tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-370711998877298323.post1589135507389865014..comments2024-03-17T02:21:05.856-07:00Comments on Shark Diver : Shark Diving : Swimming With Sharks: Pro Shark Finning Talking Points - Got Counters?Shark Diverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02083749153637945426noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-370711998877298323.post-53259966239121979642012-02-19T20:15:51.358-08:002012-02-19T20:15:51.358-08:00Thanks Steve for the update, changes made. By Mala...Thanks Steve for the update, changes made. By Malaysia we had thought this was a larger regional discussion not a local one.<br /><br />This post was directed at the entire conservation community the Singapore media last week was a catalyst. Dr Giam's points were gleaned from a variety of misrepresentations he had read all over the net and elsewhere.<br /><br />I am pretty sure you and your team came fully prepared with facts not hype.<br /><br />Not 24 hours later the mainstream press attributed the 100 million figure to Shark Savers in another article with Senator Loren B. Legarda:<br /><br />http://www.bworldonline.com/content.php?section=Nation&title=Senator-urges-legislators-to-pass-bill-vs-shark-fishing&id=47012<br /><br />Now these factoids are out there changing the tide will take a big effort.Horizon Charters Guadalupe Cage Divinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09624362913061595393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-370711998877298323.post-83455940617769536722012-02-19T19:40:27.914-08:002012-02-19T19:40:27.914-08:00The point you raise is a good one and was exploite...The point you raise is a good one and was exploited by Jenkins from the pro shark fin campaign during the recent in debate in Singapore (NOT Malaysia as in your article). Fortunately neither of the two anti shark fin speakers used any of the unsubstantiated claims to put across their points. All the speakers were agreed that to manage shark populations a wide variety of regulations would be needed in many different countries. The most accurate summation of the facts about sharks is on the shark savers blog. http://www.sharksavers.org/en/blogs/817-an-important-debate-the-shark-fin-industry-vs-shark-fin-bans.html<br />The point about memes and the media is very valid. From 30 minutes of saying that shark fisheries are unsustainable the press took a meme from me which said the exact opposite.<br />Prof Steve Oakley, Speaker at shark fin debate in Singapore.Save turtles borneohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12821476362272227654noreply@blogger.com