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Subject: Latest on the Hawaiian Shark' Fin Trade Ban Bill from Bob Endreson on Oahu

Author:
Jim Morris

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Date Posted: 930153215PDT

The following just in from Bob Endreson on Oahu(with regard to the Bill to
ban the shark' fin trade in Hawaii):

Subject: Send in your support NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 1999 13:01:51 -1000

Thank you for support for a prohibition on shark finning at last weeks
Western Pacific Council meeting. Although the Council did not take any
action to prohibit finning and to move towards the full utilization of
sharks, we most certainly did bring the issue to the front burner and feel
the stage may now be set for State action and/or pre-emption by the
Secretary of Commerce.

It's clear that the current makeup of the Council does not give
recreational fishermen, conservationists or small boat commercial interests
any representation at all on the Western Pacific Fisheries Council. We are
writing to you today, as we are very concerned about the Council nomination
process which we understand is nearing final review. Secretary of Commerce
Daley will make his final decision in the next day or so and Commercial
Interests are lobbying some of Hawaii's Congressional Delegation hard, to
keep existing Council members. That should say it all! If the existing
Council members are supported by commercial interests, then how can they
represent us and initiate sound fisheries management?

The Western Pacific Council has been very unbalanced for a number of years
and the small boat interests, conservation groups and recreational sectors
of the fishery in Hawaii have had little to no representation. After
repeated requests to support a ban of shark finning and an endorsement for
full utilization of sharks here in the Western Pacific, the Council members
who supposedly represent small boat/recreational interests have turned
their backs on us once again.

What should be clear is the support for Mr. Farm and Mr. Morioka being
generated from the commercial sector. How can we expect the Council to be
balanced when political figures are influenced by the commercial interests
who lobby for recreational seats on the Council? It's clear to everyone
involved in fisheries and it is certainly a slap in the face to those of us
who are merely looking for a level playing field.

We hope that you will Email or Fax the Secretary and Ms. Dalton (SEE BELOW)
and support Ms. Linda Paul and Mr. Edwin Ebisui as they do reflect the
recreational, conservation and small boat concerns of the State of Hawaii
and are the preferred choices of the Governor of Hawaii. Mr. Farm and
Mr. Morioka have let us down on the Council by their actions and we feel
that the only way to have our concerns about resource management
represented properly is through a change in the Council members themselves.
They did not support us on the Shark Finning issue nor have they supported
us in other issues of equal importance to these sectors of the fishery.

Aloha

Penny.Dalton@noaa.gov FAX: 301/713-2258
WDaley@doc.gov FAX 202-482-2741

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