Petition Closed Petitioning President of the United States  Stop
Killing More Sea Turtles in the Hawaiian Longline Swordfish
Fishery    Leatherback captures - increased from 16 to 20 per
year.  Loggerhead captures - increased from 17 to 34 per year.
Letter to President of the United States Please immediately
reverse the rule to allow the deadly Hawaii longline fishery for
swordfish to capture or kill more sea turtles.  The weakening of
protections for sea turtles in the fishery contradicts findings
from your own scientists at National Marine Fisheries Service
that Pacific loggerheads are at risk of extinction due in large
part to capture in longline fisheries. They are now listed as
endangered.  More than 50 percent of what’s caught in the Hawaii
longline fishery is not swordfish, but sea turtles, humpback
whales, false killer whales, seabirds and vulnerable fish
species including sharks and big eye and yellow fin tuna.  A
federal court previously closed the fishery down for four years
due to excessive cap