Stop the Slaughter!

Stop the Slaughter! The annual Japanese dolphin hunt is currently underway. Watch this video and help protect thousands of dolphins by contacting the Japanese Embassy!

Action Alert- Tell Congress to Protect Our Sharks

The threat of shark extinction in a number of species is very real, and its consequences could be potentially disastrous to the world’s oceans.
Ask your senators and member of congress to protect sharks!
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Sharks have survived for hundreds of millions of years, but now they have finally met their match: humans. Popular media have portrayed sharks as vicious predators, but we are the much greater threat to sharks. Humans kill over 100 million sharks each year. In contrast, sharks kill an average of five people per year, throughout the entire world. This means that people are statistically more likely to be killed by a falling coconut than they are by a shark bite. Shark populations all over the world are in trouble and the consequences could be disastrous for the world's oceans.
>> TAKE ACTION: Ask your senators and member of congress to protect sharks!

Fishing activity has nearly eliminated sharks worldwide, depleting their populations by 90 percent in only the last 50 to 100 years. Destructive fishing practices pose a danger to sharks so great that many may soon become functionally extinct, possibly changing the entire marine ecosystem as we know it.Sharks are at the top of the ocean food chain and maintain order in the underwater realm by helping to control populations of other marine species. Remove sharks from the equation, though, and what's left is an entire ecosystem out of whack.Most sharks are slow growing, late maturing, long lived and give birth to few young, so they are extremely vulnerable to overexploitation from fishing.Take action today by asking your senators and member of congress to help protect sharks. In addition, please send a letter to your local newspaper expressing your concern about the rapid depletion of sharks from our oceans. Without a voice of their own, if we don’t speak up for sharks, who will?

World Ocean Day

I know it has been awhile since I have posted...been working alot and updating the website. I just havent had the time. But today is World Ocean Day and I wanted to make sure that I posted today! Here is an action alert that I recieved today...

Stop Climate Change and Save the Ocean

June 8th is World Ocean Day—it is a day for each of us to celebrate our relationship with the ocean. The ocean provides us with food, a prosperous economy and inspiration for all who come near it. But, the effects of global climate change are steadily taking their toll on the health of the ocean.
The ocean and coast are expected to be heavily impacted by climate change. Increased ocean warming, acidification, rising sea levels, and unprecedented changes to the distribution and abundance of fish and wildlife are among some of the feared results. These results will only intensify over time—unless we stand together and do something about it.
https://secure2.convio.net/toc/site/Advocacy?pagename=homepage&page=UserAction&id=369Global climate change is caused by the increase in carbon dioxide and other greenhouses gases collecting in the atmosphere like a thickening blanket, trapping the sun's heat and causing the planet to warm up.Photo: NASAWhile the ocean is at great risk from climate change, it has long defended against warming. The ocean has absorbed more carbon dioxide than all the forests on the planet combined, but there are limits to how much more it can absorb. And, the ocean pays a price—carbon dioxide absorption is producing ocean acidification with potentially devastating consequences for coral reefs, shellfish and ocean productivity.
We must work together to lead the world to stop climate change and save the ocean. Reducing carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions is the single best step we can take to protect the health of the ocean and the planet.
The good news is that the public recognizes climate change as the biggest environmental challenge of our generation. And, the world’s leading scientists and policy experts have proposed practical, cost effective solutions. Governors and mayors have even implemented solutions close to home.
The bad news comes at the national level, where the President and Congress have not demonstrated comparable will or leadership. Our children get it. The media gets it. Our governors, mayors, scientists and military leaders get it. But, will Washington get it?
It is time for us to speak up on World Ocean Day and demand that Washington show leadership in the fight against global climate change. We need their leadership now, more than ever. Please take action today and urge your Representatives in Congress to support legislation that would curb carbon dioxide emissions and create a comprehensive national framework to address the impacts of global climate change.

International Trade Endangers Sharks - Take Action to Help

International trade in sawfish, spiny dogfish and porbeagle sharks is endangering the future of these vulnerable species. Your help is needed to support sound proposals limiting their unsustainable trade.

I took action and you should too! It is very easy to do....