Save Atlantic Sea Herring letter signed by 2,443 individuals I've been to the ocean. I like it. Let's keep it that way. O. Ruiz, Clifton, NJ

Carla Dummerauf Jacksonville, AL 36265 4201 D St Anchorage, AK 90551 Jonathan Mitchell 109 Cove Pointe Way This fish affects the entire food chain! It is Madison, AL 35757 critical. Susan Vogt Pete Sandifer 269 Bias Dr 410 Pecan Tree Dr. Fairbanks, AK 99712 Montgomery, AL 36109

Everything in Earth's-system is critical to our Bill Hamm quality-of-life, herring are its foundation! 5671A Suzann Ln John S. Sonin Theodore, AL 36582 329 Fifth Street #1 Juneau, AK 99801 Steven Miller Hc 31 Box 230 We must save every species! Herring are vital! Jasper, AR 72641 Brenda Martin 3816 Tanada Rd. Keith Runion North Pole, AK 99705 7117 Shamrock Dr. Little Rock, AR 72205 We need to do more to protect our forage fish, because when we make sure there are healthy Kirk Rhoads stocks of herring, menhaden, sardines, etc., Mountain Home, AR 72653 then there are healthier stocks of salmon, cod, whales, birds, and other species that rely on Cathy Brownlee them. 2114 Mimosa Charles Bingham Paragould, AR 72450 408 Lake Street, Apt. No. 1 Sitka, AK 99835 We are all part of the whole, diminish one part and you diminish the whole. Rudy Wittshirk Lolly Tindol Mile 38 Willow-Fishhook Road Hc 33 Box 53 Willow, AK 99688 Pettigrew, AR 72752

William Hutchings They play an important part in the ocean food 3712 Country Club Drive Apt C chain and removing too many of them damages Birmingham, AL 35213 other fish populations. Marcie Brushaber Dennis Miller Po Box 227 843 Bert Stinson Rd. Reyno, AR 72462 Falkville, AL 35622 Bruce Perry Cecelia Camblin 2904 Westmoreland 605 Forest Drive Springdale, AR 72762 Greenvlle, Al 36037 Gary Henderson Donald Landers 530 E Linda Av 850 Angel Dr. Apache Junction, AZ 85119 Jacksonville, AL 36265 Diana Tomlinson Karen Spradlin P.O. Box 553 307 Wilson Dr. Sw Benson, AZ 85602

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Linda Morero 24870 W Rancho Vista Dr Kristopher Deapen Buckeye, AZ 85326 6879 W Darrel Rd Laveen, AZ 85339 Dale Mattes 1964 Coronado Gloria Howard Bullhead City, AZ 86442 12425 North Derringer Road Marana, AZ 85653 Stephan Meyer 3196 E. Mocking Bird Ln. Roger Cardillo Camp Verde, AZ 86322 2440 E Leonora St Mesa, AZ 85214 Susan Shaw 12453 W. Paseo Del Sol Laurice Dee Casa Grande, AZ 85194 2055 E Broadway Mesa, AZ 85204 Rabbi J A Plotkin Shoshone Dr Ame Esan Chino Valley, AZ 86323 8260 E Ebola Ave Mesa, AZ 85208 These fish are an important part of the ocean food chain! R-Laurraine Tutihasi Gerry Milliken Po Box 5323 1441 Laree Avenue Oracle, AZ 85623-5323 Clarkdale, AZ 86324 Lori Laurita Georgia Braithwaite 857 W Moore Rd 2145 Hogan Ln Oro Valley, AZ 85755 Cottonwood, AZ 86326 Atlantic herring are crutial to the ecosystem! Gina Webber They are necessary to the whole food web. 11668 E. Appaloosa Lane Does anyone understand the very distinct Dewey, AZ 86327 possibility of the whole web falling apart if even one of the parts is put in danger?!? This must Ron Hubert be taken seriously and the Atlantic herring has 6800 Virgil Way to be managed in a responsible way otherwise Flagstaff, AZ 86001 they will die out and the ecosystem will crumble. Judith Castiano Every species is inter-connected. We cannot 9060 N. 68Th Lane allow the elimination of such an important Peoria, AZ 85345-8838 member of the biological balance Nature provides. Kathy Grieves Jody Immell 7709 W. Via Del Sol 318 W Navajo Rd Peoria, AZ 85383 Flagstaff, AZ 86001 Richard Arthur Linda Curia 2209 W Gambit Trail 474 S. La Canada Drive Unit C Phoenix, AZ 85085 Green Valley, AZ 85614/2592 John Benschoter Ernst Bauer 10424 S 46Th Way 11581 S 28Th Ave Phoenix, AZ 85044 Laveen, AZ 85339

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Phoenix, AZ 85022 I care because all fishes in all of our oceans are important for their and our survival. Our Carla Weil-Martin environment and oceans should be top priority. 7123 East Pueblo Avenue Thank you. Prescott Valley, AZ 86314 Chris Bihler 3852 E Acoma Drive Claire Morgan Phoenix, AZ 85032 19124 E Lawndale Place Queen Creek, AZ 85142-9010 N. Huether 750 E Northern Dara Rider Phoenix, AZ 85020 2080 W Goldmine Mountain Drive San Tan Valley, AZ 85142 Diane Kent 4123 E Blanche Dr Elizabeth Enright Phoenix, AZ 85032 6222 E. Avalon Dr Scottsdale, AZ 85251-7006 Joani Kirchgessner 10432 W. Monterosa St. Leticia Garcia Phoenix, AZ 85037 P.O. Box 274 Scottsdale, AZ 85252 Dana Pierson 4610 E. Chisum Trail Karen Kravcov Malcolm Phoenix, AZ 85050 30821 N. 138Th St. Scottsdale, AZ 85262 Losing this fish could severely disrupt the ecosystem, as they are such a key prey fish for John Nowlin so many other species. An entire line of species N 49Th could be negatively affected or even lost by the Scottsdale, AZ 85254 loss of this one species of fish. Crystal Rector Carolyn Vaughan 11001 N 7Th St #1187 3501 N 64Th St Unit 13 Phoenix, AZ 85020 Scottsdale, AZ 85251-5144

Arnold Ruiz Our oceans are being depleted and there are 6326 W. Watkins St not enough fish to replace the ones being Phoenix, AZ 85043-7580 caught. Kate Buttles Terry Tedesco-Kerrick P O Box 3055 3042 E. Squaw Peak Circle Sedona, AZ 86340-3055 Phoenix, AZ 85016 Janet Chase I believe we have a moral responsibility to 70 Chavez Ranch Rd protect all wildlife and habitat. We are all Sedona, AZ 86336-6722 connected. Ruth Zemek As the little things go so go the big things. 3303 E. Clarendon Ave Paul Lucchini Phoenix, AZ 85018 Po Box 3154 Sedona, AZ 86340 Because this is an important part of the Gulf of Maine food webs and ecosystems. Mark Hayduke Grenard 12810 N. Cave Creek Rd. #105

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They are an important link in the chain of life, Gayle Civale important food item, etc. 3325 W Vicars Lane Joyce Stoffers Tucson, AZ 85746 14202 N. Baywood Ct Sun City, AZ 85351 Kevyn Duran 1301 N. Dodge Clyde George Tucson, AZ 85716 16183 W. Redfield Rd. Surprise, AZ 85379 Janet Glover 9000 E. Speedway Blvd. To ensure a continuing source of seafood for the Tucson, AZ 85710 American people is the most pragmatic reason I am in support of this petition. Jean Goetinck Robert Conway W Milton Rd 909 W Harvard Dr Tucson, AZ 85746-3748 Tempe, AZ 85283 Helen Greer Stephen Levy 1170 W. Wabash St. Lot #32 1033 East Greenway Drive Tucson, AZ 85705 Tempe, AZ 85282 Linda Mceachron-Taylor Amalia Benson Bodkin 2521 W Vereda De Las Flores Belasco Loop Tucson, AZ 85746 Tucson, AZ 85748 Joan Patch Linda Bescript 1001 N Anita Ave 8882 E Maxwell Dr Tucson, AZ 85705 Tucson, AZ 85747-5187 Ecological health for all species depends on the The food chain, we learn about it starting in chance n not being broken. It is very unwise elementary school. The Atlantic herring is one of and irresponsible to not address this problem the most important pelagic species in the Gulf of the right way. Maine and throughout the North Atlantic. Many Jan Peddy species of fish, bird, and marine mammal rely on 6434 E Calle Alkaid herring as a source of food. Herring, which filter Tucson, AZ 85710 tiny zooplankton such as the copepods out of the water, are consumed by top marine M. Quintana predators such as birds and seals. Herring 1055 Alta Vista therefore form a critical link between the base of Tucson, AZ 85719 the food web (plankton) and other marine organisms. Herring, an important link in the food Tobey Thatcher chain of the sea. They subsist on zooplankton. 3266 S. Lakeside Ridge Loop Herring play an important role in the oceanic Tucson, AZ 85730 food chain in that they are primary converters of plankton. D.E. Whitcomb Peter Bisschop 255 E Jacinto 9921 E. Manassas Pl Tucson, AZ 85705 Tucson, AZ 85748 Mary Williams Bruce C Switzer 4880 E 29Th St. 2700 E Calle Los Altos Tucson, AZ 85711 Tucson, AZ 85718

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4700 Acacia Street Cathy Williams Bell, CA 90201 2249 E 2Nd Tucson, AZ 85719 Yazmin Gonzalez 9627 Maple St. Anna Smith Bellflower, CA 90706 12700 N 113Th Ave # 21 Youngtown, AZ 85363 Clare Hooson 1203 Alameda #3 Donna Pedroza Belmont, CA 94002 1801 Shoreline Dr Alameda, CA 94501 Dannys Cody 321 Lori Dr. Phil And Lynn Fischer Benicia, CA 94510 Crest Avenue Alamo, CA 94507-2648 Anne Klein 700 East L St If not now, when? When there is no more Benicia, CA 94510 Herring? When we've broken the food chain? When it's too late to do anything about it!!!! Jane Ahrens Willy Aenlle 1090 Mariposa Ave. 573 Alameda St Berkeley, CA 94707 Altadena, CA 91001 what are whales, tuna, sea birds going to eat Andrea Bonnett with herring gone?...not much...so look for 2591 Fair Oaks Ave # 306 population crashes.... Altadena, CA 91001 Corinne Greenberg 626 The Alameda Steve Crase Berkeley, CA 94707 100 Pleasant Place Antioch, CA 94509 We depend on healthy oceans for much of our food! Chris Middleton Mary Harte 1111 Albans Ct 1180 Cragmont Ave Antioch, CA 94509 Berkeley, CA 94708

Stephanie Abrahamson Deborah Hirsh 20683 Waalew Rd., #86 2301 Oak St Apple Valley, CA 92307 Berkeley, CA 94708

Elissa Wagner Paul Vesper 528 Encino Dr. 1601 Berkeley Way Aptos, CA 95003-4860 Berkeley, CA 94703

Anita Mcmurtrey PLEASE SAVE THE ATLANTIC HERRING! 11266 Fern Circle Martin Washington Armona, CA 93202 2231Byron Street Berkeley, CA 94702 Carole Shelton 14545 Mcelroy Way Alexandra Denman Auburn, CA 95602 602 N. Crescent Drive Beverly Hills, CA 90210-3330 Cristian Contreras

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10775 Citrus Dr Antonia & Andrew Chianis Camarillo, CA 93021 P.O. Box 836 Blue Jay, CA 92317 It is fish, and all of nature that should remain balanced for the sake of a healthy ecosystem. Chyrl Russell Johanne Zell P.O. Box 1055 2884 Redondo Ave. Blue Jay, CA 92317 Camarillo, CA 93012

Rich Panter Tim Ryan 293 Calle Del Sol 34522 Via Verde Bodega Bay, CA 94923 Capistrano Beach, CA 92624

The prudent choice must be made! Verna Bacon Llewellyn Ludlow 833 Sir Francis Ave Po Box 826 Capitola, CA 95010 Bolinas, CA 94924 Cindy Meyers Cynthia Mcmath P.O. Box 423 12350 Anderson Valley Way Capitola, CA 95010 Boonville, CA 95415 Diane Gerard Pamela Scott 2405 Caminito Ocean Cove 167 Teilh Dr Cardiff, CA 92007 Boulder Creek, CA 95006 I swim in the ocean out a mile and see the J. Atwell degradation of the sea life daily. We need to 2401 W. Clark Ave. stop overfishing NOW! Thank you for your Burbank, CA 91506 consideration. Linda Lyerly Barry Kaufman 825 Munevar Rd. 936 N. Keystone St. Cardiff By The Sea, CA 92007 Burbank, CA 91506-1525 Barbara Cohn Lusine Petrosyan 3521 Cay Drive 1742 Rudell Rd Carlsbad, CA 92010 Burbank, CA 91501 Pat Blackwell-Marchant This part of the food chain is needed. 5737 Medallion Court Charles Almack Castro Valley, CA 94552-1708 237 Rockwood Ave. Calexico, CA 92231 Kerri Mcgoldrick 2269 Vestal St William Lawson Castro Valley, CA 94546 400 Ponderosa Trail Calimesa, CA 92320 John Wiesner P.O. Box 20159 Tim Guisinger Castro Valley, CA 94546 2548 Leafwood Drive Camarillo, CA 93010 Greg Rosas 4353 Edwards Ln to save herring Castro Valley , CA 94546 Julia Holleran

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4822 Eagle Way George F. Klipfel Ii, Cls Concord, CA 94521 67380 Garbino Road Cathedral City, CA 92234-8405 Julie Sasaoka 1082 Gilley Cir because of their great value to the ecosystem.... Concord, CA 94518 Jon Anderholm Niestrath Road Steve Iverson Cazadero, CA 95421 309 Fernleaf Ave Unit C Corona Del Mar, CA 92625 Jon Anderholm 1600 Niestrath Road Martin Diedrich Cazadero, CA 95421 281 Magnolia St. Costa Mesa, CA 92627 The herring lead to us. We need to take care of our entire ecosystem and keep it healthy to Betts Harley keep ourselves healthy. 2021 Irvine Ave. Pamela Check Costa Mesa, CA 92627 2237-1/2 Ceres Avenue Chico, CA 95926-1475 Cherie Connick 100 Boyd'S Way Chris Dawes Crescent City, CA 95531 782 Lindo Lane Chico, CA 95973 Hillary Melin 3411 Helms Ave James Kirks Culver City, CA 90232 11 Hemming Lane Chico, CA 95973-1076 I fished the herring run on the Potomac as a boy, and I'd like my grandchildren to be able to Herring is one of the most healthful foods for do the same. humans. The species needs to be considered Russell Blalack with respect for its health and the future of its 1081 Milky Way kind. Cupertino, CA 95014 Ruth Schafer 354 Rio Lindo Ave. Deanna Knickerbocker Chico, CA 95926 19500 Pruneridge Ave., #6107 Cupertino, CA 95014 Marsha Malone 13228 Roswell Ave Katherine Nolan Chino, CA 91710 10540 N Blaney Ave Cupertino, CA 95014 Kim Peterson 890 Rockwell Ln #9 Moriah Woolworth Cloverdale, CA 95425 20500 Town Center Lane 283 Cupertino, CA 95014 I care because herring used to be abundant in our oceans, and now they are on the verge of Sheedy Dedashti extinction? Please don't let this happen! 122 15Th St Connie Kirkham Del Mar, CA 92014 1516 Rishell Drive Concord, CA 94521 Benita Cohen 18075 Langlois Rd Space 76 Lynette Ridder Desert Hot Springs, CA 92241

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Joanne Hattum Emil Reisman Po Box 595 16025 Ventura Blvd. Apt 211 Diablo, CA 94528 Encino, CA 91436-4451

Robert Banever these fish are important to the oceans 2961 Royal Oaks Dr. ecosystem . Duarte, CA 91010 John Pasqua 843 S Escondido Blvd Nancy Leech Escondido, CA 92025 882 Bell St East Palo Alto, CA 94303 Gabriela Till 1342 Loma De Naranjas Christina Dijulio Escondido, CA 92027 2095 Key Blvd. El Cerrito, CA 94530-1760 Please help to save our Earth. We need to protect every species. I care because these fish provide food for birds Teri Meadows and other, larger fish. The populations need to 456 Oak Manor Drive be managed so they are NOT overfished. Fairfax, CA 94930 Diane Rooney 6420 Schmidt Lane #C311 Sheila Peterson El Cerrito, CA 94530 1085 Morro Rd Fallbrook, CA 92028 Judy King 706 Knight Ln Debi Bergsma El Dorado Hills, CA 95762 15376 Rockwell Avenue Fontana, CA 92336 Everything is connected. Lisa Jacobson Andrea Eitelman 9762 Boulder Lane 9116 Encinitas Ave El Portal, CA 95318 Fontana, CA 92335

Marsha Lowry Raymond Marshall 1070 Mitchell Way 20635 Spring Garden Road El Sobrante, CA 94803-1023 Foresthill, CA 95631

Iris Noren Gilia Humrich 10020 Hampton Oak Drive 9887 Hillside Dr Elk Grove, CA 95624 Forestville, CA 95436

Donna Carr, M.D. Laureen Picciani 1201 Sidonia St. 31495B Winding Way Encinitas, CA 92024-2240 Fort Bragg, CA 95437

Think big! Shawn Zubicel Iam Polcyn 13012 Meamber Creek Rd 2203 Serene Fort Jones, CA 96032 Encinitas, CA 92024 We are here to care for our Earth Planet home Robert Rector and all living things. We need responsible Po Box 230781 caretakers/stewards of healthy balanced oceans. Encinitas, CA 92023 Our oceans and marine life are in great crisis.

