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You can comment throughout the site on specific articles. Here, you can comment on the site or Shark Savers in general, or express your thoughts relating to sharks and the oceans. Comments (27)
c-puff Merrill Michigan
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Sharks are going extict...... Sharks are going extinct because we are hunting them down! Just because they kill 6 people a year does NOT mean we can continue to hunt down OVER 75 million of the amazing animals a year!!! Even an 11 year old like me can understand that! |
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Kathryn Dowsett
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Great Site!!! Keep up the great work, and keep the sharks alive for all of us divers to observe and enjoy!!! Kathy for www.kirkscubgear.com |
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Sharon
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Film about 1916 great white shark attack in NJ Have you seen this movie? It's based on the 1916 Great White shark attacks in NJ but it takes place in NY in the film. It's called Shore Thing. http://www.amazon.com/Shore-Thing/dp/B002J5MWTG/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&s=digital-video&qid=1257331594&sr=8-5 |
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Lydia Chung
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PLEASE SIGN MY PETITION! I've started a petition to show restaurants in Vancouver, BC that ppl do not want shark fin on the menu! Any support will be welcome! I want to show the restaurants when I go speak to them (and the BC Chamber of Commerce and BC Restaurant and Foodservices Association when I contact them at the end of next wk) that people care and want finning to stop! Please help me by signing!! Thank you so very much~~~!!!!! http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/Stop-SharkFin-Consumption-Vancouver |
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Fredy Marroquin-Rodriguez
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We have a responsibility We have an interest in caring for every species in our planet for the same reason we have an interest in caring for our body, without a healthy body we can not survive. |
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Craig77
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Reasons Sharks are Better than Cats http://www.thesharkguys.com/20...than-cats/ Here's a fun rundown of cats versus sharks |
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Katrien Vandevelde
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Please add this petition to your website (a plea from Belgium) Hi, Please add the "European Shark Week" petition by the shark allicance on your website? Spain is worldleader supplier of shark finns for the trade in Hong Kong. These 4 country's: the UK, Portugal, France and Spain together, are resposible for 65% of the yearly number of sharkcatches. Please do it quickly, the sharkweek starts October 10 |
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michael christie
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Day 1 of shark week Boring! uninformative,senatioalize,using updated great white footage didn't help.I hope the rest of the programs shead some lite in the important role sharks play in our ecosystem. P.S. Why would anyone whant to help save sharks after showing this terriable 2hour video.I really starting to get pissed off!!! Shark diver Michael christie |
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Anthony betancourt
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shark conservation i have never dived with sharks, but I believe that it is very important to take care of them, since they are one of the important species but of the nutritional chain.I dive with whale shark and we have certain rules that we respected for the conservation of the species my web site is www.holbox-whaleshark-tours.com and I offer Tours of I swim with the whale shark my phone is 0052 9848752355 from USA |
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Shark Savers
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Responding to: Japanese influence Thanks for your note. We are aware that a large number of visitors to Palau come from Japan and are in the process of translating the petition and fielding it in Japan. |
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Roger X Cohn
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Japaneese influence The main tourists in Palau have and continue to come from Japan. Just as the main workers come from Philippines. To understand this proposed legislation you have to understand the sociology of Palau. Japaneese treasure the shark's fin. They have a lot of influence in Palau. Getting a few Japaneese signatures on the petitions would go a long way.Thank you |
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Alanna Beltran
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student this is what i have to say about all you poeple who want to save shark your hearts are in the right place!!!!!!!!!!!!! but you poeple who fish you should really rethink before you fish like never fish with a net aways fish with a rod!!!save the SHARKS life depends on it!!!! but really think before you fish i know i am only 12 years old but my voice makes a diffrents and yours dose to so save the sharks and if you get a shark throw it back in the ocean please and we all thank you!!!!!!! |
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wendy beltran
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realtor i do not like sharks but my 10 yr old son LOVE sharks he hopes that stupid fishermen stop fishing 4 them he LOVES bluesharks so much he has a imagemary friend that is a blueshark named jason my son name is ricky he wants 2 b a marinebioligist please spread the word to fish once or twice a year andDO NOT USE A NET USE A rod  |
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Abby
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SAVE THoSE SHARKS!!! SAVE THOSE SHARKS!!! I loved the Shark Water movie, nice one Rob! I'm hopeful to see more movies like this. |
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Anais Vermonden
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Check it out, ALASKA SHARK FISHING!!!!!!!!! www.alaskanfishing.com/ 08-shark-ani/a1.jpg It's horrible he is promoting more shark fishing in alaska!!! could we start a petition to make him stop!!! |
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james mero
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asians are discusting well in my opinion i feel that the asian community is nasty they feel that shark fin soup brings prosperity. thats nuts. they are so stupid to think this. i saw sharkwater and i cryied cause i had no idea. the world is coming to and over the allmighty green back nasty. sharks are a majour part of our ecosystem and if they are gone the world ends. asians are discusting anyways look at their air, they are supposed to be advanced. well they are to the point of killing them selves off because of polution so they feel shark fin will help them well its killing them no surprise. anyways i feel very strongly about the earth and all its beauty and it makes me sick of how humanity takes advantage of mother people are sick |
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Julie L Andersen
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Wow So I was searching the internet for my name, and low and behold, I came across this wonderful lady with my same name!! And it looks as if she and I have the same qualities and aspirations. Take a look at this: http://www.julieandersen.com/island_caretaker.html |
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Shital
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shark fins in china town so i was walking around china town in nyc. and i walked into a tea shop filled with jars of tea. turned around and saw two big jars of shark fins behind the counter. i walked right out in complete horror. i already know its a terrible corrupt industry but for it to be so out in the open even though its illegal. i walked by another store that also had a bunch of jars of them. mustve been almost a hundred fins. so now im wondering if there is anyplace that i can report this cause i tried looking but i dunno who would handle it. if chinatown can get raided for bootleg handbags they should get raided for this. |
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CampinginDanubeDelta
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Danube Delta - Camping! I think we all should think about saving the nature most wonderful creation! |
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Robin Bronner
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... I'm wondering if anyone knows who I might send a letter to regarding the recent episode of "Survivor: Fans vs. Favorites" in which the "survivors" killed and ate a reef shark. They were shown devouring shark meat and exclaiming how tasty it was. I can't imagine what kind of damage this has done to the Shark Savers cause as millions of people watched this episode. I think it was terribly irresponsible for CBS to allow this activity on the show at all, but even worse to allow it to air. Thoughts? |
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Elizabeth Keith
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... I have done several shark dives with Jim Abernathy and feel interactions with sharks and other cetaceans are rewarding. I would be hard pressed to think of a more effective way to motivate people to protect them. |
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Alice R. H.
