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New Legislative Session!

The 2010 Hawaii State legislative session has begun and, as always, LOST FISH stays on top of what's happening.  Check back here frequently to see what you can do to help, or hinder if necessary!

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The highly endangered Hawaiian monk seal -- only 1100 of these are still alive.

SOS!
Save Our Seal!
2010 campaign

Senate Bill 2441, introduced by Senator Gary Hooser passed out of the Judiciary Committee yesterday.  It will now go to the full Senate vote.  The bill was amended to apply to only Hawaiian Monk Seals and the citizens suit option was removed.  

Thank you for your written testimony.  

We will let you know if it continues to move.  Stay Tuned!

The highly endangered Hawaiian monk seal is the last species of monk seals on earth.  Recently the Caribbean monk seal went extinct.   We don't want that to happen to our precious species!  In the last several months, three Hawaiian monk seals have been deliberately killed, despite being on the Federal Endangered Species list.  Help us!  Help them!

And for more info on monk seals and the campaign to help them survive,  go to:
 

Marine Biology Conservation Institute

Honokohau Horror!

In mid-January 2010, more than 610 tropical fish caught live for aquariums were found dead in plastic bags in a dumpster at Honokohau.  (see photos below and right)  Of this number a third were tiny babies, too young and fragile to be expected to survive in an aquarium.  This horrifying waste of our precious marine life indicates that whoever did this is completely incompetent to continue in this business.  Unfortunately we do not know who it was.

If you or anyone you know has any information about this or similar incidents, please call the Division of Aquatic Resources and report it in confidence.   808-327-6226

And even if you don't know anything about this, please write a letter to the newspaper and bring attention to this travesty.  We can't let them get away with this.  This has to stop!!

A bag of yellow tangs thrown in a dumpster recently.
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