Take Action for More Marine Reserves

President Bush is considering designating sizeable portions of U.S. territorial waters as marine protected areas. Back in 2006, Bush was in a generous mood and established a Marine National Monument in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, the world�s largest fully protected marine reserve.

Most U.S. waters remain unprotected from overfishing and habitat destruction, so additional steps are urgently needed to help reverse the alarming decline of the health of our oceans.

Take action >> We need more marine reserves in the ocean to restore biodiversity, help endangered species and provide a safe haven for marine life. And, we need to encourage President Bush to follow through and make this a reality!

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Dear George W. Bush, President, William Gibbons-Fly, James Connaughton,

I am pleased to learn that you are considering establishing new marine protected areas. Your designation of the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument was an important contribution that will long be remembered. Most U.S. waters remain unprotected, however, so additional steps are urgently needed. Your leadership in creating large-scale �no take� marine reserves that provide refuges from fishing will help reverse the alarming decline of the health of our oceans. In addition to protecting areas within U.S. waters, I urge you to ensure that the U.S. Government plays a leading role in establishing marine reserves in international waters as well. For example, U.S. support for the closures approved in May by eight western and central Pacific nations would be timely and important. Today, most high seas areas are essentially lawless expanses that are home to pirate fishermen. Protecting ecologically important areas of the high seas will pay dividends for legitimate fishermen, who lose billions of dollars a year to illegal and unregulated fishing operations. A map of proposed high seas marine reserves is available online at: http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/press-center/reports4/roadmap-to-recovery-a-global

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Take Action for More Marine Reserves

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