March to Parliament in support of Maui's dolphin
Various conservation groups marched to Parliament this afternoon in support of the urgent measures proposed to save the dwindling Maui's dolphin population.
Tuesday, 03 April 2012, 5:00pm
Source: TV3
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Jean-Michel Cousteau
Pete Bethune
Dr Liz Slooten
Chris Malloy
Dave "Rasta" Rastovich
Steve Olson
Andrew Davis
Louie Psihoyos
Sylvia Earle
Christian Hosoi
Mike McGill
Mark Cunningham
Lance Mountain
Jay Adams
"The Cab" Steve Caballero
John Calambokidis
David Helvarg (Blue Frontier Campaign)
Peggy Oki
Keith Malloy
Patti McGee and Di Dootson Rose
Tom Curren
Jack Johnson
Benjamin "Pottsy" Potts
Jim Muir
Marco Morgan, The National Skate Collective, South Africa
Jeff Johnson
Tony Alva
Dr. David Guggenheim aka Ocean Doctor
Ric O'Barry
Xavier Rudd
Yvon Chouinard
Erwin Vermeulen
Peter Hammarstedt
Large scale environmental art image was organized by “Let’s Face It” Visual Petitions coordinator Peggy Oki, Founder & Director of the Origami Whales Project.
After numerous e-mails and phone calls by Peggy Oki (Coordinator of "Let's Face It" Visual Petitions) since February (2013) pushing to formulate a group letter of concern to DOC with request for protocols including necropsy to determine cause of death in any cetaceans found in proximity to zones of seismic testing we gladly announce that the Society for Marine Mammalogy (SMM) is urging the New Zealand government to halt seismic testing in Maui’s dolphin habitat immediately.
In a letter to New Zealand’s Prime Minister the SMM expressed concerns about seismic surveys in the home of Maui’s dolphins, the rarest dolphin species on earth. The President of the Society Prof. Helen Marsh said that "allowing seismic testing in the dolphins’ habitat may harm their hearing and push them into unprotected areas, where they are more exposed to fishing nets. The impact on the 55 remaining Maui’s dolphins could be devastating. Allowing this seismic testing appears inconsistent with the New Zealand Government's stated goal of enabling this subspecies to recover..."
Letter to New Zealand Prime Minister regarding Maui's, Shock over accidental catch rates, and when a marine sanctuary is a "killing field".
We've heard that the NZ govt may announce the Threat Management Plan (TMP) on the Maui's & Hector's dolphins this month!!!
Congratulations and much gratitude to Dave “Rasta” Rastovich’s on returning to New Zealand for his 350km, two-week solo paddle from Cape Taranaki to Piha, west of Auckland, in New Zealand. The paddle aims to draw international awareness to the seabed mining proposed for the coastline.