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We the Sharks... In the constitution it says that all men and women are created equal. Than I don't see why all CREATURES can't be created equal. We are all the same no matter what. So what if some creatures on our earth have fins and some have tails, so what if some live in water and some live on land? We are all equal! So I encourage all of you to stand up for what you believe in because to a lot of famous people to Martin Luther King Jr. to Rosa Parks we will be right there behind you! Thank You! |
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I.L. Toronto, Ontario
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... The film, Sharkwater, has had a profound impact on me. Before watching the film, I had no particular interests in sharks, positive or negative. I think Sharkwater is probably one of the most beautiful films that I have seen, except for the senseless killings of these magnificent creatures. The scene where a giant shark, generally thought to be predatory and merciless towards people, allows Mr. Rob Stewart to hold and hug her on the ocean floor fascinates and amazes me. In extreme contrast, the image of us humans slashing their fins and throwing their bodies back into the ocean where they sink, alive and helpless, to the bottom of the sea to die is also forever ingrained in my mind. I feel absolutely abhorred and sick to my stomach. As a Chinese myself (although I have called Canada home for over 20 years), I know too well that Asians do consume a lot of shark fin soup and many of us are ignorant of these inhumane killings. Eating it would be no different from eating any kind of seafood or even meat for that matter. We would not know to think twice about it. Even though I rarely consumed the soup myself, I cannot help but feel my share of guilt and shame. I have made a personal commitment never to eat shark fin soup again. This film needs to be shown in Asia, particularly in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Japan to educate people in order to curb their demand for shark fins. This film was truly an eye-opener for me and I hope it will have the same effect on many more people, especially those who contribute directly or indirectly to these killings. Ever since watching Sharkwater, I had wanted to make a small contribution on my part to help save the sharks. I had researched on different organizations and although there were many reputable ones that I had come across, I needed an organization, preferably close to home in North America, which shares the same goal as mine to stop finning and illegal slaughtering of sharks. Your organization seems to fit the bill. Therefore, I am sending you a small token of my support to help with our common cause. I am also attaching a little poem that I had written to share my sentiments. Saving sharks will no doubt be a long and hard struggle. I wish your new organization success in your worthy endeavors. |
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I.L., Toronto, Ontario
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Sharks (a poem) “Once you have cut down the last tree, poisoned the last river and killed the last fish you will realize that you cannot eat your money.†Old American Indian saying Surviving 400 million years long A magnificent creature, mighty and strong Monstrous mammoth with a bite A wrong we now must right Gracing a boundless ocean intense Possessing the proverbial sixth sense Policing the waters for our sake Her existence for granted we take Seeds of life for us she sows Playing the part of friend, not foe But how dare we ungrateful souls repay In a most horrendous, unspeakable way Becoming predators we resolve to kill For greed her blood we spill Rendered paralyzed without breath She suffers a slow and horrible death Profiting on ignorant and boastful deeds Senseless killings from voracious greed Soon to befall a domino effect Our very survival we will ultimately affect (November 15, 2007 |
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Freeman Tang
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... Great website to an even greater cause. About your petition urging Alibaba.com to stop selling shark products, I personally believe it will have limited effect. The root cause is there's huge demand for shark fins because Asians (especially Chinese) had been placing (insensible) value on the stuff for thousands of years. (shark fins used to be served to ancient emperors only) The bigger problem is that the Chinese general public DOES NOT know about the shark finning and WHY it's harmful to the marine system. I believe, it's much more worthwhile to raise public awareness (in Asia) about the cause, rather than specially targeting an organization, because legally, Alibaba didn't do anything "wrong". It's like, as long as there's drug addicts, there'll be people selling smack. We need to prove & educate Asians about shark finning. I know being a Chinese, it's very difficult to change a culture of 1.3 billion strong. But I'm sure with relentless education and awareness targeting the youth, there is hope. If people don't know why killing sharks is bad, they won't change regardless of how many protests & boycotts there are. There's strong support to anti-shark finning practice in Western countries because Westerners don't eat the stuff! More must be done here, in Asia. Thanks |
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