Here is the list of signers and their comments through September 24, 2009, the day the petition was closed due to the successful outcome: the creation of the National Shark Sanctuary in Palau.
In addition to these signatures, we have received 164 signatures on paper from Japanese citizens, collected by Pangea Seed.
3356. Not publicly disclosed, Nagoya, Japan
3355. Shintaro Kino, Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
3354. Sadaharu Kosuge, Tochigi, Japan
3353. Maria Bernazzani, Brooklyn, New York, United States
3352. Carlos Schomaker, Fort Myers, Florida, United States
3351. Maiko Kashiwabara, Kawasaki, Japan
3350. Professor Kathleen Solose, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Shark-finning is a short-sighted environmental atrocity.
3349. Erich Keser, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Our dive group *had* planned to travel to Palau. We will likely cancel that plan. No member of our decades old Triton club wants anything to do with a country that allows this horrific and barbaric practice.
3348. Not publicly disclosed, Palau
We must protect our beatiful ocean
3347. Nobuyuki Suwa, Taito-city, Tokyo, Japan
Stop finning
3346. Not publicly disclosed, Hiratsuka, Kanagawa, Japan
3345. Timothy Behrendt, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
3344. David Durica, Portsmouth , Virginia, United States
In my ten visits to Palau I viewed the goverment to be solid in its concern for the beauty and health of her Oceans. Fast maoney will lose money in the long term.
3343. Christopher Travis, Parma, Ohio, United States
3342. Not publicly disclosed, Sagamihara, Japan
3341. Not publicly disclosed, Tokyo, Japan
3340. Not publicly disclosed, Osaka, Delaware, Japan
3339. Dave Coleman, Manchester, United Kingdom
3338. Kerekes Fruzsina, Oroszlány, Hungary
If the people like shark soup maybe these people should cut own limb and then diving to the ocean....
3337. Kalle Soderman, Stockholm, Sweden
3336. Shinichi Kurosawa, Iwata, Japan
3335. Jan Lewis, South Riding, Virginia, United States
Palau has been on our list of "next" dive trips, however, we will remove it until the Palau government adopts a shark-friendly, anti-overfishing policy.
3334. Not publicly disclosed Fujimi, Saitama, Japan
have to save the shraks.
3333. Not publicly disclosed, Marietta, Georgia, United States
I visited Palau recently and I can say that the sharks were absolutely the reason I chose Palau. I brought a group of 6 to Palau and collectively we spent a great deal of money locally. Each of us then recommended Palau to our other diving friends because of the fantastically healthy reef system and exciting big animal diving. I fully intended to return with another large group in the next few years but if shark fishing is allowed there will be no reason to return at all. Once the sharks start disappearing the effect will trickle down to the rest of the reef and soon a once vibrant, healthy eco system will be barren. I encourage you not only to reject this bill but to follow the example of the Maldivian government in banning all shark fishing. As the trickle down effect works in the marine environment so it does in the diving world too.
3332. Not publicly disclosed, Miki, Japan
3331. Not publicly disclosed, Noumea, France
3330. James Strain, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
seriously effects my dive travel decisions. maybe the chinese need to realize that eating a shark fin will not make your penis bigger nor will it make your marriage last. grow up. give your heads a shake.
3329. Mallory Windsor, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
3328. Kosei Nomura, Osaka, Osaka, Japan
3327. Not publicly disclosed, Chiba, Japan
3326. Not publicly disclosed, Chiba, Japan
3325. Halsey Settle, Austin, Texas, United States
3324. Not publicly disclosed, Warne, North Carolina, United States
I dove in Palau for a week in 2005 and loved it. The sharks at Blue Corner, Peleiu Express, and several other sites were real highlights of the trip. I rarely go back to places I've visited but Palau was one destination I thought I'd like to return to. Please don't let 'em destroy the shark population. You'll be sorry.
Mr. Pat
3323. Not publicly disclosed, Tsu, Mie, Japan
3322. Yasuaki Miyamoto, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
3321. Not publicly disclosed, TOKYO, Japan
3320. Not publicly disclosed, Tokyo, Japan
3319. Takeshi Nakano, Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan
we love shark!
3318. Toshihisa Hashimoto, Nagoya Aichi, Japan
3317. Hiroaki Tomita, Chiba, Japan
3316. Taku Ohara, Okinawa, Japan
3315. Not publicly disclosed, Japan
3314. Not publicly disclosed, Chofu, Tokyo, Japan
3313. Not publicly disclosed, Chofu, Tokyo, Japan
3312. Not publicly disclosed, Kyoto , Jordan
3311. Jun Sakuma, Kawasaki, Japan
3310. Ryoji Takeda, Shizuoka, shizuoka, Japan
3309. Not publicly disclosed, Tokyo, Japan
3308. Atsushi Okamura, Saitama, Japan
3307. Not publicly disclosed, Tokyo, Japan
3306. Michael Fink, Brookhaven, New York, United States
3305. Not publicly disclosed, Hiroshima, Japan
3304. Not publicly disclosed, Hiroshima, Japan
3303. Yutaka Sasaki, Numadu City, Japan, Japan
3302. Not publicly disclosed, Osaka, Japan
3301. Masahiro Hasegawa, Tokyo, Japan
3300. Not publicly disclosed, Funabashi, Japan
Please protect nature with beautiful Palau.
