Save the Azores Sharks

To: President of Assembleia Legislativa Regional dos Açores

www.tinyurl.com / SaveSharksAzores

This petition closed on December 30, 2012.

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Just in the first months of this year, were captured more than 130 tons of blue shark. It is known that some shark unloaded in the ports of the Azores, is not heavy and registered, and is sent directly to the asian market for fins.
Most of this is done by international fishing fleets, mostly Spanish. Traditional fishing in the Azores is known for its moderate impact on ecosystems. This industrial fishing is destroying the balance of an archipelago considered one of the last paradises on earth.
We ask your support for this cause. The petition is in Portuguese so it can be discussed in the regional parliament of the Azores.

  1. Update #9

    Posted by André Silveira (Campaign Leader) on Sep 19, 2012

    As Europe enters the final stages of debate on a proposal to close the loopholes in the shark finning ban, find out what finning is, why the current regulation isn't good enough and why conservationists, scientists, and an increasing number of countries in the EU and beyond support a policy of 'fins attached' with no exceptions.
    Petitions:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZ8th8_Z72U

    Version française : http://www.avaaz.org/fr/petition/Close_shark_finning_loopholes_in_EU/
    English version : htt...

    As Europe enters the final stages of debate on a proposal to close the loopholes in the shark finning ban, find out what finning is, why the current regulation isn't good enough and why conservationists, scientists, and an increasing number of countries in the EU and beyond support a policy of 'fins attached' with no exceptions.
    Petitions:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZ8th8_Z72U

    Version française : http://www.avaaz.org/fr/petition/Close_shark_finning_loopholes_in_EU/
    English version : http://www.avaaz.org/en/petition/Close_shark_finning_loopholes_in_EU/?fBHeXbb&pv=12
    Deutsch Version : http://www.avaaz.org/de/petition/Close_shark_finning_loopholes_in_EU/
    versión en español : http://www.avaaz.org/es/petition/Close_shark_finning_loopholes_in_EU/
    Português :
    http://avaaz.org/po/petition/Close_shark_finning_loopholes_in_EU/

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZ8th8_Z72U&feature=player_embedded

  2. Update #8

    Posted by André Silveira (Campaign Leader) on Sep 13, 2012

    Congratulations to all for having reached the 2000 signatures. Thank you all. However it is time to further promote this petition. Please help spread this message, and invite all your friends to sign. Sharks of the Azores and North Atlantic need your help.

  3. Update #7

    Posted by André Silveira (Campaign Leader) on Aug 27, 2012

    Now the total quantity of blue shark unloaded in Azorean ports this year is 240 tons. It is estimated that the total quantity, including foreign fleets, it is more than ten times that. Please share this with your friends. It is urgent to do something!!

    Save the Marine Tresures of the Azores

    http://www.causes.com/causes/365623-save-the-marine-treasures-of-the-azores/actions/1638047

  4. Update #6

    Posted by André Silveira (Campaign Leader) on May 2, 2012

    We are almost there! please invite all your friends. The Azores Sharks need your help

    www.tinyurl.com/SaveSharksAzores

    Thank you

  5. Update #5

    Posted by André Silveira (Campaign Leader) on Apr 17, 2012
  6. Update #4

    Posted by André Silveira (Campaign Leader) on Apr 9, 2012

    Half way there. Please invite all your friends to sign this petition. It is urgent to do something! Please help the Azores Sharks.

  7. Update #3

    Posted by André Silveira (Campaign Leader) on Apr 3, 2012
  8. Update #2

    Posted by André Silveira (Campaign Leader) on Apr 1, 2012

    Por favor assinem também aqui:
    www.tinyurl.com/SaveSharksAzores

    Please sign here also:
    www.tinyurl.com/SaveSharksAzores

    It is in Portuguese, so it can used to take this petition to the Regional Parlament of the Azores

    Thank you all

  9. Update #1

    Posted by André Silveira (Campaign Leader) on Mar 30, 2012

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