Thursday, September 24, 2009

HUGE NEWS FOR SHARKS!

PALAU TO ANNOUNCE SHARK SANCTUARY!

H.E. Johnson Toribiong, President of the Republic of Palau, a tiny Pacific Island nation, will announce to the General Assembly of the United Nations on Friday September 25, 2009, that Palau has officially declared the waters of its Exclusive Economic Zone (230, 000 Sq. Miles / 620,000 Sq. Kms.) as the worlds first officially recognized SHARK SANCTUARY!
President Toribiong will also call for a global ban on shark-finning and for other nations to follow suit. Through his actions, President Toribiong places Palau at the very forefront of worldwide efforts to protect sharks from unsustainable destruction. This is tremendous news for Palau and for the worldwide battle to protect sharks from unsustainable destruction!

Palau Shark Sanctuary anxiously awaits President Toribiong's official announcement and is standing by to commend him in the highest possible manner for his international leadership in world wide efforts to protect sharks.
Palau Shark Sanctuary

8 comments:

  1. I would like to commend the people of Palau for your willingness to establish this park. It will set the bar now for others to follow. Good work!
    Please share this comment with others....

    I own a successful dive center in the United Sates. I have brought a group of 18 divers to Palau twice in the last five years. We travel all over the world every year, and are always looking for NEW destinations to keep our clients happy. I will now book our next trip BACK to Palau as a direct result of this action! Other p[otential destinations will lose our business and you will recieve it because of your commitmet to the environmen and the creatues we love. We know this will further protect your ecology, and if others do not follow, Palau may retain the most pristine reef systems in the world because of this protection!
    Thank you for your efforts, we look forward o seeing you in your waters next year!

    Best Wishes
    JT

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  2. Congratulations President Toribiong for being a forward thinking leader on the protection of Sharks. Congratulations Dermot on your persistant hard work on achieving a shark sanctuary. Hopefully, what a small island nation has done will be an inspiration, and kick in the butt, to other countries.
    Thank you.

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  3. Hi Dermot,

    Thanks for this – great news.
    Will pass this info to Australian dive industry etc.

    Kind Regards

    Jerry
    Dive Adventures

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  4. CONGRATULATIONS PALAU !!
    This is GREAT News !
    Best Regards,
    Linda Sue Dingel
    SPORT DIVER MAGAZINE

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  5. Dermot -- This is FANTASTIC news!
    Lee Webber
    MDA GUAM

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  6. Dermot:
    Congratulations on the Palau Shark Sanctuary!

    To you and your staff, congratulations for all your efforts to work with the government and make the Palau Shark Sanctuary a reality!

    http://rtseablog.blogspot.com/2009/09/palau-shark-sanctuary-island-nation.html

    The Shark Sanctuary will not only serve to protect Palau’s sharks but will act as a benchmark by which other nations’ efforts can be judged. Bravo!

    Cheers,

    Richard Theiss
    RTSea Productions

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  7. Hey Dermot—How cool!!!

    I think you deserve more recognition for this victory than anyone else I know. It was your vision that we connected with that has come to fruition. Congrats!!!

    Matt Rand
    Director, Global Shark Conservation| The Pew Environment Group | www.pewenvironment.org
    The Pew Charitable Trusts
    Washington, DC 20004
    p: 202-887-8841
    mobile: 202-285-4859
    e: mrand@pewtrusts.org

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