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You know the food chain laws of nature and Fullerton, CA 92832 how species are inter dependent in cyles of life. In 1985 I was the first herring fisher woman in Renee De Vicq San Francisco Bay. I follow the fish because our Po Box 3863 local catches go mostly to JAPAN for their New Fullerton, CA 92834 Years celebration specialty foods... We gotta cut back or lay off for a season like our indigenous Any species that dies off too quickly will affect native Amrican Indian friends teach us to! the ecosystem. I realize that nature sometimes Meaghan Simpson takes its course on its own and I don't have a 2401 Newburg Road problem with that. I believe humans should not Fortuna, CA 95540 hasten extinctions of other living things as it will hasten our own extinction. Timothy Shanahan Suzanne Pena 10470 Falcon Avenue 2407 Ivy Pl Fountain Valley, CA 92708-74112 Fullerton, CA 92835

People over profit :) Susan Goldberg Carlos Townsend 1609 Arbor Dr. 9189 La Barca Circle Glendale, CA 91202 Fountain Valley, CA 92708 Lisa Hammermeister Cathy Stansell 16456 Shamhart Dr. Po Box 802 Granada Hills, CA 91344 Frazzier Park, CA 93225 Anna Drummond Nicole Fountain P. O. Box 3303 38719 Overacker Ave. Grass Valley, CA 95495 Fremont, CA 94536 Sharma Gaponoff Johanna Lang 14104 Retrac Way 4219 Tanager Terrace Grass Valley, CA 95949 Fremont, CA 94555 WE MUST DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO Geert Vancompernolle PRESERVE THE LIFE BALANCE OF THE OCEANS. Farwel Place YOU ARE IN A UNIQUE POSITION TO ACTUALLY Fremont, CA 95436-7223 TAKE ACTION THAT WILL HELP. PLEASE DO. Pamela Osgood Ocean fishery health is very imortant to us all. 13234 Ridge Rd. Thank you. Grass Valley, CA 95945-4822 Robert Reese 6688 E Michigan Ave Roz Goldstein Fresno, CA 93727 125 Corte Anita Greenbrae, CA 94904 Les Roberts 1134 East Lansing Kate Sky Fresno, CA 93704 Po Box 1699 Gualala, CA 95445 Because herring provide food for other larger fish, & if allowed to continue to overfish these Ali Moshrefi creatures, it will cause a domino effect in the 25013 Whitman St 10S food chain. Hayward, CA 94544 Ray Bustos 321 E Chapman Ave

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Darrell Wilson 24030 Marchand Ct Robert Soto Hayward, CA 94541 51685 Avenida Ramirez La Quinta, CA 92253 Rudy Zeller 1183 Promenade St. Nancy Hartman Hercules , CA 94547 839 Mariposa Rd. Lafayette, CA 94549 ALL of Mother Earth's children deserve to live in peace ! Patricia Baker Jacki Hileman 25091 Grissom Rd 9800 7Th Ave Laguna Hills, CA 92653 Hesperia, CA 92345 Lauren Linda Jay Gehrke 2376C Via Mariposa West 29206 Clear Spring Ln Laguna Woods, CA 92637 Highland, CA 92346-5498 People's livelihoods depend on these fish. Every species of animal is vital to our ecology. Regina Flores No one animal is more important than the other. 32016 Poppy Way Michelle Angelini Lake Elsinore, CA 92532 1612 1/2 N. Harvard Blvd. Hollywood, CA 90027 Robert Reed 16635 Alviso Ct Arthur Connor Lake Elsinore, CA 92530-7038 54227 Pine Crest Avenue, Po Box 3317 Idyllwild, CA 92549-3317 James Vollaro 15302 Madrone Court Health of the world depends on them as they Lake Elsinore, CA 92530 serve in the food chain. Burt Torgan Wendy Wade 645 Coventry Rd 14647 Amorose Street Kensington, CA 94707 Lake Elsinore, CA 92530

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Lisa Gee Redundant question. I am signing in support of Po Box 8674 efforts on behalf of Atlantic herring La Crescenta, CA 91224 Jeanne Foreman 578 Riviera Circle Al Kisner Larkspur, CA 94939 Po Box 8186 La Crescenta, CA 91224 Frances Onesti 4564 W 171St St Brett Jensen Lawndale, CA 90260 700 Picaacho Drive La Habra Heights, CA 90631-8025 Susan Mcmullen 6756 San Miguel Ave. David Sandage Lemon Grove, CA 91945 7145 La Honda Road La Honda, CA 94020-9747

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Because I'm sick and tired of greedy, selfish, evil Daniel Wilkinson meat-eating humans selfishly stealing food from 3122 Clark Avenue the animals that actually need it, devastating the Long Beach, CA 90808 environment and all wildlife, and the cruelty inherent in the industry. Steve Yaffee Elizabeth Jache 1980 Iroquois 2151Glencoedr Long Beach, CA 90815 Lemongrove, CA 91945 Abigail Bates Our oceans are becoming more and more 3706 Motor Avenue #35 abused causing an imbalance in the fish and Los Angeles, CA 90034 mammals that are swimming and trying to maintain. If our oceans continue to be polluted Ann Bein we will lose much more than species that live 2216 Overland Ave. there, our way of life will end. Los Angeles, CA 90064 Susan Allen 2045 Victorine Rd Julia Berkowitz Livermore, CA 94551 1939 Holmby Ave Los Angeles, CA 90025 Our planets resources are drying up. Is so important that us as humans do all we can to Diane Berliner preserve and protect our eco system, our 2160 Laurel Canyon Blvd planet, not just for us but the future of our Los Angeles, CA 90046-2004 children and our children's , children. Lisa Fideldy Robert Burk 914 Downing Dr 611 Woodruff Ave. Lodi, CA 95242 Los Angeles, CA 90024

Susan Wayne Tammy Davis Loma Linda, CA 92354-3110 423 East 7Th Street, Room 536 Los Angeles, CA 90014 Barbara Harpe 1744 257Th Street Because we have a responsibility to this planet Lomita, CA 90717 to take care of all wildlife! John Esparza Kurt Cruger 403 S Main St. 2845 Mariquita St Los Angeles, CA 90013 Long Beach, CA 90803 Herring are a critical part of the ocean I've worked to hep save the environment and all ecosystem. Let's make sure we keep that earth's species for over 40 years. I will keep ecosystem in balance. doing what I can. Steve Hanlon Diane Harper 348 N. Kenter Ave. 2840 E 6Th St. #1 Los Angeles, CA 90049 Long Beach, CA 90814 Barbara King Felicia Miller Po Box 29448 237 Lime Ave #2 Los Angeles, CA 90029 Long Beach, CA 90802 We care about the health of our oceans and ALL Adam Trauger the creatures that live there! 5160 E. Atherton Street #83 K. Krupinski Long Beach, CA 90815 6124 Buena Vista Terrace

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O. Lewis everything's connected to everything and Po Box 881075 everything else Los Angeles, CA 90009 Richard Rosenthal 1328 S Sierra Bonita Ave I care about all animals as well as all marine Los Angeles, CA 90019-2503 inhabitants and the ocean in which they attempt to live despite Mans polluting and damaging Saving any form of wild life is vital to the saving over-fishing! If Man doesn't have the common of this planet! We all must do EVERYTHING we sense to protect/respect our precious and vital can to help life on Earth! food webs, he deserves to starve!!! Leno Sislin Elaine Livesey-Fassel Po Box 39817 10387 Glenbarr Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90039 Los Angeles, CA 90064-4523 Chris Spanos We must help nature restore balance by taking 6507 Moore Dr. this crucial step in saving the Atlantic Sea Los Angeles, CA 90048 Herring. Pamela Magathan Neal Steiner 2401 Holly Drive 2706 Castle Heights Place Los Angeles, CA 90068 Los Angeles, CA 90034

The importance of this prey fish cannot be Clearly with a loss of prey fish others will go overemphasized because it is near the bottom of down as well. Pretty straight forward request the food chain, and if it disappears, so will here. Hope it is implemented in a timely seafood on up to the top of the food chain. manner. Ronnald Maxson Michele Thyne 2801 Hauser Bl 6118 Glen Holly St. Los Angeles, CA 90016 Los Angeles, CA 90068

Holly Mcduffie Amber Tidwell 11565 Erwin Street 2420 1/2 N. Beachwood Dr Los Angeles, CA 91606 Los Angeles, CA 90068

Mary Meehan Michael White 1134 Roxbury dr 2009 N. Central Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90212 Los Angeles, CA 90059-3400

Laureen Mitchell Ken Windrum 951 Keniston Ave. 160 S. Gramercy Pl., #206 Los Angeles, CA 90019 Los Angeles, CA 90004

Nancy Oliver Amanda Withrow 2254 Moreno Dr. 2940 1/2 Elm St Los Angeles, CA 90039 Los Angeles, CA 90065-1965

Zoli Osaze Man is already doing too much to kill, rape, and 4122 5Th Ave abuse every species. It's time to put an end to Los Angeles, CA 90008 it before it's too late. Sandra Zaninovich Susan Ray 1670 Manning Ave. 7906 Santa Monica Los Angeles, CA 90024

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Julie Smith David Pinckard 1048 Bay Oaks Drive 2415 Yale St Los Osos, CA 93402 Martinez, CA 94553

Leslie Spoon Over fishing no care that this is a main supply 1298 Ramona Ave for other fish. I'm tired of people's greed. Los Osos, CA 93402 There is no balance anymore. Kathleen Strasser Renate Dolin 2582 Pine St 20375 Seaboard Rd Martinez, CA 94553 Malibu, CA 90265-5347 I care about every aspect of the ecosystem. Rob Seltzer Sakura Vesely 18408 Clifftop Way 4432 Actriz Place Malibu, CA 90265 Martinez, CA 94553

Steve Sugarman Carol Taggart Po Box 923 1705 Valparaiso Ave Malibu, CA 90265 Menlo Park, CA 94025-5560

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We've overfished the ocean by 90%, so saving Iris Chynoweth Herring is more more vital now than ever. 4954 Ponderosa Way Kris Edwards Midpines, CA 95345 1601 Sepulveda Manhattan Beach, CA 90266 Warren Gold 300 Monte Vista Avenue Alice Neuhauser Mill Valley, CA 94941 1466 11Th Street Manhattan Beach, CA 90266 Annika Miller 190 Ethel Avenue Shanna Brandow Mill Valley, CA 94941 4628 Glencoe Ave. #3 Marina Del Rey, CA 90292 Melissa Polick 280 Loring Ave Liz Redwing Mill Valley, CA 94941 4712 Admiralty Way #536 Marina Del Rey, CA 90292 Mark Swoiskin 655 Redwood Hwy., Ste. 255 This fish is important to me because it is a link Mill Valley, CA 94941 in the chain of life. Ocean life is important because the major part of our planet is water, Kelly Byrnes and if the water portion fails us, the land portion 1577 Miramar Lane will be quick to follow. Without a healthy ocean Montecito, CA 93108 we face a grim future, indeed. Therese Steinlauf Carol Kommerstad-Reiche 13900 Panay Way R102 358 Woodley Rd. Marina Del Rey, CA 90292 Montecito, CA 93108-2004

Ocean River Institute ~ 12 Eliot Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 ~ www.oceanriver.org ~ tel: 617 621-6647 15 There is hope if responsible and caring people do the next right thing NOW. Carson Martin, Richmond, VA Save Atlantic Sea Herring letter signed by 2,443 individuals I've been to the ocean. I like it. Let's keep it that way. O. Ruiz, Clifton, NJ

Elizabeth M Darovic Barbara Burgess 2140 David Ave 2064 Lernhart Street Monterey, CA 93940 Napa, CA 94559

Brien Hindman These fish are essential in the food chain. They 2517 Manhattan Avenue MUST be protected. Montrose, CA 91020 Jan Gates 5040 Old Sonoma Rd. Francis Farrell Napa, CA 94559 28651 Highpoint Avenue Moreno Valley, CA 92555-7002 Keiko Barrett 3825 Via Romaya Ilya Turov National City, CA 91950 26416 Field St Moreno Valley, CA 92555 Michael Garitty 13088 Vista Knolls Hello, For years we have asked the Council to Nevada City, CA 95959 manage Atlantic herring differently because of its role as a forage fish. We have seen the Gary Kuehn effects of managing herring using the traditional 21228 Simay Lane approach: one that manages a single fish Newhall, CA 91321-1914 species for the benefit of the directed fishery without regard for other fisheries or marine Susanne Mortensen animals that depend on herring. The Atlantic 1722 Westcliff Dr herring may not be the only prey fish in the Newport Beach, CA 92660-5530 region, however they are under more pressure today than ever before. Since 1985 the river Diana Dee herring – alewives, blueback, and shad – have 12814 Victory Bl declined by over 90%, leaving the Atlantic North Hollywood, CA 91606 herring as one of the few available prey fish. Julie Amato Jean Merritt 2091 San Luis Avenue Apt 10 5249 Auckland Avenue Mountain View, CA 94043-2806 North Hollywood, CA 91601

Kyva Holman Austin Smith 1601 Shoreline Hwy 11321 Moorpark St. #203 Muir Beach, CA 94965 North Hollywood, CA 91602

All species on this planet deserve to live without Kathy Brigger harm and without going extinct. 22060 Valley View Dr Jill Robertson Nuevo, CA 92567 600 Forest Meadows Dr. Murphys, CA 95247 Brenda Bailey 811 York St Nancy Brenner Oakland, CA 94610 37258 Huckaby Lane Murrieta, CA 92562 We must not lose the natural predators of herring - Herring are vital to the food web. Eleanor Cohen Gerry Collins 907 Glendome Circle 25291 Madrone Dr. Oakland, CA 94602-1413 Murrieta, CA 92563

Ocean River Institute ~ 12 Eliot Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 ~ www.oceanriver.org ~ tel: 617 621-6647 16 There is hope if responsible and caring people do the next right thing NOW. Carson Martin, Richmond, VA Save Atlantic Sea Herring letter signed by 2,443 individuals I've been to the ocean. I like it. Let's keep it that way. O. Ruiz, Clifton, NJ

Nikki Doyle Cyrle Perry 4115 Waterhouse Rd. 639 Miner Rd. Oakland, CA 94602 Orinda, CA 94563

Nancy Kelly Over-harvesting herring affects all larger fish 5601 Picardy Dr. S. species that directly or indirectly rely on herring Oakland, CA 94605-1177 as their food source. Proper management of herring is essential for all fisheries. Elena Knox Alan Schwartz 4189 Whittle Ave 4240 Harbor Blvd. Oakland, CA 94602-2543 Oxnard, CA 93035

Chelsea Madison Respect for our fellow creatures and it is the 4386 Detroit Ave. moral action. I care because I can! Oakland, CA 94619-1604 Gerry High 74191 Kokopelli Cir J. P. Pa Desert, CA 92211 335 Gnarea Ave Oakland, CA 95521 Austin Fite 1474 Paseo De Oro Herring are a keystone species. If they are Pacific Palisades, CA 90272 thriving, oceanic ecosystems are thriving. If they die, we all die! Cleo Borac Ali Van Zee 1138 Grand Teton Dr 747 Mandana Blvd Pacifica, CA 94044 Oakland, CA 94610 Healthy oceans means a healthy planet for my The earth can't survive without a healthy children and their children. Manage overfishing balance of life in its oceans. now. Janet Williams Summer Lee 3366 Kiwanis St 520 B Monterey Oakland, CA 94602 Pacifica, CA 94044

William Mitchell Deborah Hirsch 5511 Fernhoff Rd 2392 Miramonte Circle East Unit B Oakland , CA 94619 Palm Springs, CA 92264-5739

Lesley Schultz Michelle Palladine 874 York St. 471 E Tahquitz Canyon Way Ste 204 Oakland , CA 94610 Palm Springs, CA 92262

Jessie Root Maryellen Redish 2813 Butler St 671 S. Riverside Dr. Oceanside, CA 92054 Palm Springs, CA 92264

Sharlene White Ellen Segal 3540 Sky Haven Ln 1066 San Jacinto Way Oceanside, CA 92056 Palm Springs, CA 92262-5827

Sabra Rahel The earth needs our help....its forests, oceans, 411 Nonyerbis animals and humanity's survival require it. Ojai, CA 93023 Patricia Quinn

