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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 1145.043 2012-2014Hawaii County AWESC Bill 318 in SUPPORT Hawaii County AWESC Bill 318 in SUPPORT X DELETE F- REPLY hawaii@reefrescueaIIiance.org Mon 11/17/2011 8:07 AM To: Council Testimony; t!.�i A-t F� • I � �+- 5 Page 1 of 1 �{ REPLY ALL FORWARD ••. mark as unread From: reeftime @host.advancedconfucius.net On Behalf Of Testimony Submittal <kitemedia @yahoo.com> Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2014 9:13 PM To: octopus @maui.net Subject: Hawaii County AWESC Bill 318 in SUPPORT Name: Nadine Fischerk E -mail: kitenredia, iPvahooxom City Honaunau State H1 My message to the Committee: Aloha Chair Wille and Committee Members, I support Bill 318 protecting Hawaii's reef wildlife from harmful aquarium trade starvation and insufficient water volume during shipping. As an ocean swimmer and free diver, I see over the years, less and less fish around the Hawaiian shores. In the bays I swum regularly, I become familiar with the fish, often I see over months, the same reef fish at the very same spots. It's like you walk down the road you live, you get to know your neighbors, as most people stay for years at the same place. It seems to be with many reef fish species the same. But then all of a sudden, the neighborhood is empty. Mr. Puffer Fish at the corner of the boat ramp, does not puff up to greet me like other days, at the first coral chunk, no yellow tang and also the two parrot fish are not there. Little Nemo, that tucked under the next coral usually also not here...? That's when I know, the aquarium fishers sweept the bay empty once again... Fish belong in the ocean and NOT in an aquarium! Why on earth, anyone would put fish in a little tank is a mystery to me and I urge you to stop this cruel practice. Please save these fish, our oceans and our planet - we can't buy a new one, if it's gone...! Mahalo and Aloha, Nadine Fischer https:Hwebmail.hawaiicounty.gov/owa/ c7 0 W'-q3 Koi. Dc�'',c 18 201.4_____. 11/17/2014