#ocean activism

[itgetsbetter]

pride month 🤝 world oceans month

Our amazing Youth Voice Marlin put together this free Queer Ocean Activism Webinar! Meet other queer environmental activists, learn about ocean ecology, talk to ocean experts!

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Taking place Saturday June 28th at 6pm ET/3pm PT, register here for free!

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[worldoceanobservatory]

TAKE ACTION

Congress is set to vote next week on another ocean-related bill that fundamentally undermines the Magnuson Stevens Act for sustainable fisheries management. Your voice is needed! Call, email and tweet at your local member of Congress this week! Let them know that the Magnuson-Stevens Act is working to restore fish populations and the coastal communities that depend on them. The vote on H.R. 200 would roll back progress in conservation. Let's not let sustainable fisheries management be a partisan issue.

What you can do:   Call your Representative. You'll reach the Capital switchboard when you dial [phone].

Messaging: The Magnuson-Stevens Act, our nation’s foundational fisheries conservation and management law, has enjoyed decades of bipartisan support, managing our nation’s public fisheries resources to realize their full potential and ensure conservation.

While there is work to be done, the MSA already has many of the tools for success. I am very concerned about efforts in both chambers of Congress to dismantle parts of the law. Instead, we should work together to continue improving it.

A vote for H.R. 200 undermines sustainable fisheries and conservation laws, jeopardizing the health and sustainability of our oceans and the coastal communities that depend on them.

As my representative I urge you to reject proposals that erase the progress that had been made in the last several decades and has allowed the United States to become a leader in sustainable fishery management.

Sample script:

Good morning/afternoon. My name is _______, I live in (City/Town), and I am a constituent of Representative __________. I urge Representative _________ to oppose H.R.200, which would increase the risk of overfishing off America’s coasts. Over the last 20 years, the U.S. has made great strides toward sustainable management of our public fisheries resources thanks to existing law. But H.R. 200 threatens to roll back the advances that got us where we are today. This has major implications for our nation’s fishing communities, for sustainable fishing practices, and for a healthy oceans. Again, I urge Representative _____ to vote against H.R.200 when it comes up for a vote.

Thank you! (shared from our friends at Ocean Conservancy)

[worldoceanobservatory]

This week on World Ocean Radio:

MARCH FOR THE OCEAN!

www.worldoceanobservatory.org/wor/march-ocean-0 About this episode: On June 9th, 2018, a March For The Ocean (M4O) will take place in Washington, D.C. and in cities around the world. In this episode of World Ocean Radio we encourage listeners to gather in the nation's capital, to find a march in a city nearby, to organize, and to volunteer. We argue that we must declare, loudly and publicly, that the ocean will prevail and will continue to support us for generations to come if only we have the courage and the will to sustain it.

[aquazeem]

It's seems that many of us are unwilling to face reality, when it's ugly

Hannah Fraser on the topic of Dolphin slaughtering

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" Aquatic Siren "  ...  Hannah Mermaid, Ocean Activist on the Dec 15, 2014 Issue of Millennial againe.

[fisharefriendsleague-blog]

This is a blog inspired by the famous quote "Fish are friends, not food." from Finding Nemo.

I hope you like it. :-)

[descrates-blog]

..."When the ban on the use and sale of shark fin comes into effect in Toronto in 2012, it will mean anyone wanting to eat the Chinese delicacy shark fin soup will have to travel to another community.

On Wednesday, in Markham, Ont., just north of Toronto, two city councillors spent $68 apiece for a bowl of the soup at a local restaurant.

For Joe Li and Alan Ho it was an expensive indulgence, but one the councillors chose to make to demonstrate their disappointment over Toronto's decision. A decision they hope won't be repeated in Markham."

Li continues to say that shark fin soup is apart of their "culture" and that they deserve "equal treatment" regarding a law being enforced to ban the consumption of any shark fin soup dishes. Li says that this law which refers to banning the products that are the result of inhumane practices, would include seal hunting which isn't outlawed in Canada.

Equal treatment? Who are you to ask for equal treatment when you're acting as a catalyst to the decline of an ancient marine species every time you consume shark fin soup, which is nothing other then a status symbol in your "culture". Please excuse me if you feel I am being rude, but this is an epidemic that has to be recognized and put to an end. I will no longer tolerate ignorance or accept any excuses.  

[23s-blog]

Bluefin Artist Series at Noventa Grados