Ocean River Institute ~ 12 Eliot Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 ~ www.oceanriver.org ~ tel: 617 621-6647 17 There is hope if responsible and caring people do the next right thing NOW. Carson Martin, Richmond, VA Save Atlantic Sea Herring letter signed by 2,443 individuals I've been to the ocean. I like it. Let's keep it that way. O. Ruiz, Clifton, NJ

38250 9Th St. E. #227 Palmdale, CA 93550 These herring are critical food fish for larger species and must be saved in large numbers to Michael Kast provide food for continued survival for all 9158 Van Nuys Blvd. #4 involved. Panorama City, CA 91402 Malc Moore 564 E. Quincy Ave. Darrell Clarke Portola, CA 96122 158 S. Madison Ave. #102 Pasadena, CA 91101 Marine life has suffered greatly at the hands of man. Overfishing, bottom trawling, and pollution Sandy Levine are just a few of the human activities that harm 974 North Holliston Avenue sea life. We need to act quickly to prevent a Pasadena, CA 91104 collapse of the ecosystems beneath the surface of the ocean. Sandy Levine Faith Strailey 974 North Holliston Avenue Po Box 3012 Pasadena, CA 91104 Quincy, CA 95971

Susan Porter Dale Wright 1870 Newport Ave 17134 Woodson View Ln. Pasadena, CA 91103-1445 Ramona, CA 92065

Susan Heisler Marguerite Eliasson Po Box 667 18123 Littlepage Rd Patton, CA 92369 Ramona , CA 92065

It is so important to saving our oceans to Carolyn Boor protect the feeder fish. From small to large the 11018 De Anza Drive entire ocean food chain needs to be protected. Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730 Marykay Rodarte 8355 Rattlesnake Road Sardines are the staple of many marine species. Phelan, CA 92371-6430 It's imperative that we protect their main source of food. Charles Hochberg Debra Atlas [email protected] 731 South Street Philo, CA 95466 Redding, CA 96001

Chris Dawson Our ocean ecosystems are suffering from human 8640 Gulana Avenue J1014 caused stresses from every direction, we must Playa Del Rey, CA 90293 use science based knowledge to insure it's sustainability. The world can't survive without a Faye Soares healthy ocean. 5744 Juarez Road Kathryn Gray Pollock Pines, CA 95726 21336 Scotchbroom Trl. Redding, CA 96003 David Soares 5744 Juarez Road Tami Phelps Pollock Pines, CA 95726 1735 Barbara And Redding, CA 96003 Larry Branson 483 E Alvarado St All life on Earth is important. That is why it is Pomona, CA 91767 here!

Ocean River Institute ~ 12 Eliot Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 ~ www.oceanriver.org ~ tel: 617 621-6647 18 There is hope if responsible and caring people do the next right thing NOW. Carson Martin, Richmond, VA Save Atlantic Sea Herring letter signed by 2,443 individuals I've been to the ocean. I like it. Let's keep it that way. O. Ruiz, Clifton, NJ

Catherine Hirsch 2703 Corabel Lane #215 Po Box 1543 Sacramento, CA 95821 Redway, CA 95560 Colleen Evans As a child were you never taught to share?! The 1063 Swanston Dr fish in the ocean are there to feed other marine Sacramento, CA 95818 wildlife, not just for humans. It's not like the wildlife have the luxury of shopping at another Lorraine Lowry supermarket, all they have is what we leave 8-201 West Mall them. If you want to destroy this ecosystem Sacramento, CA 90211 just continue the way you're going. Good luck getting it back. Kristen Lowry Kate Ashley 8-201 The West Mall 2673 Carolina Avenue Sacramento, CA 90211 Redwood City, CA 94061 David Bott Vera Brown 2321 Q St #5 6 Barcelona Circle Sacramento , CA 95816 Redwood City, CA 94065 Susan Gill J. Angell 37 Ross Ponderosa Rd San Anselmo, CA 94960 Rescue, CA 95672 Fisheries are extremely important to the Elizabeth Fowler environment and to us for food. We must Ventura Street protect and help to renew them and this species Richmond, CA 94805 is an important part and must be protected! Larry Lapuyade David Romain Po Box 81 4558 Fran Way San Anselmo, CA 94979 Richmond, CA 94803 Arleen Whitmore Susan Watts 64 Mariposa Ave 16217 Sunset Trail San Anselmo, CA 94060 Riverside, CA 92506 Arlene Wiltberger Rick Luttmann 2573 San Carlos Ave 917 Dorine Avenue San Carlos, CA 94070 Rohnert Park, CA 94928-1716 As a lifelong, fisherman, surfer and diver I have Frank Serrano a vested interest in this issue. 493 Enterprise Drive Hal Forsen Rohnert Park, CA 94928 204 Avenida Sierra San Clemente, CA 92672 Jeff Ball 24365 Park Estates Dtr Shawn Johnson Sacramento, CA 95825 407 W Ave De Los Lobos Marinos San Clemente, CA 92672-4325 Dawn Bugaydd 8116 Goldenfield Way This herring feeds so much of the other marine Sacramento, CA 95823-5210 life - it must be kept in the food web! Thank You! Judith Commons Gina Carollo

Ocean River Institute ~ 12 Eliot Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 ~ www.oceanriver.org ~ tel: 617 621-6647 19 There is hope if responsible and caring people do the next right thing NOW. Carson Martin, Richmond, VA Save Atlantic Sea Herring letter signed by 2,443 individuals I've been to the ocean. I like it. Let's keep it that way. O. Ruiz, Clifton, NJ

3003 Eagle St San Francisco, CA 94117 San Diego, CA 92103 Kylie Cobb We are biologically strip mining the ocean to our 2665 Chestnut St great detriment. This must stop. San Francisco, CA 94123 Tom Falvey 2576 Wightman St. Heike Feldmann San Diego, CA 92104 1 Irving St San Francisco, CA 94122 Todd Fisk 10956 Caminito Cuesta J. Barry Gurdin San Diego, CA 92131 247 Ortega Street San Francisco, CA 94122-4617 C. G. San Diego, CA 92122 Karen Kirschling 633 Oak Christina [email protected] San Francisco, CA 94117 5742 Brittany Forrest Ln San Diego, CA 92130 Julie Kramer 1288 Church Please help protect our ocean resources by San Francisco, CA 94114 keeping the Atlantic herring population at a healthy population level. We can not be as L. L. reckless as we have been and still keep our 1608 4Th Ave. oceans healthy. San Francisco, CA 94608 Victoria Grubbs 8017 Jade Coast Rd Carol Anna Lind San Diego, CA 92126 822 Clayton Street Apt 7 San Francisco, CA 94117 I have family in both Louisiana and Cape Cod. We all want healthy oceans! Mark Lozano Anne Harvey 211 30Th Street #6 Arroyo Sorrento Road San Francisco, CA 94131 San Diego, CA 92130 Striped bass, bluefish, tuna, whales, birds, and Laura Jones-Bedel other marine life leave an area when there are 4734 E. Mountain View Dr. insufficient herring to prey on. The whales – San Diego, CA 92116 humpback, fin, minke, and bryde’s – also eat herring. Feeding whales and plunge-diving Mike Sullivan gannets allows for happier whale watchers, 10930 Vivaracho Way resulting more robust local economies: rounding San Diego, CA 92124 up herring in bubble nets rounds up financial gains for the businesses. Kathleen Sumida Patrick Mcgowan 7331 Princess Vw Dr 4654 19Th Street San Diego, CA 92120 San Francisco, CA 94114

Sylvia De Baca It is highly important for us to remember that 718 Via Los Santos we are not the only ones on this planet, and San Dimas , CA 91773 that we need to treat all life as if it is sacred. I am for sustainable fishing techniques, but not David Boman abusive ones. I am quite sure that a solution to 14 33 Haight # 4

Ocean River Institute ~ 12 Eliot Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 ~ www.oceanriver.org ~ tel: 617 621-6647 20 There is hope if responsible and caring people do the next right thing NOW. Carson Martin, Richmond, VA Save Atlantic Sea Herring letter signed by 2,443 individuals I've been to the ocean. I like it. Let's keep it that way. O. Ruiz, Clifton, NJ this matter can be found if all involved parties come to the table with rational heads and ideas. Audrey Okubo Rene Mcintyre 1382 Oak Knoll Drive 145 Taylor Street, Apt. 509 San Jose, CA 95129 San Francisco, CA 94102-2876 Non Weiner John Oda 14258 Lucian Ave 2000 Post San Jose, CA 95127 San Francisco, CA 94115 Beverly Johnson Jackie Pomies 31176 Calle San Pedro 1271 - 38Th Avenue San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675 San Francisco, CA 94122 Jamie Conrad K. R. 12951 Aurora Dr. 136 Beulah San Leandro, CA 94577 San Francisco, CA 94116 Roberta Lafrance Carol Savary 289 Santa Susana 25 Amethyst Way San Leandro, CA 94579 San Francisco, CA 94131 Arleen Weiss Joanna Stiehl 715 Bockman Rd 3695 Mission St San Lorenzo, CA 94580 San Francisco, CA 94110 Jamie Newsome The whole earth is part of an eco system. All 809 Discovery Street #14 parts are important. Our survival is linked to San Marcos, CA 92078-1152 their survival. Jewels Stratton Andy Tomsky 2233 Powell St Po Box 683 San Francisco, CA 94133 San Marcos, CA 92079

Birgit Hermann John Delgado 627 Page Street #7 12100 Steffs Court San Francusci, CA 94116 San Martin , CA 95046

Janie Anderson Jason Hay 511 Chinook Ln. 674 19Th St. San Jose, CA 95123 San Pedro, CA 90731

Joan M. Brackett This fish is vital to the health of our oceans, and 1252 Hillcrest Dr our oceans' health is vital to the health of our San Jose, CA 95120-4036 Earth, our only home. Lori Kegler Gregg Johnson 810 W. 27Th St. 790 Lenzen Ave Apt 344 San Pedro, CA 90731 San Jose, CA 95126-2775 Susan Bullen Claude Mcdonald 1327 Lincoln Ave #412 6633 Mt. Forest Dr San Rafael, CA 94901 San Jose, CA 95120

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793 Cambridge Drive They support higher fish and mammals up the Santa Barbara, CA 93111 food chain. l love seals, whales and dolphins. Linda Mitchell Holden Smith 225 First St 228A E. Figueroa San Rafael, CA 94901-3739 Santa Barbara, CA 93101

Claudia North Henry Weinberg 534 5Th Ave 835 Puente Dr San Rafael, CA 94901 Santa Barbara, CA 93110-2032

Joe Buhowsky Grace Feldmann 83 Tahoe Court 4896 Lookout Rd San Ramon, CA 94582-4865 Santa Barbara, Ca, CA 93105

Karen Klein Patricia Cachopo 209 Compton Circle, #C 2337 Harrison St. San Ramon, CA 94583 Santa Clara, CA 95050-4416

Chuck Wieland Carolyn Pettis 206A Compton Circle 28625 Winterdale Drive San Ramon, CA 94583 Santa Clarita, CA 91387

We are overfishing our oceans. Proper checks Barbara Ginsberg should be in place. 121 A Blaine St Mabel Ayotte Santa Cruz, CA 95060 2302 S Maddock St. Santa Ana, CA 92704 John Gregg 1180 Lisa Camille Gilbert Santa Cruz, CA 95062 1923 San Andres St Apt F Santa Barbara, CA 93101 I need seafood to have an adequate diet in view of my dietary limitations. Knowing that the Herring is a fish known to feed many marine ocean's life is thriving sustains me spiritually. mammals and sea birds. I see herring as a Carol Long keystone species,in that many lives depend on 75 Chestnut St #101 these fish. Without herring marine mammals Santa Cruz, CA 95060 and sea birds would suffer and starve. We humans need to stop overfishing and share the Joan Parrish bounty of the seas with our fellow earthlings. 118 La Canada Way Lisa Ann Kelly & Family Santa Cruz, CA 95060 1724 Olive Avenue Santa Barbara, CA 93101 Carrie Staton 120 Summit Drive Lauren Murdock Santa Cruz, CA 95060 3940 Via Lucero Santa Barbara, CA 93110 Nancy Heck 822 Speed St Jan Oldham Santa Maria, CA 93454 2712 Verde Vista Dr Santa Barbara, CA 93105 Terry S.C. Mccloud St Chris Seaton Santa Maria, CA 93455

Ocean River Institute ~ 12 Eliot Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 ~ www.oceanriver.org ~ tel: 617 621-6647 22 There is hope if responsible and caring people do the next right thing NOW. Carson Martin, Richmond, VA Save Atlantic Sea Herring letter signed by 2,443 individuals I've been to the ocean. I like it. Let's keep it that way. O. Ruiz, Clifton, NJ

Sebastopol, CA 95472 Damon Duval 2461 Santa Monica Bl. #801 Sharon Lacy Santa Monica, CA 90404 536 So. Main St. Sebastopol, CA 95472 Janet G Heinle 1047 Lincoln Blvd #7 Carol Becker Santa Monica, CA 90403 14257 Roblar Place Sherman Oaks, CA 91423 Lollie Ragana 2911 4Th It is not only cruel and selfish for humans to Santa Monica, CA 90405 take everything for ourselves, it is short-sighted and stupid. Keep overfishing and we'll all pay WE ARE NOT THE ONLY CREATURES THAT the price - especially the poor and NEED TO EAT ON THIS PLANET!! disadvantaged. Mary Rojeski Georgia Brewer 2603 3Rd St. 5518 Ventura Canyon Avenue Santa Monica, CA 90405 Sherman Oaks, CA 91401

Art St. Clair Miranda Leiva 2260 28Th Street 4950 Coldwater Cyn Apt#23 Santa Monica, CA 90405 Sherman Oaks, CA 91423

Jeff Wilson Chris Shaw 28283Rd St #12A 137 Esperanza Ave Santa Monica, CA 90405 Sierra Madre, CA 91024

Gail Alford EVERY ORGANISM IN OUR OCEANS IS 5420 Corbett Circle CONNECTED TO OUR SURVIVAL. WE MUST Santa Rosa, CA 95403 PROTECT ALL LIVING BEINGS, IN OUR EARTH'S HABITATS TO PROTECT US. Nicholas Lenchner Gina Bilwin 1324 Cashew Rd 1984 Old Mission Dr Santa Rosa, CA 95403 Slovang, CA 93463

Bobv Miller Paul Strecker 1265 Pacific Ave Apt 24 218 Fisher Lane Santa Rosa, CA 95404 Sonoma, CA 95476

Joe Salazar Paula Zerzan 610 Cherrywood Dr. 16912 Falcon Lane Santa Rosa, CA 95407 Sonoma, CA 95476

Rob Roberto Cybele Wolf 10746 North Magnolia Ave 8C 4941 E. Walnut St. Cott.4 Santee, CA 92071 Soquel, CA 95073

Robert Stark Sharon Sullivan Po Box 2498 687 Taylor Way Sausalito , CA 94966 South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150

Christine Bassett Lisa Togni 5205 Quayle Ln 1530 Kearney St.

