[Sustain] Fwd: Vote on shark question in Chronicle online poll

[Richard Knee]

I am not arguing against banning sharkfin soup and taking other measures 
to protect sharks. I'm saying the legislation should be made more expansive.

Best,
Rick


On 3/9/2011 2:55 PM, Eric Brooks wrote:
> Not exactly. All ocean life is indeed in danger, but shark are in a 
> particularly precarious state, and also occupy a particularly crucial 
> role as top predators, without which entire ocean ecosystems begin to 
> fail. This inordinately threatens all ocean species.
>
> The other important factor in all of this is that eating shark fin 
> soup is like wearing fur. It is totally unnecessary and extremely 
> wasteful because once the valuable fins are taken, most of the shark 
> are thrown back into the ocean to die.
>
> So the shark fin situation is a serious crisis that needs to be ended 
> immediately.
>
> Protecting shark in the ocean is similar to protecting returning 
> wolves in the Rockies. It is absolutely vital to entire bioregions.
>
> And no one would say that since other mammals are threatened we 
> shouldn't engage immediate special protections for wolves ;)
>
> cheers
>
> Eric B
>
> On 3/9/2011 2:37 PM, Richard Knee wrote:
>> Equal protection is needed for other fish. If sharkfin soup is 
>> banned, another type(s) of fish could fall victim to that supply chain.
>>
>>
>> On 3/9/2011 1:31 PM, Eric Brooks wrote:
>>> mksage at gmail.com <mailto:mksage at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Please vote to "BAN SHARK FIN SOUP" in the online pole that the San 
>>> Francisco Chronicle is holding.  Go to
>>> http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/03/09/MNBB1I6GV4.DTL 
>>> <http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/03/09/MNBB1I6GV4.DTL> 
>>>
>>> and look down the left side of the article for "THE QUESTION -- 
>>> Census finds only 219 great white sharks off coast"
>>> Click the button labeled "Ban shark fin soup" and then click the 
>>> "VOTE" button.
>>> -- Mike
>
>
>
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