Might not be done the indiscriminate fishing of the shark.
Other parts are thought that not being effectively used is a reality by catching fish to capture the shark's fin.
Please think about the influence that the [finning] fishing causes the envirommental destruction.
3299. Not publicly disclosed, Ibaraki-pre, Hitachi-city, Orikasa-chou, Japan
3298. Pierre Kreitmann, tokyo, Japan
3297. Not publicly disclosed, Tokyo, Japan
3296. Paul Flandinette, East Grinstead, United Kingdom
3295. Kjeld Lynggaard Hansen, Copenhagen, Denmark
3294. Not publicly disclosed, Tokyo, Japan
We MUST keep our ocean as it is, it is not too late to do so.
3293. Misawa Masaaki, Tokyo, Japan
No eat to Fukahire
No kill Shark!!!!
Think to Ears!!!
3292. Akima Tsurugi, Manunda, QLD, Australia
STOP KILLING SHARKS
3291. Not publicly disclosed, Los Angeles, California, United States
3290. Not publicly disclosed, Monterey Park, California, United States
3289. Not publicly disclosed, Alhambra, California, United States
3288. Not publicly disclosed, Los Angeles, California, United States
3287. Not publicly disclosed, Pacific Palisades, California, United States
3286. Not publicly disclosed, Tokyo, Japan
3285. Kazushi Shimoda, Tamuning, Guam, United States
3284. Kyoko Suzuki, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
3283. Not publicly disclosed, Chiba, Japan
3282. Yamamoto Shoji, Meguroku, Japan
3281. Not publicly disclosed, Olmsted Twp, Ohio, United States
3280. Not publicly disclosed, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
I spent almost 4 weeks in Koror, Palau in 2008 diving and touring and was planning to return within 2 years. I will not be returning if this law passes and I will be informing all my national and international dive friends of the slaughter of sharks in Palau. The BBC just published an article noting 50% of all shark species are endangered. Conservation and protection are paramount right now, not exploitation for profit. This law will surely have a very negative effect on tourism to Palau.
3279. Manabu Endo, Tokyo, Japan
3278. Hiroshi Akino, Koror, Palau
3277. Rick Woolley, White Rock, British Columbia, Canada
Endorsing any form of shirk finning would stop me from coming to your country as a dive tourist
3276. Not publicly disclosed, Beaverton, Oregon, United States
3275. Steven Genkins, Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
3274. Not publicly disclosed, Loveland, Colorado, United States
3273. John Badgley, Edmonds, Washington, United States
In my State we killed off the buffalo in just a few years as a feature of entrepreneurship, and to help kill off Indians. Our vast prairie is still far from recovering. Your marine environment faces similar devestation by threatening such a vital creature to nature
3272. Chris Wenz, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
I have never been to palau. But I plan on going some day. When I do I want to enjoy it for what it is. Not what it used to be. Protect the sharks.
3271. Not publicly disclosed, Japan
3270. Jeff Bryson, Oak Hills, California, United States
My dive group spent 10 days in your beautiful islands in 2002, and we hope to return some time. The Palau Pacific Resort was great, as was the liveaboard dive boat with Peter Hughes. The sharks at the blue corner were fantastic, and what I remember most about being under water. PLEASE save your sharks for us and our grandchildren.
3269. Not publicly disclosed, Wixom, Michigan, United States
3268. Tom Clark, Fort Myers, Florida, United States
3267. Not publicly disclosed, Sakai, Osaka, Japan
3266. John Haksteen, Tampa, Florida, United States
3265. Scott Wilson, Austin, Texas, United States
Please do not allow shark fishing in Palau. Do not let commercial interests outweigh what is the "right" decision. Sharks are vital
3264. Georgia Briery, Norton, Kansas, United States
3263. Mayumi Takeda, 杉並区高円寺北, Japan
3262. Kenji Kawamura, Koshigaya, Saitama, Japan
3261. Not publicly disclosed, Portland, Oregon, United States
i have enjoyed diving in your nation and saw many sharks. however, i will boycott palau if you pass this bill: protection of the marine environment is beneficial to you as well as the rest of the world.
3260. James Smith, York Harbor, Maine, United States
3259. Makoto Shigehara, Ishikawaken, Japan
3258. Miki Iwata, Tokyo, Japan
If I can do, please say me !
3257. Kumiko Notsuke, Takasaki City, Gumma, Japan