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Tiffany Story Victor L Lawrence Po Box 1253 2612 Calle Abedul Summer Land, CA 9306 Thousand Oaks, CA 91360

Gerald Shaia Daniel Zeiger 8103 San Fernando Road 7 Janet Way #15 Sun Valley, CA 91352 Tiburon, CA 94920

Bruce Jenkins think long term... 907 Tanager Ct Craig Bovia Sunnyvale, CA 94087 1548 N.Topanga Cyn Blvd #10 Topanga, CA 90290 Joelle Porter Po Box 1530 Mark Hein Susanville, CA 96130 21500 Colina Dr. Topanga, CA 90290 Susan Ciaramella 13983 Astoria Street The crucial role of schooling herrings in the Sylmar, CA 91342 North Atlantic food chain is well understood. Historically over fished only proper and full Elizabeth P. conservation of this species now can avoid Box 178 catastrophe. It is time to take this in hand and Talmage, CA 95482 act based on appropriate conservation and precautionary principles. Gail Roberts Dr Lindsay Sharp Pmb 70 Po Box A 19747 Horseshoe Drive Tecate, CA 91980 Topanga, CA 90290

If we want to have fish in the future we need to Joyce Campbell, Ph.D., P.T manage their food supply today. Over fishing is 3336 Winlock Road short sided and dangerous to the entire Torrance, CA 90505 industry. Please act responsibly. Lynne Latham Douglas Mccormick 16678 Mountain Climber Way 23602 Via Paloma Tehachapi, CA 93561 Trabuco Canyon, CA 92679

A thriving ocean ecosystem will benefit all Denis Purcell economically. Herring are a play a vital role and 643 W. 6Th St., Unit B should be managed from a perspective that Tustin, CA 92780-8525 takes into account all participants...fishers, tourists, wildlife, consumers of fish. Jorge De Cecco Scott Roney 705 North State Street # 268 46266 Teton Trail Ukiah, CA 95482 Temecula, CA 92592 Vincent Young Simply put: we all need ocean ecosystems to 1170 Winged Foot Dr. thrive, and they are in dire straits. The Atlantic Upland, CA 91786 herring is a key link in the food chain and should be properly managed. The Atlantic Herring is a base prey fish. If their Adam Cornford population collapses, the population of many 1441 Carpenter Ave other species that rely on the herring for food

Ocean River Institute ~ 12 Eliot Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 ~ www.oceanriver.org ~ tel: 617 621-6647 24 There is hope if responsible and caring people do the next right thing NOW. Carson Martin, Richmond, VA Save Atlantic Sea Herring letter signed by 2,443 individuals I've been to the ocean. I like it. Let's keep it that way. O. Ruiz, Clifton, NJ will collapse, which in turn will devastate a components are extremely necessary. Any of major food source for us humans. the cogs in the balance of ocean life can throw it Will Ozier off. 135 Sunset Circle Pam Nelson Vacaville, CA 95687-4065 38723 Hwy 79 Warner Springs, CA 92086 Carolyn Howerton 2049 Harvickson Ln Michael C. Ford And Richard B. Marks Valley Springs , CA 95252 178 Manfre Rd. Watsonville, CA 95076 It's simple, if one part of the ecosystem is gone, then so will be plenty more of it. Morty Gr Ashley Abney 2169A Aroma Drive 7012 Natick Ave West Covina, CA 91791-4099 Van Nuys, CA 91405 Diane Knight Oliver Beqaj 22801 Marlin Pl 525 Rialto Avenue West Hills, CA 91307 Venice, CA 90291 Our natural resources are finite, and that Anthony Montapert includes our seas & oceans, we must stop acting 1375 Ficus Way in a manner that belies that fact. Thank you Ventura, CA 93004 Chance Rearden 1240 N. Ogden Drive #8 There is a circle of life in our oceans just like on West Hollywood, CA 90046 land. All fish/sea mammals need to be able to find food. Julie Slater-Giglioli Lynn Pugh 7553 Norton Ave Apt No 2 1779 Sunridge West Hollywood, CA 90046-5500 Ventura, CA 93003 Marilyn Katz Margery Spielman Po Box 69247 1316 Hanover Lane West Hollywood , CA 90069 Ventura, CA 93001 Greg Amour It is part of the Ocean's FOOD CHAIN! We might 11349 Orange Dr not be after this fish, but there are other BIG Whitter, CA 90606 Fish that use it as food. It is part of the food ladder in the Ocean eco-system & the stability of Charlene Root that system starts w/these little fish! 8634 Friends Avenue Dolores De Vries Whittier, CA 90502 777 Anns Way Vista, CA 92083 Lisbeth Jaasko 14923 Leffingwell Rd. Ed Loosli Whittier , CA 90604 1647 Skycrest Drive Walnut Creek, CA 94595 Christine Trela 11555 Santa Gertrudes Ave #168 Constantine Bogios Whittier , CA 90604 2582 Oak Rd. #217 Walnut Creek , CA 94597 Betty Banham 25410 Poppy Dr. Focus on the ocean's balance and its Willits, CA 95490

Ocean River Institute ~ 12 Eliot Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 ~ www.oceanriver.org ~ tel: 617 621-6647 25 There is hope if responsible and caring people do the next right thing NOW. Carson Martin, Richmond, VA Save Atlantic Sea Herring letter signed by 2,443 individuals I've been to the ocean. I like it. Let's keep it that way. O. Ruiz, Clifton, NJ

John Jeavons 5798 Ridgewood Road Dawn & Ken Richardson Willits, CA 95490 5400 N. Sheridan Blvd. Lot 282 Arvada, CO 80002 Stacey Rohrbaugh 15900 Ridgeview Rd Although I reside in a land-locked state, the care Willits, CA 95490 of our oceans and their inhabitants is important - for commercial viability of course, and if we Amanda Holland don't respect limits now there will be no fish left 2459 Muller Pl. to sustain the commercial fishing industry (bad Woodland, CA 95776 for the economy as a whole! as it's a hug industry). But also, when herring are gone, so I deeply care about saving the Atlantic Sea will other species disappear, leaving our oceans Herring because it is an essential part to the devoid of biological diversity, and the ecological balancing of the food chain. Once humans relationships of the Earth in shambles. tamper with nature, they invariably cause Carrie Alm trouble for the entire ecosystem. When will 322 S Peoria Cir those in power put our Earth and its human Aurora, CO 80012 beings, animals, oceans and the biodiversity back in balance---or rather: When will they allow Since 1985 the river herring – alewives, nature to take its course once again? blueback, and shad – have declined by over Diana Aylward 90%. lets act now before theres none left!! 21821 Burbank Blvd Kathy Durrum Woodland Hills, CA 91367 1818 S Fundy Way Aurora, CO 80017 Yseult Biwer 23143 Canzonet St. Mary Ferraro Woodland Hills, CA 91367 718 Fulton St. Aurora, CO 80010 Kathleen Helmer 23125 Dolorosa Street I care about all the creatures of the earth. What Woodland Hills, CA 91367 we are doing to this planet, and the inhabitants least able to defend themselves, is criminal. Bruce Von Alten This is NOT progress, this is mass genocide of 921 Campbell Ave. the sea, air and land. If it doesn't stop, the only Yreka, CA 96097 thing left on this planet will be concrete. Karen Goodman It is one of the basic levels of the food chain 10021 E. Iliff Ward Mccreery Aurora, CO 80247 12366 Birch Ct Yucaipa, CA 92399 La Vaughn Standridge 11973 East Oregon Circle Michelle Anderson Aurora, CO 80012 9170 W 49Th Pl Arvada, CO 80002 Marlene Waite 6979 S.Elk Court Sarah Eastin Aurora, CO 80016 6845 W. 55Th Pl Arvada, CO 80002 Karina Black 1023 Forest Ave Lorren James Boulder, CO 80304 6979 Poppy Act Arvada, CO 80007 Martha W D Bushnell

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502 Ord Drive Wilder Kingsley Boulder, CO 80303 Wb 969, Co College, 902 N Cascade Ave. Colorado Springs, CO 80946 Ann Tagawa 2210 Mariposa Responsible management is an absolute Boulder, CO 80302 necessity Tom Stark Diana Wright 1501 E. Buena Ventura St. 1355 Ithaca Dr Colorado Springs, CO 80909 Boulder, CO 80305 Margaret Lohr Terese Keil 17542 E. 98Th Way Box 5065 Commerce City, CO 80022 Breckenridge, CO 80424 Larry Kimball Bonnie Mandell-Rice 1467 Red Feather Rd. 2540 Outlook Trail Cotopaxi, CO 81223 Broomfield, CO 80020 I feel these creatures need are voice. Stephanie Schubert Stacey Boyd 3960 W 127Th Ave 10700 E Dartmouth Ave D308 Broomfield, CO 80020 Denver, CO 80014

Shannon Meckley Bruce Cratty 138 Apache Trail 2525 S. Humboldt St. Carbondale, CO 81623 Denver, CO 80210

Ron D Jones John Evans 512 Cantril St #13 4512 Grove St Castle Rock , CO 80104 Denver, CO 80211-1424 attempt to begin to restore a normal balance to It's a wonder that we have any food left in our the oceans to begin efforts to begin to heal the oceans! planet for all inhabitants. Frances Frainaguirre Donald Turken 1840 W 40Th 4020 S Dexter St Denver, CO 80211 Cherry Hills Village, CO 80113 Stephanie Huntington The are one of God's creations!!!!! 2280 Hudson St Wayne Flick Denver, CO 80207 470 Balsam Rd Cimarron, CO 81220 Tom Jackson 1535 Franklin St 9B because they are part of a larger eco system Denver, CO 80218 food chain. you take out one link of the chain and the rest of it will disintergrate. I don't want to see the loss of any species. James A Clark Jr Jeanne Puerta 510 Quebec Pl 7505 W Yale Colorado Springs, CO 80911 Denver, CO 80227

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Ocean River Institute ~ 12 Eliot Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 ~ www.oceanriver.org ~ tel: 617 621-6647 27 There is hope if responsible and caring people do the next right thing NOW. Carson Martin, Richmond, VA Save Atlantic Sea Herring letter signed by 2,443 individuals I've been to the ocean. I like it. Let's keep it that way. O. Ruiz, Clifton, NJ

Sheryl Schmatjen 9300 E. Center Ave. Apt. 6-C Lola Quinlan Denver, CO 80247 2323 Ridgecrest Rd Fort Collins , CO 80524 Disrupting the food-chain harms the many species that depend on herring in order to Carol Raschick survive. 110 Linda St. #A-316 Dia Tsung Fort Morgan, CO 80701-3584 2412 Lowell Blvd Denver, CO 80211 Kathleen Doyle 607 Cascade Drive Herring are not glamorous or beautiful but they Golden, CO 80403-1583 are integral to the ocean's ecosystem. They deserve to be protected. Dale Ellis Elisa Townshend 15851 W 56Th Place 1385 Elizabeth St. Golden, CO 80403 Denver , CO 80206 It all starts with the little fish...without them it is Melody D Wharton more or less over for the big guys!!! You'll be 13842 Road 28 sorry if something is not done... Dolores, CO 81323-8907 Weslie Phillips 738 Chimney Creek Dr Chad Van Dam Golden, CO 80402 652 E 7Th Ave Durango, CO 81301 Janeene Porcher 13568 W 23Rd Pl Kay Wilson Golden, CO 80401 2606 County Road 204 Durango, CO 81301 Rosalyn Rohloff 4450 Holman Street One does not protect the livelihood of fishermen Golden, CO 80403 by letting them exhaust each specie and move to the next less-palatable one. This is Jessica Mitchell especially so when so much is harvested by 10260 S Woodrose Ln pirate fishermen who flout all management laws Highlands Ranch, CO 80129 with impunity. Enact conservative limits. Adjust them based on science, not politics and Sally Blaser enforce them as written. 1515 Sidon Cir Robert Cruder Lafayette, CO 80026 Po Box 937 Elizabeth, CO 80107 Eve Oconnor 777 Simpson Pl Michael Newport Lafayette, CO 800261053 4221 S Pearl St Englewood, CO 80113 Jan Kochmeister 12587 W Dakota Ave Pat Martin Lakewood, CO 80228 1034 W Oak St Fort Collins, CO 80521 Edwin Sheldon 1388 Garrison St.,I201 Jamie Ashby Lakewood, CO 80215 112 E Stuart St Apt 10 Fort Collins , CO 80525 Nancy Gregory

Ocean River Institute ~ 12 Eliot Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 ~ www.oceanriver.org ~ tel: 617 621-6647 28 There is hope if responsible and caring people do the next right thing NOW. Carson Martin, Richmond, VA Save Atlantic Sea Herring letter signed by 2,443 individuals I've been to the ocean. I like it. Let's keep it that way. O. Ruiz, Clifton, NJ

7548 S Crocker Court Littleton, CO 80120 Ellen Woodbury 826 S. Buckeye Drive Steven Tempelman Loveland, CO 80537 9612 Aspen Hill Cir Lone Tree, CO 80124 Donna Shroyer 1020 Hill Street I am concerned about maintaining ecological Meeker , CO 81641 balance for all ocean creatures. Carla Behrens Erik Hvoslef 904 Little Leaf Ct Po Box 688 Longmont, CO 80503 Salida, CO 81201

Ana Johnson Marnie Gaeade 1413 Northwestern Rd 772 Caldera Curve Longmont, CO 80503 South Fork, CO 81154

Betti Jones Jen Wittlinger 10085 North 65Th Street 3353 Willow Brook Ct Longmont, CO 80503 Steamboat , CO 80487 because herrings are at the bottom of the food Lisha Doucet chain & will affect everyone & everything all the 8525 Citation Dr way up--including us....WE the people have Wellington, CO 80549 spoken. Sherrie Munday Sharon Balzano 1553 Drake St. 3405 Pierce St Longmont, CO 80503 Wheat Ridge, CO 80033

Cyndi Nusbaum Kelly Wilkie 1103 Frontier Dr. 7 Penny Lane Longmont, CO 80501 Bethel, CT 06801

George Hartman Iii Janice Cashell 2514 Evans Ave 181 Woodcreek Road Louisville, CO 80027 Bethlehem, CT 06751

Kathleen Jefferies We don't have enough fish left to sustain the 923Ssint Andrews Lane species we need for food or to sustain the Louisville, CO 80027 ecosystem. Not taking care of it and thus guaranteeing a collapse is idiocy. Nancy Kosnar Hartman Stephanie C. Fox 2514 Evans Ave 4 Wyndcliffe Park Louisville, CO 80027 Bloomfield, CT 06002

Cindi Kestrel Shirley Mccarthy 14302 N County Rd. 25 E 16 Rockland Park Loveland, CO 80538 Branford, CT 06405

Judy Wood Ginnie Preuss 1516 N. Jefferson Ave. 405 Ruth Street Loveland, CO 80538 Bridgeport, CT 06606

Ocean River Institute ~ 12 Eliot Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 ~ www.oceanriver.org ~ tel: 617 621-6647 29 There is hope if responsible and caring people do the next right thing NOW. Carson Martin, Richmond, VA Save Atlantic Sea Herring letter signed by 2,443 individuals I've been to the ocean. I like it. Let's keep it that way. O. Ruiz, Clifton, NJ

Joann Koch Michael Wichman 134 Olenick Rd 22 West Walk Lebanon, CT 06249 Clintoin, CT 06413 Linda Gilbert I live in a coastal neighborhood where indecent 89 Frances Drive fishermen are still trying to survive. Their Manchester, CT 06040 problems are just a microcosm of the troubles with our seas, but like the food chain itself, Miriam Kurland every participant and every action will have 269 Wormwood Hill Rd reverberating impact. Mansfield Center, CT 06250 Margaret Sawyer 164 Coe Avenue Miriam Kurland East Haven, CT 06512 269 Wormwood Hill Rd Mansfield Center, CT 06250 Linda Smyth 54 Somers Road Kathryn Gallo Enfield, CT 06082 312 Gravel Street Meriden, CT 06450-4614 Emma Bragg 16 Sapphire Street Joanne Grabek Enfield , CT 06082 71 Crescent Middletown, CT 06457 Joan Ellen Mccoy 340 Castle Ave Jeffrey Semon Fairfield, CT 06825 Po Bos 582 Monroe, CT 06468 As on land, the oceans must be stabilized so that we leave something for those who shall Doris Munger follow us. 56 Horton Lane Jacob R. Raitt New Canaan, CT 06840 15 Durando Place Fairfield, CT 06605 Anne Voloshin 17 Harbour Close I truly believe our MOTHER EARTH"s in trouble New Haven, CT 06519 thus all sea creatures too. Jean Layton Elizabeth Montgomery Po Box 54 26 Union Avenue Greens Farms, CT 06838 Norwalk, CT 06851

Evelyn Foster Fish is what shows and makes the oceans are 25 Town Street healthy. They are source of food and livelihood. Hadlyme, CT 06439 We have to control our needs and restore to its healthy levels. Mitch Forman Jordano Quaglia 35 Todd St. 10 Stony Corners Ln Hamden, CT 06518 Southbury, CT 06488

Maureen Wulf Carolyn Suchenicz 93 Foote Stret 301 Old Springfield Rd Hamden, CT 06517 Stafford , CT 06076

Ocean River Institute ~ 12 Eliot Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 ~ www.oceanriver.org ~ tel: 617 621-6647 30 There is hope if responsible and caring people do the next right thing NOW. Carson Martin, Richmond, VA Save Atlantic Sea Herring letter signed by 2,443 individuals I've been to the ocean. I like it. Let's keep it that way. O. Ruiz, Clifton, NJ

Milva Deluca Our oceans are the only ones we have & we 266 Silver Hill Lane need to be good stewards of the animals in Stamford, CT 06905 them. Every species of animal, bird, insect, or fish has their place in the spectrum & it's Alzira Silveira important to realize that the loss of 1 can lead Mercedes Lane to the loss of many, many more. Stamford, CT 06905 Bea Platt 177 Spencer Hill Rd Carol Gabor Winsted, CT 06098 35 Concord Street Stratford, CT 06614 Pam Bacon 1213 17Th St Ne John Gargiulo Washington, DC 20002 895 East Main Street Torrington, CT 06790 Nina Black Reid 4505 Macarthur Blvd Suzanne Bores Washington, DC 20007 22 Robinwood Rd Trumbull, CT 06611 It's wrong to destroy a species, especially a species we need. Randall Piazza William Boteler 418 Pitkin Hollow 627 Longfellow Street Nw Trumbull, CT 06611 Washington, DC 20011

