Stop Killing Endangered humphead wrasse and others

Blue Planet Society ‏@Seasaver 3h3 hours ago

SIGN/RT: Endangered humphead wrasse. If you want @TheIGFA world record, you'll have to kill it http://chn.ge/1vlZ3Ug

85 fish species on the IGFA target list are classed as either vulnerable, endangered, or critically endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List.

See: Trophy fishing for species threatened with extinction: A way forward building on a history of conservation http://bit.ly/1mA5N8t

• Petitioning Michael J. Myatt, Chief Operating Officer IGFA 

Stop awarding weight-based world records (where the fish has to be killed to qualify) for fish species threatened with extinction.

Link: https://www.change.org/p/michael-j-myatt-chief-operating-officer-igfa-stop-awarding-weight-based-world-records-where-the-fish-has-to-be-killed-to-qualify-for-fish-species-threatened-with-extinction