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From: Rene Umberger[octopus@maui.net]
Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2015 7:23 AM
To: Council Testimony
Subject: Hawaii County AWESC Bill 318 in SUPPORT
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Date: February 16, 2015 at 8:28:15 PM HST
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Subject: Hawaii County AWESC Bill 318 in SUPPORT
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Name:
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My message to the
Aloha Chair Wille and AWES Committee -
Committee:
Members,
Mahalo for the opportunity!
I support Bill 318 protecting Hawaii's reefwildlite from harmful
aquarium trade starvation and insufficient water volume daring
shipping.
It is time to start putting our ocean and it's environment ahead of
handful ofaquarium fish collectors. These fish that these collectors
so cruelly remove from their habitat are a part of a very important
ecosystem that is fragile already. Is the profiting of the destruction
of this ecosystem worth it?
I say absolutely nod! I believe there are approximately 30 existing
permits for taking reef fish to sell for the aquarium trade_. my
question is how do we know how many more people are doing this
without
permits? Our ocean is too fragile to withstand this kind of industry.
mahalo for your time,
Keomailani Von Gogh
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