Biology works from the ground up. The lower a Jose De Arteaga species is in the food chain the more critical it is. 2014 31St Place Se C.A. Rose Washington, DC 20020 11 Lansing Avenue Trumbull, CT 06611 Sarah Epstein 5620 Oregon Avenue, Nw Frances Drescher Washington, DC 20015 60 Cooper Avenue Wallingford, CT 06492 Dolores Foscherari 3003 Van Ness Street Nw Francis Mastri Washington, DC 20008 87 Jones St West Haven, CT 06516 Evelyn Fraser 2724 28Th St Ne Ricardo Pérez Washington, DC 20018 212 Oxbow Drive Willimantic, CT 06226 In the seafood industry Ron Goodman Sharon Marquis 3060 Davenport Street Nw 25 Ridgewood Rd. Washington, DC 20008 Willington, CT 06279-1628 Christos Kapetanakos Heather Bean 4431 Macarthur Blvd Nw 29A Flagg Hill Rd Washington, DC 20007 Winsted, CT 06098 Felicia Williams Lisa Hey 4201 Mass. Ave. Nw Apt. 175 114 Rugg Brook Rd Washington, DC 20016 Winsted, CT 06098

Ocean River Institute ~ 12 Eliot Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 ~ www.oceanriver.org ~ tel: 617 621-6647 31 There is hope if responsible and caring people do the next right thing NOW. Carson Martin, Richmond, VA Save Atlantic Sea Herring letter signed by 2,443 individuals I've been to the ocean. I like it. Let's keep it that way. O. Ruiz, Clifton, NJ

Janis Kinslow 514 Schick Rd Julio Wilches Aston, DE 19014 3255 Ne184Th St Aventura, FL 33160 Joan Ward 234 Henry Cowgill Rd Martha Miller Camden-Wyoming, DE 19934 4629 Forsyth St., #753 Bagdad, FL 32530 Carol Collins 1935 Nault Road we must save all marine life. Dover, DE 19904 Dave Delson 7651 W, Country Club Blvd Certain species are necessary to preserve our Boca Raton, FL 33487 natural resources. The ocean needs herring for this specific purpose. Don't create an unbalance These are important feeder fish that feed all the by destroying the herring! mammals and other fish and keep our oceans Jeanie Coolahan alive with life. Please help save them! 13729 Wilson Hill Road Joan Gove Georgetown, DE 19947 4670 Ne 5Th Avenue Boca Raton, FL 33431 Catherine Garneski 10 Holly Tree Circle Janet Robinson Newark, DE 19702 6391 Toulon Dr. Boca Raton, FL 33433 Laurel Marshfield 19717 Queen Street Ed Kent Rehoboth Beach, DE 19971 27501 Kent Rrd. Bonita Springs, FL 4135 Jared Cornelia 125 Denn Place Joan Balfour Wilmington, DE 19804 6249 Copper Lake Ct Boynton Beach, FL 33437 Gail Yborra 803 W 8Th St Phyllis Schacher Wilmington, DE 19801 8681 Cathedral Peak Ct Boynton Beach, FL 33473 Because all animals are gods creatures and they should be left alone The base of the pyramid. Figure it out. Marianne Zito Monica Geyer 1401 Pennsylvania Ave Unit 1212 4749 Mainsail Dr. Wilmington , DE 19807 Bradenton, FL 34208

Fred Kahn Tara Wasko 3000 Clarcona Rd Lot 827 617 49Th Street W Apopka, FL 32703 Bradenton, FL 34209

Kevin Bickers Betty Hatfield 501 Nautical Blvd. N. P. O. Box 6111 Atlantic Beach, FL 32233 Brandon, FL 33508

Ron Silver Anne Edwards 1829 Sea Oats Drive 14378 Nectarine St Atlantic Beach, FL 32233 Brooksville, FL 34613

Ocean River Institute ~ 12 Eliot Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 ~ www.oceanriver.org ~ tel: 617 621-6647 32 There is hope if responsible and caring people do the next right thing NOW. Carson Martin, Richmond, VA Save Atlantic Sea Herring letter signed by 2,443 individuals I've been to the ocean. I like it. Let's keep it that way. O. Ruiz, Clifton, NJ

Frankie Harris Kerstin Green 901 Williams Ditch Road 9431 Live Oak Pl # 208 Cantonment, FL 32533 Davie, FL 33324

Katy Whitehouse Charles Davids 2809 Ne 2Nd Pl 1312 Moore Street Cape Coral, FL 33909 Daytona Beach, FL 32114

Mary Detrick Tracey Sadiq 2304 Cumberland Circle Apt. 201 344 Sabal Springs Ct Clearwater, FL 33763 Debary, FL 32713

Michele Hinerman Bonnie Wilson 1443 S Belcher Rd 77 Plantation Ave Clearwater, FL 33764 Debary, FL 32713

Kat Lang Marsha J Holbert Roberson 2717 Seville Blvd. 1216 West Lakes Drive Clearwater, FL 33764 Deerfield Beach, FL 33442

Annette Pedersen Jo Ann Beatty 123 S Mcmullen Booth Rd Lot 128 703 Laisy Drive Clearwater, FL 33759 Deland, FL 32724

Cheryl Csanyi Susan Dorchin 690 Island Way 7588 Mansfield Hollow Road Clearwater , FL 33767 Delray Beach, FL 33446

Zane Liebrum Pam Dortch 2243 Harn Blvd 112 Se 7 Ave Clearwater , FL 33764 Delray Beach, FL 33483

Donna Pemberton Robert O'Brien 2512 Coconut Drive 972 Allamanda Drive Cocoa, FL 32926 Delray Beach, FL 33483

Rickey Buttery Kim Thomas 6395 Wien Ln. 1138 Vista Del Mar Dr S Cocoa, FL 32927 Delray Beach, FL 33483

If you can't figure out why it is very dangerous Beverly Hoefflin to our biological diversity to have a particular 504 Safe Harbor type of fish or fishes become extinct maybe you Edgewater, FL 32141 should join The Flat Earth Society. Science, the environment or our children's health doesn't Janine Scoville seem to matter to these GREEDY, Immoral, and 4 Wildwood Drive Unethical Morons. the only thing that seems to Edgewater, FL 32132 matter to these boobs is power and unadulterated GREED. Richard Coveny Joseph Bollin Box 283 2010 Nw 15Th Ave Elfers, FL 34680 Crystal River, FL 34428

Ocean River Institute ~ 12 Eliot Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 ~ www.oceanriver.org ~ tel: 617 621-6647 33 There is hope if responsible and caring people do the next right thing NOW. Carson Martin, Richmond, VA Save Atlantic Sea Herring letter signed by 2,443 individuals I've been to the ocean. I like it. Let's keep it that way. O. Ruiz, Clifton, NJ

Linda Bruce Lori Beth Kidd 22163 Natures Cove Ct. 14061 Bently Cir. Estero, FL 33928 Fort Myers, FL 33912

Monica Demertsidis Jennifer Scott 1640 Ocean Forest Dr. 15930 Bayside Pointe West #703 Fernandina Bch, FL 32034-5624 Fort Myers, FL 33908-6944

Monica Demertsidis Matt Wallace 1640 Ocean Forest Dr. 1451 S Larkwood Sq Fernandina Bch, FL 32034-5624 Fort Myers, FL 33919

Elaine Backal Susan Chandler 4821 Ne 4Th Ave 3008 N 25Th St Fort Lauderdale, FL 33334 Fort Pierce, FL 34946

Grant Campbell Kathleen Grossman 2321 Sw 44 St 5763 Sunberry Circle Fort Lauderdale, FL 333121 Fort Pierce, FL 34951-3118

Felice Fontana Nancy Stamm 830 Sw 11Th Court 11885 Twin Creeks Dr Fort Lauderdale, FL 33315 Fort Pierce, FL 34945

B. Levy They are all important 1850 Sw 23Rd St Brenda Macinnes Fort Lauderdale, FL 33315 1780 Dawes Rd Frostproof , FL 33843 Eddie Martinez P. O. Box 4826 Hector Rivas Fort Lauderdale, FL 33338 4621 Nw 27Th Terr Gainesville, FL 32605 Robert Mcfarland 12 Ne 19Th Ct., A211 Until we understand and respect the ecological Fort Lauderdale, FL 33305-1054 chain of life, we will continue to make our own extinction a very real possibility. Every species Mari Mennel-Bell matters. 1524 Bayview Drive Heloise Seailles Fort Lauderdale, FL 33304-1627 1705 Sw 78Th Street Gainesville, FL 32607-3416 Rebecca Muzychka 2105 S. Miami Road Arkady Vyatchanin Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316 501 Sw 75Th St Gainesville, FL 32607 Linda Paleias 3300 Ne 36 I like fish. Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308 Norris Williams 2430 Nw 38 St Kristen Soothill Gainesville, FL 32605-2648 1444 Sw 27 Ct Fort Lauderdale, FL 33315 Nancy Haarmann 740 Winona Drive

Ocean River Institute ~ 12 Eliot Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 ~ www.oceanriver.org ~ tel: 617 621-6647 34 There is hope if responsible and caring people do the next right thing NOW. Carson Martin, Richmond, VA Save Atlantic Sea Herring letter signed by 2,443 individuals I've been to the ocean. I like it. Let's keep it that way. O. Ruiz, Clifton, NJ

Geneva, FL 32732 1625 Seminole Road Jacksonville, FL 32205 Tim Voeltz 2045 Sanctuary Ct Michael Chase Gulf Breeze, FL 32563 3744 Lilly Rd South Jacksonville, FL 32207 Ellen Walsh 404 Bear Dr Nancy Farris Gulf Breeze, FL 32561 6455 Argyle Forest Blvd. # 1405 Jacksonville, FL 32244 Tara Hottenstein 1314 53Rd St S We need to save them for the sustainability of Gulfport, FL 33707 not only the species but for other species that need them to survive. there are fish that depend on these fish for their Frances Foster food - they certainly need it more than people 964 Le Brun Drive do - stop fishing - period. Jacksonville, FL 32205 Monnie Levin 5837 24 Ave S Leah George Gulfport, FL 5031-33707 501 N. Ocean St.Apt#1411 Jacksonville, FL 32202 Sara Habis 11768 Dunn Creek Rd Holly Klotz Hacksonvilke, FL 32218 2854 College Street Jacksonville, FL 32205 Patty Poock 3795 N Indianriver Dr Robin Peterson Hernando, FL 34442 4735 Tara Woods Dr. E Jacksonville, FL 32210 Atlantic herring help keep a balance in our oceans. Let's not let this balance overturn any Amy Tajdari part of a natural Eco system 12639 Ash Harbor Dr William Von Zangenberg Jacksonville, FL 32224 1203 Viking Drive Holiday, FL 34691 How many fish species do you have to lose before you lose the whole ocean? Amy Dellinger Ted Vollers 1315 Powers Ave 2605 Glen Mawr Rd. Holly Hill, FL 32117 Jacksonville, FL 32207-4504

Steve Tognoli Norma Wheeler 1507 Madsion St 320 Morris Loop Hollywood, FL 33202 Jacksonville, FL 32259

Elisabeth Carroll R David Wicker 19201 Vista Lane 6942 Phillips Pkwy Dr N Indian Shores, FL 33785 Jacksonville, FL 32256

Daniel R. Balogh Wendy H. 3804 Walsh Street Starshine Cave Jacksonville, FL 32205 Jax, FL 32257-5804

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Ocean River Institute ~ 12 Eliot Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 ~ www.oceanriver.org ~ tel: 617 621-6647 35 There is hope if responsible and caring people do the next right thing NOW. Carson Martin, Richmond, VA Save Atlantic Sea Herring letter signed by 2,443 individuals I've been to the ocean. I like it. Let's keep it that way. O. Ruiz, Clifton, NJ

Po Box 1117 they aren't there then the bigger fish can't Jensen Beach, FL 34958 survive. Gavi Stevens Herring are the best and deserve to be treated 460 Deville Dr with respect! Largo, FL 33771 Michelle Terriault 178 Brier Circle All life should be protected. One Jupiter, FL 33458 Richard Stone 13333 Ridge Rd 3001 William Kramer Largo, FL 33778 1901 S Roosevelt 110W Key West, FL 33040 Barbara Singer 7880 Nw 51 Street Cheryl Owen Lauderhill, FL 33351 7980 St. Rd. 100 Keystone Heights, FL 32656-9414 Kathy Walker 1- Mckinley Elizabeth Oranges Lehigh , FL 33936 2939 Banyan Lane Lake Park, FL 33403 Tim Rose 2151 Ne 42 Ct 123 It is important to keep our oceans and their Lighthouse Point, FL 33064 ecosystems balanced. We have no idea what impact throwing off this balance will do until it is I care about the planet and its inhabitants. too late. Linda Janney Lillian Hyland 17454 Orange Grove Blvd 9815 San Luca St Loxahatchee, FL 33470 Lake Worth , FL 33467 Elsy Shallman This fish is an integral part of the food chain for 16294 37Th Place North a myriad of creautres, including humans. It's Loxahatchee, FL 33470 time we start protecting every part of the chain. Ken Mundy Atlantic herring are a forage fish for other fish 1042 West Marjorie St to prey on. They need to be in abundance to Lakeland, FL 33815 keep other fish around to eat. Laurel Covington Debra Pleasant 207 Orange Dr 8051 Darlingtpn Circle Lutz , FL 33548 Lakeland, FL 33809 Laurel Venable Martha Burton 842 Buttonwood Ct. 11015 Bullrush Terrace Marco Island, FL 34145 Lakewood Ranch, FL 34202 Christina Crosby Richard Rothstein 2240 Seminole 8415 Whispering Woods Court Melbourne, FL 32904 Lakewood Ranch, FL 34202-2276 Mark Donaldson Barb Morrison 1548 Croftwood Drive 2144 Fulton Way Melbourne, FL 32935 Largo, FL 33774 Marianne Lazarus They are a large part of the food chain and if 700 Trotter Lane #205

Ocean River Institute ~ 12 Eliot Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 ~ www.oceanriver.org ~ tel: 617 621-6647 36 There is hope if responsible and caring people do the next right thing NOW. Carson Martin, Richmond, VA Save Atlantic Sea Herring letter signed by 2,443 individuals I've been to the ocean. I like it. Let's keep it that way. O. Ruiz, Clifton, NJ

Melbourne, FL 32940 too much pressure . until when are we going to Matt Nelson stop pushing the envelope? 962 Hart Place Maria L. Wells Melbourne, FL 32940 415 Sw 19 Rd. Miami, FL 33129 Sarah Oswald 1917 Mosswood Dr Without the base, the pyramid will fall. Melbourne, FL 32935 James York 3015 Lucaya Street Every living thing is connected. Take out just Miami, FL 33133 one of the key species, and all others become threatened by a multiple of the norm. There is a Greg Brown necessary balance. It must be protected. That's 5151 Collins Ave. #719 why it's so important to me. That's why I care. Miami Beach, FL 33140 Because even the loss of one can affect the multitude. Quida Jacobs Joris Hines 1220 Marseille 1357 S. Banana River Dr. Miami Beach, FL 33141 Merritt Island, FL 32952 Lynore Reiseck The ocean and everything in it is crucial to our 1 Century Lane survival. It is time we start preserving the Miami Beach, FL 33139 planet and stop destroying it. Judy Albury Frederick Sall, Esq. 6770 Sw 50 Ter 5715 North Bay Road Miami, FL 33155 Miami Beach, FL 33140

Raya Engler Jerry Spetsieris 16150 Ne 13 Ave. 6515 Collins Ave Miami, FL 33162 Miami Beach, FL 33141

Stephanie M Lewis Lynn Hafter 1348 Nw 95Th St Apt 201 18545 Nw 23 Ct Miami, FL 33147-3348 Miami Gardens, FL 33056

Scott Logan The tendency among the fishermen and their 1001 Brickell Bay Dr governing councils is to fish, fish, fish without Miami, FL 33131 regard as to whether the fish will continue to exist. The food chain must continue to be the Angel Pendas overriding principle if life in the oceans is to 5351 Sw 3 St. exist. Miami, FL 33134 Melinda Ramsey 265 Melinda Ln Bob Senko Monticello, FL 32344 7053 Sw 53Rd Lane Miami, FL 33155 Tamara Gossard 1961 Sunshine Blvd. Apt.2 Ann Stetser Naples, FL 34116 1700 Nw N River Dt Miami, FL 33125 Everyone should be concerned about saving as many species as possible. This particular one is an important part of the food chain. With so

Ocean River Institute ~ 12 Eliot Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 ~ www.oceanriver.org ~ tel: 617 621-6647 37 There is hope if responsible and caring people do the next right thing NOW. Carson Martin, Richmond, VA Save Atlantic Sea Herring letter signed by 2,443 individuals I've been to the ocean. I like it. Let's keep it that way. O. Ruiz, Clifton, NJ many more people eating fish, they also have to Barbara Schwartz have something to sustain them. Logical 3827 Ne 17Th Street Circle thinking is all it takes to know how essential Ocala, FL 34470 Herring are. Robert Wolf Thomas Woodson 1705 Gordon Dr 707 Carmen Drive Naples, FL 34102 Ocoee, FL 34761

Darlene Wolf Danielle Giroux 1705 Gordon Dr 1802 Azalea Ct. Naples, FL 34102 Oldsmar, FL 34677

