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Date Posted: 929468181PDT In reply to: Jim Morris 's message, ""Skunked" after Two Days of Chumming off San Diego!" on 929376896PDT > Just got back from two days of "chumming" off San > Diego at the "9 mile bank". It was pathetic! One small > "guppie" blue > yesterday and another this morning(probably the same > one!). If people continue to deny that there isn't a > shark depletion > problem offshore of California, then they better wake > up! They can make excuses for the makos(in saying that > they are probably > down south). But there should have been some blues out > there! We had one rod setup out but were looking for sharks to dive with(in order to underwater tag them!). We were at the "9 mile bank" waiting for some blues to get to the chum bucket before jumping in with them(like I have done at the Avalon Bank and at Short Banks as well). However, after five buckets of "New Fishall" chum(which is the best chum that I have used to date as it worked great for that "EXTRA" shoot from last November), all we had to show for it was a "guppie" blue! My feeling is that longlining and netting(along with the finning of sharks that visit the waters off Hawaii from California as such is why I have been so passionate about the Hawaiian shark' fin trade ban Bill!)has really taken its toll. In addition, Mexican commercial fishermen are really working the sharks as well! I recently co-wrote an article (with Bob Endreson who had helped write the shark' fin trade ban Bill in Hawaii) about the shark' fin trade ban Bill situation in Hawaii. This article will appear in the upcoming July/August issue of "Discover Diving" magazine (which was recently acquired by "Skin Diver" magazine as both "Skin Diver" and "Discover Diving" are owned by Petersen Publishing). A complimentary issue of the July/August issue of "Discover Diving" will be included with the July issue of "Skin Diver" as such should be available soon (in the next week or so). Best regards, Jim Morris P.O. Box 12093 Marina del Rey (Los Angeles), California 90295 USA (310) 358-7348 Email: jamesdtmorris@hotmail.com, jdtmorris@earthlink.net Please forward the following which I had just received from Bob Endreson on Oahu: Hawaii still allows the needless slaughter of sharks. It is one of four coastal states where fishermen can cut the fins off of sharks and throw the shark back into the water either alive or dead. 99% of the sharks caught are finned while 86% of the sharks are alive when brought on board the fishing boat. These sharks are considered "bycatch" and are caught accidentally while fishing for tuna or swordfish. Shark finning played a large part in wiping out a large numbers of sharks not only in the United States, but worldwide. We are attempting to prohibit this practice and asking that the Federal agency that manages fisheries here in the Pacific to take action to end this practice at their June 17th meeting and we need your support. Some may ask why protect sharks and the answer is simple. The shark is part of a "Balanced Eco-system" and without sharks the balance is altered which threatens the viability of other species as well. You can help by simply going to: http://www.westpacfisheries.net/actionalert.html which will give you more background information on this cruel and wasteful practice, as well as a letter that can be sent to the State and Federal agencies who will be involved in the decision making process with the click of a mouse. You can send the letter as drafted or can modify it as you wish. Finning is analogous to what the buffalo hunters did years ago when they wiped out the buffalo simply for their hides and tongue. Let’s not let history repeat itself by allowing fishermen to kill over a billion pounds of sharks worldwide each year simply to use only one percent of the animal for an aphrodisiac and shark' fin soup. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] |
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