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<\/font><\/font>Here are some suggestions that you may want to give for supporting passage of the bill:<\/font><\/i><\/div>\n

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<\/font>Sharks have been the ocean’s apex predators
for 400 millions years. The removal of millions of sharks has already
disrupted the ocean ecosystem and is resulting in tropic cascades.<\/font>
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<\/font>Sharks
are slow growing, mature late, produce few young, and cannot reproduce
fast enough to replace their populations at the current rate of
depletion.<\/font>
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<\/font><\/font>The depletion of sharks is driven by the shark fin trade.<\/b><\/font><\/font> Sharks<\/font>
formerly caught as bycatch of other fisheries and released alive, are
now landed just for their fins and their carcasses are dumped overboard.
The sharks’ fins are used solely as an ingredient in expensive soup!<\/i><\/div>\n

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<\/font>Some
73 million sharks will be slaughtered this year for their fins. That
averages out to more than 6 million per month, more than 217,000 per
day, around 9,000 per hour!<\/font>
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<\/font>The
IUCN Shark Specialist Group has determined that 1\/3 of all shark
species are “near threatened” or “threatened with extinction”. If the
slaughter continues, sharks may go the way of the passenger pigeon, the dodo, and other species that humans have hunted to extinction.<\/font>
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<\/font><\/font>Sharks are <\/font>far more value alive. They are<\/font> the #1 attraction for divers. Alive, sharks generate a continuing source of revenue to <\/font>Guam<\/font>‘s local economy!<\/font> <\/font> <\/i><\/div>\n

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<\/font><\/font>Letters should be in the following format::<\/b><\/font><\/i><\/div>\n

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<\/font>Honorable Rory J. Respicio
Majority Leader
<\/font>Suite<\/font> 302<\/font>
155 Hesler St.
Hag\u00e5t\u00f1a, <\/font>Guam<\/font> 96910<\/font><\/b><\/font><\/i><\/div>\n

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<\/font>January 25, 2010<\/font> <\/font><\/b><\/font><\/i><\/div>\n

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<\/font><\/font>Dear Senator Respicio:<\/b><\/font><\/i><\/div>\n

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<\/font><\/font>– Your reasons for supporting the bill<\/b><\/font><\/i><\/div>\n

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<\/font><\/font>– Where you live<\/b><\/font><\/i><\/div>\n

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<\/font><\/font>– What you do<\/b><\/font><\/i><\/div>\n

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<\/font><\/font>–<\/b><\/font>Please pass Bill 44-31 with no amendments<\/font><\/i><\/div>\n

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<\/font><\/font>Sincerely yours,<\/b><\/font><\/i><\/div>\n

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<\/font><\/font>-Your name<\/b><\/font><\/i><\/div>\n

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<\/font><\/font>Please forward this email to everyone in your email address book. This is critical legislation for sharks.<\/font><\/i><\/div>\n

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