3/16/2024 0 Comments Donald trump spongebob manta ray“The Fisheries Service has long recognized that the oceanic whitetip shark and giant manta ray need protection,” said Earthjustice attorney Chris Eaton. Reducing the primary threats to these species, intentional and incidental catch in commercial fishing, is key to their survival and recovery. In the United States, oceanic whitetip sharks are targeted directly infisheries, and both the shark and the ray suffer from bycatch as well. They are also caught unintentionally as non-target bycatch. Giant manta rays and oceanic whitetip sharks are intentionally hunted in other countries -the sharks for their large fins and the manta rays for their gills, both prized in Asian markets. Giant manta rays and oceanic whitetip sharks will keep declining if our government doesn’t do its moral and legal duty to protect them.” “The Trump administration has to follow through by regulating the deadly Atlantic longline and gillnet fisheries. “These sharks and rays won federal protection, but they’re still being slaughtered by reckless fishing practices,” said Catherine Kilduff, a Center attorney. fisheries, the National Marine Fisheries Service is under a double obligation to comply with the Endangered Species Act’s mandate to ensure the survival and recovery of the oceanic whitetip shark and giant manta ray.” As the agency charged with conserving these imperiled species and managing U.S. “We can’t keep fishing this way while sharks, manta rays and other accidental victims head toward extinction. “These indiscriminate fishing practices are outdated,” said Jane Davenport, an attorney at Defenders of Wildlife. fisheries using these gears harm oceanic whitetip sharks and giant manta rays and have contributed to the species’ declines. Gillnets have been called “walls of death” for the harm they do to a variety of marine species. Longlines can be up to 45 miles long, with hundreds of baited hooks. These fisheries employ different types of gear, including longlines in the water column (targeting tuna, swordfish and other species), longlines along the bottom (targeting sharks) and drift gillnets. The agency has not completed the required Endangered Species Act consultation process for many fisheries managed under this plan. fisheries operating in the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico comply with national laws as well as international laws and standards. The lawsuit charges the Fisheries Service with failing to satisfy that obligation as it continues to authorize fisheries managed under the Atlantic Highly Migratory Species Fishery Management Plan. The National Marine Fisheries Service listed the oceanic whitetip shark and giant manta ray as “threatened” under the Endangered Species Act in early 2018, triggering the agency’s obligation to protect these species from undue harm when authorizing U.S. Populations of the giant manta ray, which has a wingspan of up to 29 feet, have plummeted by up to 95 percent. The oceanic whitetip shark has suffered population declines of up to 88 percent in the Atlantic. federal court during Shark Week, notes that both species have suffered dramatic declines because of overfishing - either through intentional targeting or from being killed by fishing gear aimed at other animals. fisheries in the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico. It’s unclear whether the backlash will affect their follow-up meeting that’s reportedly already been scheduled, where they will allegedly put into action some of the ideas they discussed in their initial meeting.WASHINGTON- On behalf of Defenders of Wildlife and the Center for Biological Diversity, Earthjustice sued the Trump administration today for failing to protect oceanic whitetip sharks and giant manta rays from being captured and killed in U.S. “But that story right there, I jumped on top of it because I didn’t want it to spread.” “People make up a lot of different stories about a lot of different things,” Ray J told Variety at the time. However, the entrepreneur denied the story, which was published by the Daily Mail. The meeting comes a little over two years after the star was rumored to be in “secret talks” with Trump to secure a pardon for Suge Knight. “I was ok with not seeing this man in my TL, and also not being reminded that there’s still black ppl whole heartedly supporting him,” someone replied. It’s the Kim Jong Un photo in the background for me.
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