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Government considers protection for dwarf seahorse
- Thread starter hurtback
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Hope they do something to help. I think what they really should do is force BP to fund the protection.
If they would do their studies in the right areas, they'd find that the dwarf seahorse is not endangered or threatened. They have never been too plentiful on the Gulf side, but on the Atlantic side they are in very high numbers. If they put them on the list you will see them disappear from the hobby even though they are being successfully bred and raised in captivity.
Matt, perhaps someone with your knowlege of the situation should write and inform them. 
We are already working on it.
Sorry to drag up this old thread -
matt any update on this...i saw on the change dot org site that there is a petition (over 100,000 signed) to get this to be on the endangered list.
I read some of the original petition below - it remarks that florida exports up to 100,000 of these seahorses.
http://sero.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/esa/ESA%20Petition/CBDDwarfSeahorsePetition.pdf
matt any update on this...i saw on the change dot org site that there is a petition (over 100,000 signed) to get this to be on the endangered list.
I read some of the original petition below - it remarks that florida exports up to 100,000 of these seahorses.
http://sero.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/esa/ESA%20Petition/CBDDwarfSeahorsePetition.pdf