We all must be stewarts of our planet and it's Cecelia Nelson the right thing to do. 2495 Countryside Dr Annette Long Orange City, FL 32763 9807 Navarre Parkway # 5 Navarre, FL 32566 Paola Maino 955 Oak Chase Dr Celia Jacobs Orlando, FL 32828 3867 Lighthouse Way New Port Richey, FL 34652 Rebecca Ryan 7651 Aprilwood Ct where would we, humans be without our most Orlando, FL 32819 important foods. Just think about the consumer fish fisheries without anything to eat. That April Wilk comes right back to our having less seafood 11428 Banner Court #3105 also. r8dmarshall Orlando, FL 32821 David Marshall 5834 Otis Dr. Samantha Turetsky New Port Richey, FL 34652 608 John Anderson Drive Ormond Beach, FL 32176 Colleen Mcglone 3540 Hartland Dr Herring are important to the health and survival New Port Richey, FL 34655 of many different fish populations. The health of all of those fish populations affects the health All fish are an important part of the ecosystem. and well being of communities near and far. Colonel Meyer Tom Caine 3701 Eagle Pass Street Po Box 1151 North Port, FL 34286 Osprey, FL 34229

Kristina Harper Tricia Holliday 1818 E Oakland Park Blvd 489 Lakepark Oakland Park, FL 33306-1136 Oviedo, FL 32765

Deborah Long Sharon Barry 12290 Sw 16 Th Ave 287 San Marino Rd Sw Ocala, FL 34483 Palm Bay, FL 32908-3332

L. Reeves It's an integral part of our connected ecosystem 89Th Street with a delicate balance. Ocala, FL 34476 Maureen Burke 16 Lexington Lane West Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33418

Ocean River Institute ~ 12 Eliot Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 ~ www.oceanriver.org ~ tel: 617 621-6647 38 There is hope if responsible and caring people do the next right thing NOW. Carson Martin, Richmond, VA Save Atlantic Sea Herring letter signed by 2,443 individuals I've been to the ocean. I like it. Let's keep it that way. O. Ruiz, Clifton, NJ

Bonnie Stelzenmuller Pinellas Park, FL 33782 1565 Alligator Dr. Panacea , FL 32346 Barbara Hromada 433 N.E. 24Th Avenue Kate Mullan Pompano Beach, FL 33062 6415 Lakeshore Dr. Panama City, FL 32404 They're important. Stewart Rosenkrantz Without krill larger fish will move toward 2319 Se 9Th St. extinction. Without krill we will have few Pompano Beach, FL 33062 options of fish protein/oil that is not already contaminated with mercury and heavy metals. Judith Peter Theodore Bahn 2184 Pellam Blvd 428 Childers St Port Charlotte, FL 33948 Pensacola, FL 32534-9630 Barry Eshkol Adelman Just as people exist off of meat, larger animals 5400 S Williamson Blvd #6-202 do so also. If there is no food for animals then Port Orange, FL 32128 there will soon be no food for people. Ginger Brewer Rachel Jett 1024 Willow Lake Circle 1017 Fox Trace Ct Pensacola, FL 32506 Port Orange, FL 32127

Katrina Gergely This important fish is vital to the ocean's eco- 5135 Crestwood Dr system and must be managed appropriately. Pensacola, FL 32503 Andrea White 4319 Cape San Blas Road Nancy Houseknecht Port Saint Joe, FL 32456 4575 Treeline Drive Pensacola, FL 32504 Because so much sea life depends on this source. We need to help our oceans and ocean First Tucker life or it will all die. The ocean is in danger and Po Box 18362 in a terrible state now. Just because you see the Pensacola, FL 32523 ocean and big, blue and unlimited, what is going on below is a disaster. From the bleached out Lynn Westlake coral, and wrecked reefs(from dredging 2299 Scenic Hwy machines, careless shipping, millions of tons of Pensacola, FL 32503 sewage dumped by ocean cruise ships, oil spills,harmful chemicals being dumped.... Vera Jarrett People, CORPORATIONS, governments need to 9621, Sw 62 Court drastically change laws, before it is too late. Pinecrest, FL 33156 Karen Guilliams 1116 Se Puritan Lane Benjamin Joannou Jr Port Saint Lucie, FL 34983 6401 Sw 134 Drive Pinecrest, FL 33156 Mike Lehew 2114 Sw Gailwood St. Susan Brown Port Saint Lucie, FL 34987 66063 Cambridge Road N Pinellas Park, FL 33782 Linda Perrigoue 16100 2Nd Street East David Gregersen Redington Beach, FL 33808 8956 59Th Street N

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Please commit to using the earth's resources Andrea Barlow wisely. We must support the food chain and not 10402 Blossom Lake Drive over fish any species. Seminole, FL 33772 Heather Mack 877 Brunswick Lane I believe that the US fishery needs to ban the Rockledge, FL 32955 current quota of fish in the ocean period. We are over exploiting the entire ecosystem as is Robert Keiser sits now. We need a minimum of a 6 month ban 6131 Sw 85 St. and more preferably a 1 year ban on fisheries. S. Miami, FL 33143 Larry Gullick 8287 138Th Street N Renee Madera Levine Seminole, FL 33776 13751 Stirling Rd. S.W. Ranches, FL 33330 Leticia Malagon 201 Cordova Greens Dena Garcia Seminole, FL 33777 4805 Citrus Oak Lane Saint Cloud, FL 34771 Barbara Jannicelli 6305 Alderwood Street Allan Ryan Spring Hill, FL 34606 5563 Whispering Woods Pt Sanford, FL 32771-7186 Lindsay Johnson 941 S. Forest Creek Dr. Linda Jennings St. Augustine, FL 32092 1398 Middle Gulf Dr Unit B Sanibel, FL 33957 Whitney Watters 24 Ribieria St Kelley Anderson St. Augustine, FL 32084 6903 Superior St Sarasota, FL 34243 Donna Thomas 1250 Kelly At My husband and I enjoy eating fish, and want St. Cloud , FL 34771 fisheries protected so our children and grandchildren will be able to enjoy fish as well. YES Wendy Berry Vaughn N. Anderson 3966 Losillias Drive 6205 Shoreline Drive, Apt 1101 Sarasota, FL 34238 St. Petersburg, FL 33708

Scot Kurth Judith Costello 8121 Landmark Ln 5254 32Nd Ter., North Sarasota, FL 34241 St. Petersburg, FL 33710

Alex Macchi Anne Henry 1255 N. Gulfstream Ave. #1402 1293 75Th Ave N Sarasota, FL 34236 St. Petersburg, FL 34208

Suzanne Murphy-Larronde Really all fish effect each other, but these are 7149 Del Lago Drive central to larger predators we like to eat, too, Sarasota, FL 34238

Ocean River Institute ~ 12 Eliot Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 ~ www.oceanriver.org ~ tel: 617 621-6647 40 There is hope if responsible and caring people do the next right thing NOW. Carson Martin, Richmond, VA Save Atlantic Sea Herring letter signed by 2,443 individuals I've been to the ocean. I like it. Let's keep it that way. O. Ruiz, Clifton, NJ and for whales we love. Without a healthy 6716 Nw 62Nd Street ocean, we all suffer. Tamarac, FL 33321 Mark Holmgren 427 A 40Th Ave. S. Don Berk St. Petersburg, FL 33705 4001 S. Westshore Blvd #1609 Tampa, FL 33611 Don Margeson 439 Tennessee Ave. Ne Nancy Lowell St. Petersburg, FL 33702 11717 North Drive Tampa, FL 33617 Shannon Minor 567 52 Avenue North I care deeply about all non-human species. St. Petersburg, FL 33703 Lisa Mazzola 1723 Followthru Drive Donald Shaw Tampa, FL 33612 1906 Hawaii Ave St. Petersburg, FL 33703-3418 Norma Molina 3016 W. Aileen St. An appropriate control rule for Atlantic herring Tampa, FL 33607-1941 should: Leave a large buffer between the OFL (overfishing limit) and ABC (acceptable biological Sharon Mowery catch) to account for scientific uncertainty It 5808 N Gomez Ave should establish a target biomass that is at or Tampa , FL 33614 above 75% of the virgin biomass It should establish a cut-off biomass limit at or above Suzy Siegmann 40% of the virgin biomass, like the one used for 212 Forest Park Ave. Antarctic krill, Alaska herring, and US west coast Temple Terrace, FL 33617-4133 sardine and mackerel It should set a maximum fishing rate that corresponds to 50% FMSY or They are a vital cog in the food chain - without 50% of natural mortality (M), whichever is them, the balance will be interrupted. smaller It should adjust catch annually as the Paul Verzosa estimated population size increases or decreases 7913 Tangerine Dr It should end fishing if the cut-off biomass limit Temple Terrace, FL 33637 is reached Irena Franchi Elizabeth Denning 301 174 St 2206 1275 Chamberlain Court Sunny Isles Beach, FL 33160 The Villages, FL 32162

I support conservation measures outlined above. George Craciun Thank you. 12811 Flint Creek Road Sue Evans Thonotosassa, FL 33592-2660 9019 Chayes Ct Tallahassee, FL 32309 Paul Schmalzer 2829 Mourning Dove Way Emily Miralles Titusville, FL 32780 1624 Cherry Hill Ln Tallahassee, FL 32312 Babette Bruton 12470 6Th St. E. John Raymaker Treasure Island, FL 33706 2603 Nap Bonaparte Tallahassee, FL 32308 Elizabeth Scherbak 565 Urbana Rd Ben Arnold Venice, FL 34293

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Our oceans are dying. Please protect the Gale Variot diversity of life that is left. 1736 Homestead Ave Jenny Bramlette Atlanta, GA 30306 5909 Estes Ln Wesley Chapel, FL 33545 Charles Connolly 1824 Lexington Carlton Rd. We all should care as the sea is the only place Carlton, GA 30627 on the planet we can get food. It starts with the plankton and goes up to humans.We have to be Cara Schmidt good shepards!! 3919 Market Street Steven Christensen Clarkston, GA 30021 5409 Mesa Trail West Palm Beach, FL 33405 Louise Rose Blume 198 Keith Rd. Danielle Rice Clermont, GA 30527 824 Miles Av Winter Park, FL 32789 Holly Holtrop 350 Thomason Rd. Dinorah Hall Cleveland, GA 30528 Po Box 3108 Albany, GA 31708 Debbie Montgomery 44 Madison St. Elizabeth Clouspy Danielsville, GA 30633 263 Silverwood Court Athens, GA 30605 Carol Faucett 1638 Church St They are a very important part of the ocean's Decatur, GA 30033 foodchain. Marianne Parr The fish is exceedingly important to the 145 Buena Vista Ave ecosystem. Athens, GA 30601 Susan Spencer Po Box 538

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Douglasville, GA 30133 1201 Bay St. Tybee Island, GA 31328 Tamara Shurling 2553 Courthouse Road Laurence Skirvin Guyton, GA 31312 1507 Syble Dr Villa Rica, GA 30180 Vernon And Mary Joyce Dixon 6217 Upper Hightower Rd Maintaining ecosystems is always important and Hiawassee, GA 30546 we should all care. Tebias Brookins Marco Pardi 470 Raymond Dr. 2195 Sandown Court Winder, GA 30680 Lawrenceville, GA 30043 Sustainability is the key to a sustainable Laura Park ecosystem..,pretty basic stuff. 1619 Country Walk Trail David Adam Lawrenceville, GA 30043 66-779 Haleiwa Rd Baleiwa, HI 96712 Michelle Bourg 1082 Boardwalk Place They are an important part of the food chain .. Lawrenceville , GA 30044 plus like all living creatures, they have the right to exist. We must let homeostasis occur, to balance the Jeannine Moore entire ecosystem. 88-508 Papa Bay Dr. Lori Ugolik Captain Cook, HI 96704 618 Shurling Dr Macon, GA 31211 Terence Travis 91-999 La'Aulu St. Cynthia Patterson Ewa Beach, HI 96706 3122 Enfield Point Marietta, GA 30068 Noenoe Barney-Campbell 2445 B Pauoa Rd All fish are part of our ecosystem mechanism for Honolulu, HI 96813-1379 survival. Fred Nadelman I do not want the only life left in the oceans to 1825 East Gwinnett Street be jellyfish. Savannah, GA 31404-1852 L. M. Holmes 215 N. King St. #910 A cornerstone species is vital to ecosystem Honolulu, HI 96817 survival. Dennis Stansell Sandy Ma 404 Happy Hollow Circle 2101 Nuuanu Ave. Suches, GA 30572 Honolulu, HI 96817

Robert Sanders Having wiped out the preferred top predator 103 Villa Rosa Ridge fishes in the sea, we are poised now to Temple, GA 30179 mismanage yet another fishery to destroy a fish at the base of many ecological webs -so The balance in the oceans is so supremely dooming any chance, however dim, for the fish thrown off by overfishing. It is not too late to do populations to ever recover from this double something but that will not be true for that wammy- witness the return of Cnidaria (jellyfish) much longer. to an ocean empty of competitors. Muriel Lindsay Javier Mendez

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1326B Alewa Dr. Cedar Rapids, IA 52402 Honolulu, HI 96817-1200 Marya Zanders We need to properly manage our oceans 407 E Walnut resources so that we may all share its resources. Centerville, IA 52544 Alex Oshiro 1920 Kahakai Dr. Brooks Obr Honolulu, HI 96814-4820 2161 Brown Deer Road Coralville, IA 52241 These fish are a very important part of a balanced and healthy ecosystem!!! We need to Kay Steinauer save them to save the ocean ecosystem!!! 416 Benson Street Shari Grounds Council Bluffs, IA 51501 Po Box 1265 Kailua, HI 96734 Molly Moriarty 730 Valley View Dr Yolanda Clay Council Bluffs , IA 51503 74-5602 Alapa St., Pmb 986 Kailua Kona, HI 96740-3105 Deke Gliem 14286 141St Street Teri King Dawson, IA 500666 74-5098 Ho'Oloa St. Kailua Kona, HI 96740 Mark Soenksen 2503 340Th Ave Susan Rubin De Witt, IA 52742 Po Box 420 Kilauea, HI 96754 Anna Gannon 4016 E 28Th Street Jacqui Skill Des Moines, IA 50317 3875 Lwr Honoapiilani Lahaina, HI 96761 Jody Gibson 317 E. Wall Ave. Nina Monasevitch Des Moines, IA 50315 4457 Laukini Rd. Lihue, HI 96766 Jo Anna Hebberger 701 56Th Street Mary True Des Moines, IA 50312 Po Box 1020 Pepeekeo, HI 96783 Protect our herring fish from destruction Lynnette Lane So many fish depend on the herring. If the 4004 University supply can't keep up with the demand, the Des Moines, IA e50311 ocean and our own food supply will suffer. Tia Pearson Brandi Mccauley Po Box 861697 6215 Woodland Road Wahiawa, HI 96786 Des Moines, IA 50312

Dan Meier Frank Belcastro 924 West 12Th St. 285 North Grandview Avenue Cedar Falls, IA 50613 Dubuque, IA 52001-6327

Inara Powers The oceans are overfished and polluted. Fish 2453 Kilimanjaro Dr., N.E. stocks are much lower than what is considered

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Herring are important for the food chain. those species who have relied on herring as a Brian Gorra food source. And, as more species disappear, 197 Gregory St., Apt. 13 our own existence becomes less certain. Aurora, IL 60504 Gene Campbell 2811 Woodhaven Drive Because ALL life is important! Champaign, IL 61822 Lynn Juozilaitis 1452 Mcclure Rd. Apt. 1452 Paul Cook Aurora, IL 60505-3887 22340 S Deal Ave. Channahon, IL 60410 Michelle Lenz 430 Vaughn Circle Carol Smith Aurora, IL 60502 26219 West Tallgrass Trail Channahpn, IL 60410 Rachel Whelan 190 Old Sutton Road Robert Anderson Barrington, IL 60010 1226 S. State St. Chicago, IL 60605 Christy Kurtz 841 Prairie Ave Max Barack Bartlett, IL 60103 3906 North Greenview Avenue Unit 2 Chicago, IL 60613 Sara Demari 271 Lorraine Cir. Every species of fish is important to our eco Bloomingdale, IL 60108-2550 system and the earth. Herrings have every right to live, just as much as the ignorant humans Audra Soulias who are trying to kill them. WORLD WITHOUT 299 Cardinal Drive PEOPLE - UTOPIA!!!!! Bloomingdale, IL 60108 Terri Barreras 6124 W. Melrose St. Diane Vandiver Chicago, IL 60634 530 Princeton Dr Bolingbrook, IL 60440 Patricia Canterbury 5525 S Richmond Donna Barrett Chicago, IL 60629 250 Manor Drive Buffalo Grove, IL 60089 Dina Frigo 2911 N Western Scott Sebastian Chicago, IL 60618 8040 Greenbriar Court Burr Ridge, IL 60527-8020 Herring needs to be saved because otherwise there'd be a collapse in the food chain. Mike Dotson Debra Gleason 102 Anderson St., Apt. B 5700 W. Grace St Carterville, IL 62918 Chicago, IL 60634

