Comments on: US Congress To Pass Ban on “Finning” to Protect Sharks http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/07/29/us-congress-to-pass-ban-on-finning-to-protect-sharks/ News & commentary on sustainability, activism, urban planning, politics, and our world. Fri, 25 May 2012 16:38:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Casson http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/07/29/us-congress-to-pass-ban-on-finning-to-protect-sharks/comment-page-1/#comment-61632 Casson Thu, 30 Jul 2009 18:56:10 +0000 http://ecoworldly.com/?p=3399#comment-61632 Thanks for writing this. It's a tremendously important issue and something that must be addressed in the here and now if we are to save these magnificent creatures. One small gripe -- I wish you wouldn't have titled your article "US Congress to Pass Ban... etc". Worded this way, the title reads as if this is a done deal, and suggests that no additional help is necessary. This is, as you are aware (and is discussed in your piece) not the case at all. In fact, there is a very good chance that this legislation will NOT pass due to industry pressure. All Americans reading this need to weigh in and voice their support if we want this ban to succeed! Thanks for all the great work you do and for bringing awareness to this important issue. Thanks for writing this. It’s a tremendously important issue and something that must be addressed in the here and now if we are to save these magnificent creatures.

One small gripe — I wish you wouldn’t have titled your article “US Congress to Pass Ban… etc”. Worded this way, the title reads as if this is a done deal, and suggests that no additional help is necessary.

This is, as you are aware (and is discussed in your piece) not the case at all. In fact, there is a very good chance that this legislation will NOT pass due to industry pressure. All Americans reading this need to weigh in and voice their support if we want this ban to succeed!

Thanks for all the great work you do and for bringing awareness to this important issue.

]]> By: TheDorsalFin http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/07/29/us-congress-to-pass-ban-on-finning-to-protect-sharks/comment-page-1/#comment-61631 TheDorsalFin Thu, 30 Jul 2009 12:52:19 +0000 http://ecoworldly.com/?p=3399#comment-61631 Great article. Thanks for helping to increase public awareness about the drastic decline in shark populations, as well as explaining how this decline will affect marine eco-systems, as a whole. Great article. Thanks for helping to increase public awareness about the drastic decline in shark populations, as well as explaining how this decline will affect marine eco-systems, as a whole.

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