Herring are critical in supporting diverse Barrett Goldflies ecosystems on land and sea. I hope we have 4824 W Balmoral Ave learned from past mistakes and work toward Chicago, IL 60630 ensuring a sustainable herring population. There are many uncertainties, but there is one Ed Gould certainty, the disappearance of a robust herring 3323 N Paulina 3E population will have serious negative effects on Chicago, IL 60657

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Mike Haaw Healthy oceans are vital to the planets survival 1400 S Michigan Ave Alene Shaull Chicago, IL 60605 6212 S Kilkenny Dr Crystal Lake, IL 60014 Michael Lahey 1504 W Farwell Ave, #3 Joan Mccormick Chicago, IL 60626 3103 Open Gate Road Crystal Lake , IL 60012 Nancy Mcadam 6905 W. Hobart Av Wyman Whipple Chicago, IL 60631 1427 Knox Hwy 12 Dahinda, IL 61428 Mark Porter 2841 N Keating Ave Patricia Chelmecki Chicago, IL 60641 4N696 Council Ct Elburn, IL 60119 Mike Rigoli 10709 S Artesian Sharon Uzzle Chicago, IL 60655 1505 Reed Eldorado, IL 62930 Joy Schochet 828 W. George A. J. Chicago, IL 60657 548 Sheridan Road Evanston, IL 60202 If we allow the collapse of the herring population, then what other fish species will be Janice Macdonald next? 1427 Greenleaf St. James Schroeder Evanston, IL 60202 2056 West 21St St Chicago, IL 60608 Dana Pearl 1426 Mulford St Steve Schueth Evanston , IL 60202 3600 North Lake Shore Drive Chicago, IL 60613 Kate Harder 1N186 Main Street Jj Smythe Glen Ellyn, IL 60137 2806 Wilson Ave. Chicago, IL 60625 Lisa Klepek 108 S Milton Ave Merrie Thornburg Glen Ellyn, IL 60137 6311 N Wayne Chicago, IL 60660 Jenifer Hartman 1603 Imperial Dr David Ulibarri Glenview, IL 60026 6032 North Oriole Avenue Chicago, IL 60631-3829 Jeffrey Sanders 1577 Winnetka Rd I care because they are living beings and Glenview, IL 60025 deserve the right to live in a clean safe place. Leslie Zerman Kay Trevarthen 655 W. Irving Park Rd. #1208 1256 Tinkerway Chicago, IL 60613 Glenview, IL 60025-2908

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Michelle Lord I feel any creature on earth that can be saved 8639 S 87Th Ave should be saved, the Atlantic Sea Herring being Justice, IL 60458-2027 one of them. They were here first! Lisa Keim Yvonne White 5940 W. 87Th Place 8169 White Lane Oak Lawn, IL 60453 Kinmundy, IL 62854 Beverly Conroy Susan Klein 739 S. Elmwood Av 1208 Lisa Circle Oak Park, IL 60304 Libertyville, IL 60048 Diane Fascione No nation or people have the right to destroy 528 Woodbine Ave what was passed to us by prior generations. It is Oak Park, IL 60302 for the common good that we maintain specie survival. Marie Perkins Buzz Alpert 250B S. Maple Avenue Apt. 7 7220 N. Keeler Ave Oak Park, IL 60302 Lincolonwood, IL 60712-2021 Barry Rabichow important part of our ecosystem 435 N Oak Park Ave #1 Dorothy Battle Oak Park, IL 60302-2122 6088 Brookline Curt Lisle, IL 60532 William Kavanagh 710 S Oak Park Ave Tina Brenza Oak Park , IL 60304-1216 6693 Buckhorn Trail Loves Park, IL 61111 Laurence Buckingham 1400 S Ashland Av Mary Tulloch Park Ridge, IL 60068 14031 W Bruns Manhattan, IL 60442 Yvette Richey 1438 East Lake Avenue Mariko Kaonohi Peoria, IL 61614 3716-214Th Street Matteson, IL 60443 Kat Klahn

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708 Royal Lane to be able to see the wildlife for the rest of their Peotone, IL 60468 lives and their children lives. Rebecca Taylor Linda Townill 302 N 4Th St 24037 W Oak St Clinton, IN 47842 Plainfield, IL 60544 Terrance Hadd Olga Abella 321 Hoffman Court Apt. 2 B 12129 N 675Th St Crown Point , IN 46307 Robinson, IL 62454 Mary Tarallo Eric Goldspiel 10331 N 1000 W 5400 Carriage Way Drive #203 Demotte, IN 46310-9492 Rolling Meadows, IL 60008 James Jachimiak Cecelia Samp 835 S. Old Us 31 Lot 46 4265 Emerson Ave Franklin, IN 46131 Schiller Park, IL 60176 Because this something we can correct just by Stacy Lang doing the right thing. 708 South Bluff Street Michael Mccartin South Beloit, IL 61080 6735 West Canal Pointe Lane Ft. Wayne, IN 46804 Michael Weaver 1636 South Third Place Dani Payne St. Charles, IL 60174 5014 Golfview Dr Ft. Wayne, IN 46818 The ecosystem is worth protecting and these fish play an important part in that ecosystem. Joyce Niksic We must act now to protect them -- and others 7429 Woodmar Ave. -- before it is too late! Hammond, IN 46323 Susan Masaracchia-Roberts 1111 Swinburne Place Vicky Forrest Vernon Hills, IL 60061 9832 Haverstick Rd Indianapolis, IN 46280 Janet Ostrowski P.O.Box 815 Liz Garratt Waukegan, IL 60079 10270 Noble Ct Indianapolis, IN 46234 Lynn Pearson 1230 Anthony Road Carol Hatfield Wheeling, IL 60090 2306 Lawrence Ave Indianapolis, IN 46227 Paul Eisenberg 1005 S. Hawthorne Drive Bruce Hlodnicki Bloomington, IN 47401 6235 Lawrence Dr. Indianapolis, IN 46226 Antonia Matthew 1307 S. Grant St. Keith Myers Bloomington, IN 47401 2254 Union Street Indianapolis, IN 46225-1933 I care because I believe all animals fish wildlife deserve to be saved. I want my grandchildren William Ryerson

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5540 Oles Dr N Indianapolis, IN 46228-2226 Marilyn Olson 1903 Thalia Ct. Keelan Smith Valparaiso, IN 46383 8818 Powderhorn Ln Indianapolis, IN 46256 Marilyn Olson 1903 Thalia Ct Diane Winkler Valparaiso , IN 46383 710 Clay St Jasper, IN 47546 Joseph Hoess 11183 Pottawatomie Trail Judith Beltz Walkerton, IN 46574 810 E Street La Porte, IN 46350 Tina Risley 17220 Meggs Street Russ Cross Westfield, IN 46062 411 N. Washington St. Box 309 Ladoga, IN 47954 Rosemary Harris 7722 Haskins Street Cathy Gianikos Lenexa, KS 66216 510 Bailliere Dr. Martinsville, IN 46151 Kathe Garbrick 2944 Keats Ave Marion Tidwell Manhattan, KS 66503 3330 W 78Th Place Merrillville, IN 46410 Cammy Colton 15282 Newton Drive The herring is a vital part of marine ecology. It Overland Park, KS 66223 needs to be saved for that reason, and that is reason enough. James H. Fitch Debra Davino Patzer Po Box 26566 1316 Margaret Avenue Overland Park, KS 66225-6566 Mishawaka, IN 46545 Marilyn Logan Anne Ryan Miller 5002 W 69 Ter Po Box 566 Prairie Village, KS 66208 Nashville, IN 47448 Sybil Roberts Jared Collins 219 N.Iowa 17544 Fleetwood Ln Riley, KS 66531 South Bend, IN 46635 Daviann Mcclurg Marta Francis 2036 Harold Ave 21194 Kern Road Salina, KS 67401 South Bend, IN 466145055 The health of the ocean impacts the health of James Sipocz the entire globe. 26700 Darden Rd Celia Daniels South Bend, IN 46628 1521 Sw College Ave. Topeka, KS 66604 Susan Anduskey 401 S. 350 W. Marsha King Valparaiso, IN 46385 2525 Sw Belle Ave

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Topeka, KS 66614 Diane Lewis Jane Neave 70 Colony Trail Drive 2008 N Westridge Dr Mandeville, LA 70448 Wichita, KS 67203 Sharon Chang I love herring and the rest of the sea animals 228 Sunrise Dr too. Marrero, LA 70072 Sheila Roddy 10402 W. Cora St. The stocks of this fish are crucial to the Wichita, KS 67205-7502 wellbeing of many other species. Linda Carroll Robert Mitchell 390 Audubon St. Apt. D 123 Sherman Avenue New Orleans, LA 70118-4951 Lexington, KY 40502 If we don't act now, we will soon have depleted Robert Slomer ocean resources to such extent that many 524 Mccubbing Dr. species will not be recoverable. Lexington, KY 40503 Maria Kalousi 142 Huntlee Dr David Wimsatt New Orleans, LA 70131 8103 Turnberry Drive Louisville , KY 40291 John Thornton 66239 Highway 1058 Sherry Hodskins Roseland, LA 70456 4860 State Route 142 Philpot, KY 42366 Bethany Bradshaw 1437-Greenwood St. Every fish loss has an effect on the lives of other Slidell, LA 70458 fish and marine life. We need to save them all. Patricia Nazzaro Striped bass, bluefish, tuna, whales, birds, and 10020 Calava Court other marine life leave an area when there are Union, KY 41091 insufficient herring to prey on. The whales – humpback, fin, minke, and bryde’s – also eat Max Magbee herring. Feeding whales and plunge-diving 715 Drehr Ave gannets allows for happier whale watchers, Baton Rouge, LA 70806 resulting more robust local economies: rounding up herring in in bubble nets rounds up financial Common sense and simple decency. gains for the businesses. Patrick Percy Everett Halligan 5511Moorstone Drive 210 Provosty Drive Baton Rouge, LA 70820 Slidell, LA 70461

Marc Fried Ed Hammerli Pobox 1235 618 St. Philip Braithewaite, LA 70040 Thibodaux, LA 70301

The web of life. Interconnection. Not one Katherine Glatter without the other(s). 535 West St. Joseph Vincent Amherst, MA 01002 509 Third Avenue Harvey, LA 70058 Healthy herring populations are vital to the health of other marine species.

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Sarah Mckee to effectively manage Atlantic sea herring.Save 9 Chadwick Ct Atlantic Sea Herring important because the Amherst, MA 01002-2825 ocean and hearings do support the living creatures and fisheries. like, Striped bass, Karen Martakos bluefish, tuna, whales, birds, and other marine 43 Massachusetts Ave. #2 life leave an area when there are insufficient Arlington, MA 02474 herring to prey on. Maria Celia Hernandez 4-23-2014 Robert Foley 54 Orleans St. Apt. 317 33 Water Street Fl 2 Boston, MA 02128 Attleboro, MA 02703 Domenico Mastrototaro Atlantic herring are the baseline food for many 30 Fayette Street other fish, so maintaining healthy herring Boston, MA 02116 populations is crucial to the survival of other fish and marine animals. Dawn Passerini Linda Howe 1230 Soldiers Field Road 66 Selwyn Rd. Boston, MA 02135 Belmont, MA 02478 Toni Siegrist Deborah Spencer 12 Commonwealth Avenue 12 Newport Drive Boston, MA 02116 Billerica, MA 01821 Brian Gingras The herring is at the bottom of the food chain, 52 Bradford Commons Lane so its decline will adversely affect all the fish and Braintree, MA 02184 sea mammals above it, including the commercially important ones. Harming herring All life counts!! harms all of us who eat seafood. Annmarie O'Toole Brenda Troup 41 Arborway Drive 21 Meadow Road Braintree, MA 02184-2332 Bolton, MA 01740 Ghazale Jamsheed This fish is critical to ecosystem health and is 145 Parsons Street under threat from overfishing. Our oceans Brighton, MA 02135 health and that of many other fish depend on the herring's health. Maria Sagardua Joel Anderson Western Ave 1115 Trinity Dr Brighton, MA 02135 Boston, MA 02216 Chris Fitzpatrick Susan Anderson 29 Colleen Dr 249 A Street #43 Brockton, MA 02301 Boston, MA 02210 Stephanie Clark B. Coniglio 135 Rice Corner Road Pob 15281 Brookfield, MA 01506 Boston, MA 02215 Sharon Koogler Save Atlantic Sea Herring Dear Councilors, 91 Chestnut St. Gentleman and Ladies Today , We urge the Brookline, MA 02445 New England Fisheries Management Council to use an Ecosystem Based Management approach Bob Bousquet

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Sea Herring is a critical feedstock for all Chester Brezniak commercially important fisheries. They must be 37 Airport Road protected. Dudley, MA 01571 Andrew Held 102 Appleton Street Without herring innumerable other species also Cambridge, MA 02138 can not survive. Its time to wake up and start using precautionary models of management. How can we not care? We have to save the Haven't things been pushed to the limit already. world's fisheries. No more time for mistakes Dean Johnson Louise Kane 30 Agassiz St. 18 Beach Plum Lane Cambridge, MA 02140 Eastham , MA 02642

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I care about all the fish in the sea s that are Frank Pilholski being overfished and threatening the eco- 1 Nixon Rd system dynamics. Framingham, MA 01701 Sarah Stewart 207 Appleton Street Eric Stevenson Cambridge, MA 02138 17 Amburg Street Georgetown, MA 01833 Lauren Eaton 25 Pine Susan Richardson Canton, MA 02021 5 Beachmont Ave Gloucester, MA 01930 we need to save the resources of food naturally for animal consumption to preserve a healthy Christine Guerrero wildlife 5 Elm Court Dr Shaheena Qureshi Great Barrington, MA 01230 250Hammond Pond Parkway Chestnut Hill, MA 02467 Many other fish and mammals depend on herring and they shouldn't be gobbled up by Deborah Coviello greedy corporations 27 Colonial Dr Lana And Richard Israel Clinton, MA 01510 P.O. Box 913 Great Barrington, MA 01230 WE need to keep the species in balance. That is our God Given responsibility! Paula Myles Rebecca Tippens 163 Main Street 68 Van Nuys Rd Harwich, MA 02645 Colrain, MA 01340 Nancy Burger Cris Van Dyke 35 Lafayette Sq

Ocean River Institute ~ 12 Eliot Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 ~ www.oceanriver.org ~ tel: 617 621-6647 53 There is hope if responsible and caring people do the next right thing NOW. Carson Martin, Richmond, VA Save Atlantic Sea Herring letter signed by 2,443 individuals I've been to the ocean. I like it. Let's keep it that way. O. Ruiz, Clifton, NJ

Haverhill, MA 01832 It is an important part of our ecosystem. We should care about everything from our Dawn M. Bertelli ocean fish to our river fish. They all have a part 70 Golden Hill Road Box 36 in our ecology. Lenox Dale, MA 01242 Nancy Gates Golden Hill Ave This is one of if not the most important fish at Haverhill, MA 01830-6501 the base of the Atlantic seafood pyramid, and is critical to the continuing health of the seafood Andi Gibson industry in our region. 77 Norwood Ter Herbert Korn Holyoke, MA 01040 9 Henderson Rd. Lexington, MA 02420 Dennis Rogers 147 Williamsville Road Leslie Lamb Hubbardston, MA 01452 187 Ocean St Lynn, MA 01902 Stacy Hortaridis 396 Nantasket Ave. John Concannon Hull, MA 02045 4 Putney Lane Lynnfield, MA 01940 The ocean has a balance and by having too little or too much of any given species upsets that As a person who enjoys the bounty of seafood balance. Our oceans and their inhabitants are n and fish our oceans provide us, knowing that trouble because of human activity and so it is up fish at the beginning of the food chain are vital to humans to fix that imbalance. I strongly urge to that bounty is a big concern. I think everyone that the guidelines put forth here be followed for should be concerned when decimation of these the sake of the New England waters and those fish stocks threaten fish and mammal who live in them. populations we depend on. Kate Kenner Debbie Dominguez 31 Woodman St. 885 Salem St. Jamaica Plain, MA 02130 Malden, MA 02148

I recognize the importance of herring in the food Maureen Mccarthy chain which supports our fishing industry and so 32 South St many other species. Marblehead, MA 01945 Bob Weber 2 Alden St Robert Berry Kingston, MA 02364 41 Mill St.#213 Marion, MA 02738 balance in our oceans are essential. Lisa Natale Jean Sim 22 Cabot Road Avalon Dr Lawrence, MA 01843 Marlboro, MA 01752

Leslie G Baker Fred Kozak 161 West Street 19 Waters Edge Lenox, MA 01240-0777 Marstons Mills, MA 02648

Kathleen Medina So Allen Po Box 1944 90 Grey Hawk Drive Lenox , MA 01240 Mashpee, MA 02649

Ocean River Institute ~ 12 Eliot Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 ~ www.oceanriver.org ~ tel: 617 621-6647 54 There is hope if responsible and caring people do the next right thing NOW. Carson Martin, Richmond, VA Save Atlantic Sea Herring letter signed by 2,443 individuals I've been to the ocean. I like it. Let's keep it that way. O. Ruiz, Clifton, NJ

Alice Mcgough Fishing policies need to be pro-active and not 16 Nohono Rd after the damage is done. Mashpee, MA 02649 Valerie Clark 18 Damon Rd We care because substantial data and research Needham, MA 02494 has not been conclusive in investigating the full effects of the bp oil spill on all the species Eli Barrett affected both immediate and in the near future. 17 Arch St We need to be watching constantly and with New Bedford, MA 02740-3632 more scrutiny, any imbalance here is devastating for generations of these and many Jane Vieira species in the future. 75 1/2 Atlantic St. Carol Wynne New Bedford, MA 02740 Po Box 974 Mashpee, MA 02649 As the world heats up, it becomes increasingly clear that Human survival depends more and Dee Morris more upon Biodiversity, which dwindles daily. 39 Russell Street Vanessa Mcclinchy Medford, MA 02155 34 Court St. Apt 1 Newton, MA 02458 If the Atlantic herring decline it will have a devastating effect on the ecosystem. We must Danielle Miele do what we can to avoid that. 252 Winter St Pilar Quintana North Andover, MA 01845 46 Lorenzo Circle Methuen, MA 01844 Michelle Collar 127 High St Stephen Battis North Attleboro , MA 02760 Po Box 221 Middleboro, MA 02346 Debra Nimetz 75 Pantry Road Desiree M Johnson North Hatfield, MA 01066 5 Walnut St 1A Middleboro, MA 02346 Casey Mushkin Haverhill St Lu Haner North Reading, MA 01864 9 Sherman Rd. Millis, MA 02054 Clifford Phillips 176 Main Street Jacob Litoff Northfield, MA 01360 58 Union St. Millis, MA 02054 Charles Patterson 178 Tiffany Road Jonathan Gottlieb Norwell, MA 02061-2722 4 Greenwood Rd Natick, MA 01760 I live on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean and am quite concerned about overfishing. The long Sybil Schlesinger term picture is bleak if we don't act now. 22 Rockland Street Ellen Callahan Natick, MA 01760 1 Lark St Peabody , MA 01960

Ocean River Institute ~ 12 Eliot Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 ~ www.oceanriver.org ~ tel: 617 621-6647 55 There is hope if responsible and caring people do the next right thing NOW. Carson Martin, Richmond, VA Save Atlantic Sea Herring letter signed by 2,443 individuals I've been to the ocean. I like it. Let's keep it that way. O. Ruiz, Clifton, NJ

Sharon, MA 02067-2853 I care about the earth. I care about the future of my children and grandchildren. The earth is Please give due consideration to this petition as so beautiful and I pray that people will see that it concerns the viability of the entire ecosystem because the earth is holy. and not just the survival of this one species. Laura Lawrence Alice Cheang Lawrence St. 88 Goulding Street West Pepperell, MA 01463 Sherborn, MA 01770

John Larochelle Gail Fleischaker 59 Euclid Ave 62 West Pelham Road Pittsfield, MA 01201 Shutesbury, MA 01072

Andrew Woitkoski Shariann Lewitt 35 Kensington Ave 110 Porter St. Pittsfield, MA 01201 Somerville, MA 02143

Jennifer Gitschier We're risking the collapse of the food chain. 7 Oak Dr Joseph Belisle Plainville, MA 02762 17 Mountain View St. South Hadley, MA 01075 Ashley Curtin 4 Ashley Street Because this matters and it is the right thing to Plymouth, MA 02360 do. Karen Vayda Michael Riley 4 Donna Marie Way 20 Canton Rd Southampton, MA 01073 Quincy, MA 02171 Jodi Rodar Nancy Nolan 230 Forest Park Ave 237 Main St Apt A7 Springfield, MA 01108 Reading, MA 01867 Alan Papscun Degradation of nearly any ecosystem can no 40 Glendale Rd. longer be viewed as a solely regional threat, but Stockbridge, MA 01229 must be viewed as a planetary threat. Gary Thaler Paul Henry 84 Bradstreet Ave 300 Park Terrace Dr Revere, MA 02151 Stoneham, MA 02180-4446

Suzanne Young Stephen La Serra 87 Hemman Street 52 High St. Roslindale, MA 02131 Stoneham, MA 02180

Nilah M. Macdonald Carolyn Hartford 25 Whortleberry Lane 279 West Acton Road Scituale, MA 02066 Stow, MA 01775

The whole marine food web depends on forage The Atlantic herring is according to scientists a fish like herring. We have a lot to lose by over- key species supporting many other parts of the exploiting this resource. Atlantic ocean ecosystem. Its health is critical. Paul Lauenstein Unsustainable harvesting must end. We must 4 Gavins Pond Road take a long term view.

Ocean River Institute ~ 12 Eliot Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 ~ www.oceanriver.org ~ tel: 617 621-6647 56 There is hope if responsible and caring people do the next right thing NOW. Carson Martin, Richmond, VA Save Atlantic Sea Herring letter signed by 2,443 individuals I've been to the ocean. I like it. Let's keep it that way. O. Ruiz, Clifton, NJ

Thomas Yelton 14212 Bay Drive 167 Pratts Mill Rd Westford, MA 01886 Sudbury, MA 01776 Nikolaos Milonas Linda Waine 29 Fox Hill Street 80 School St. Westwood, MA 02090 Taunton, MA 02780 Joanne Mainiero Alfred Mancini Po Box 890127 15 Kenneth Lane Weymouth, MA 02189 Tewksbury, MA 01876-2910 William Parr Lori Visioli 21 Henderson Street 4301 Archstone Weymouth, MA 02188-2806 Tewksbury, MA 01876 Jenna Bergeron Nanette Oggiono 687 Plymouth Street 3 Sadler Rd Whitman, MA 02382 Upton, MA 01568 Bridget Spann Sam Wakely 1210 Hancock Rd. 89 Brown St #1 Williamstown, MA 01267 Waltham, MA 02453 Heather Fox Cinda Lautenschlegar 9 Lorin Drive 12 B Deerfield Dr W Wilmington, MA 01887 Webster, MA 01570 Rachel Ory Jean Forward 23 Fernway 45 Wendell Depot Rd. Winchester, MA 01890 Wendell, MA 01379 These fish are prey for commercially valuable Leslie Prouty fish and the balance of the ecosystem for 25 Second Avenue sustainability to keep the industry thriving is West Hyannisport, MA 02672-0158 essential because of the enormous number of jobs that intersect with fishing. Also, science Mary Jo Al-Tukhaim tells us we must have a healthy ocean 3 Fox Run ecosystem for the health of all of the millions of West Townsend, MA 01474 people who eat creatures (mainly fish) that come from the ocean. Gail Veiby Carol Walker 16 Nipmuck Drive 29 Jefferson St. Westborough, MA 01581 Winthrop, MA 02152

Peter Mason Jude Ayer 56 West Rd. 2 Estabrook Rd Westfield, MA 01085 Worcester, MA 01606

If the herring are gone it will have a domino Elizabeth Castle affect on the loss of food from small to large 9 Esther St and then to us. We are very careless about our Worcester, MA 01607 future survival. Patricia Randazzo Judy Wisboro

Ocean River Institute ~ 12 Eliot Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 ~ www.oceanriver.org ~ tel: 617 621-6647 57 There is hope if responsible and caring people do the next right thing NOW. Carson Martin, Richmond, VA Save Atlantic Sea Herring letter signed by 2,443 individuals I've been to the ocean. I like it. Let's keep it that way. O. Ruiz, Clifton, NJ

38 Tower St Worcester , MA 01606-3527 Douglas Sedon 19935 Beallsville Road Cathy Barton Beallsville, MD 20839 517 Kansala Drive Annapolis, MD 21401 All life matters and we depend on the intracate diversity of our eco system for our own survival. Susan Brown Margaret Gallagher 1877 Church Road 1335 Artists Lane Baltimore, MD 21222 Bel Air, MD 21015

Amy Daugherty Lilian Burch 1407 Parker Rd 7111 Woodmont Ave Apt 504 Baltimore, MD 21227 Bethesda, MD 20815

saving fish says, enough. David Elfin John P Depetris 8206 Bryant Drive 5069 Orville Ave Bethesda, MD 20817 Baltimore, MD 21205 W. Jansen Russell Donnelly 4938 Hampden Lane 2114 Oak Road Bethesda, MD 20814 Baltimore, MD 21219-2214 These fish are Keystone species! Gary Herwig Lucy Howard 1808 Loch Shiel Road 2400 Castleton Rd Baltimore, MD 21234 Darlington, MD 21034

Elinore Krell Ellen Halbert 3811 Canterbury Rd 46454 Cherryfield Ln Baltimore, MD 21218 Drayden, MD 20630

Kevin Kriescher Judith Dove 4 E 32 St 501 Holly Rd. Baltimore, MD 21218 Edgewater, MD 21037-3832

Over-fishing is a huge problem; one that can be Patricia Green resolved and managed, by applying a simple 6787 Old Waterloo Rd policy, as defined above. This really isn't brain Elkridge, MD 21075 surgery; more like gluttony and greed; which, in the long run, never turns out well. Timothy Furst Lisa Vaughan 4808 Old National Pike Apt. 1 1302 N Rolling Road Frederick, MD 21702 Baltimore, MD 21228-2701 Joyce Robinson Katheirne Barrett Zywan 8010 Covington Ave 3914 Beech Ave Glen Burnie, MD 21061 Baltimore, MD 21211 Probably the most important action you will B. Leved make. Far reaching implications 725 Anneslie Rd. Harriette Phelps Balto, MD 21212 45 Ridge Road Greenbelt, MD 20770

Ocean River Institute ~ 12 Eliot Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 ~ www.oceanriver.org ~ tel: 617 621-6647 58 There is hope if responsible and caring people do the next right thing NOW. Carson Martin, Richmond, VA Save Atlantic Sea Herring letter signed by 2,443 individuals I've been to the ocean. I like it. Let's keep it that way. O. Ruiz, Clifton, NJ

Severna Park, MD 21146 Renee Burgan 913 Mulberry Ave David Land Hagerstown, MD 21742 821 Malibu Drive Silver Spring, MD 20901 Yvonne Irvin 31 Mattingly Ave Fish feed other fish Indian Head, MD 20640 James Togashi 3959 Wendy Court Because of the debate in the Chesapeake Bay Silver Spring, MD 20906 region re: leaving enough forage fish for striped bass, I see how important it is to have these Maureen Wheeler types of fish abundant in the ecosystem. Marvin Road Charles Alexander Silver Spring, MD 20901-1725 P. O. Box 4752 Lutherville, MD 21093 Karen Strayer 5036 Freter Road P. Hickey Sykesville, MD 21784 456 Worthington Road Millersville, MD 21108 No catch is the goal. People do not need to eat fish. The ocean need a good ecosystem, that Cynthia Arnold includes all of its members, and clean water. 3634 Franklinville Road Alison Kruk New Windsor, MD 21776 4 Range Road Towson, MD 21204 Dottie Allor Po Box 519 An abundance of herring is vitally necessary to North Beach, MD 20714-0519 preserve our ocean environment/ecosystem. Please help with this preservation in taking steps Leonard Starling to halt destructive fishing practices. Thank you. 15205 Gravenstein Way Candcie Woods North Potomac, MD 20878-4701 10711 Wyld Drive Upper Marlboro, MD 20772 Nicole Weber 356 Nature Walk Tracey Katsouros Pasadena, MD 21122 1322 Harwich Dr. Waldorf, MD 20601 Katherine Babiak 8350 Wooddy Rd We need to protect the ocean's food web. It is Port Tobacco, MD 20677 our duty to protect sea life for future generations. Thank you. Stephanie Smedley Elizabeth Townsend 6252 Harmony Rd 210 Main St Preston, MD 21655 Belfast, ME 04915

Amanda Milster Steve Brown 198 Halpine Rd 31 Foreside Rd. Rockville, MD 20852 Cumberland Foreside, ME 04110

Herring are key to healthy and sustainable Margaret Depasquale atlantic fisheries. 1181 Patch Mt Rd Raymond Arent Greenwood, ME 04255 1 Beleview Drive

Ocean River Institute ~ 12 Eliot Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 ~ www.oceanriver.org ~ tel: 617 621-6647 59 There is hope if responsible and caring people do the next right thing NOW. Carson Martin, Richmond, VA Save Atlantic Sea Herring letter signed by 2,443 individuals I've been to the ocean. I like it. Let's keep it that way. O. Ruiz, Clifton, NJ

Marilyn Hardy David Laing Indian Rest Rd 12 Cape Jellison Rd Harpswell, ME 04079 Stockton Springs, ME 04981

Karralena Castaway Julia Hathaway 6 Vernon Ave 6 Marble Road Limestone, ME 04750 Veazie, ME 04401

Doug Wilson Michele Bouchard 455 Eggemoggin Rd. 5 Oakland St Little Deer Isle, ME 04650 Waterville, ME 04901

Allie Pappano Lawrence Fischman 330 River Rd. 102 Starboard Reach Mattawamkeag, ME 04459-3229 Yarmouth, ME 04096-6159

Helen Anderson Kimberly Rigano 180 Delaware Ct. 58 Old Post Road Portland, ME 04103 York, ME 03909

All life matters Messing with mother natures Vince Tyszka natural balance has always had negative 17319 Ray consequences for humans and all other life Allen Park, MI 48101 forms on terra firma. Lets start being the earths gardeners instead of earths pillagers and keep Cindy Baetz, Md quality of life for all who reside on planet earth 2579 Platt Rd. Jessie Brown Ann Arbor, MI 48104 291 Cumberland Ave Portland, ME 04101 Colette Slade 9550 W Ellsworth Rd Because every living thing has an effect on all Ann Arbor, MI 48103 others. Jacqui Deveneau Leslie Sutliff 206 Stater St. Apt.D1 9629 S Bliar Rd Portland, ME 04101 Ashley, MI 48806

Scott Powers Vicki Dickinson 384 N Raymond Rd 20 Vale St. Raymond, ME 04071 Battle Creek, MI 49014

Michael Haskell Kathryn Karaba 7 Sweetbrier Lane 263 S. La Vista Scarborough, ME 04074 Battle Creek, MI 49015

Jessica Macomber Kathleen Shea-Barber 74 King St #2 610 S. Madison Ave. Scarborough, ME 04074 Bay City, MI 48708

Sandra Strahan Carol Doty Osprey Reach Rd. #445 705 Harroun St Stockton Spring, ME 04981 Belding, MI 48809

Ocean River Institute ~ 12 Eliot Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 ~ www.oceanriver.org ~ tel: 617 621-6647 60 There is hope if responsible and caring people do the next right thing NOW. Carson Martin, Richmond, VA Save Atlantic Sea Herring letter signed by 2,443 individuals I've been to the ocean. I like it. Let's keep it that way. O. Ruiz, Clifton, NJ

Linda Porter Robert Klein 12391 Lake Point 9276 Navajo Trail Belleville, MI 48111 Flushing, MI 48433

Julie Skelton Paul Markillie 40900 Bemis Rd 10037 Cobblers Way Belleville, MI 48111 Grand Blanc, MI 48439

Lorne Beatty Richard Booth 573 N. Maxfield Road 26250 Dreschfield Brighton, MI 48114 Grosse Ile, MI 48138

Linda Prostko Margaret Beck Po Box 54 445 Moran Caledonia, MI 49316 Grosse Pointe, MI 48236

Albert Fecko Timothy Schacht 8400 Warren Boulevard 1330 Whittier Road Center Line, MI 48015 Grosse Pointe Park, MI 48230

L.D. Hieber Jr. Humans have eaten fish for thousands of years. 13034 Sager Rd. I would like to think that my grandchildren will Chelsea, MI 48118 have that opportunity. Arthur Thomas Monique Musialowski P.O. Box 603 28522 Lancaster Harrisville, MI 48740-0603 Chesterfield, MI 48047 Carol Mcgeehan Every creature is a part of the perfect balance of 568 West 31St nature. Remove any link and an inbalance is Holland, MI 49423 created that effects other flora and fauna even causing death to an entire system. Please don't Debra Broughman let this happen. 2904 Haskell St Mary Hutchinson Kalamazoo, MI 49006 11487 Runnells Dr Clio, MI 48420 Denise Fisher 2717 Springmont Dorothy Neff Kalamazoo, MI 49008 11063 E. Rosebush Rd. Coleman, MI 48618 Davids Graube 1805 Oakland Dr. Nancy Gilleo Kalamazoo, MI 49008 13154 Watercrest Drive Dewitt, MI 48820 Nick Mouzourakis 30600 Nye Court Judy Corak Livonia, MI 48154 4977 Hochberger Rd. Eau Claire, MI 49111 All species deserve to be able to continue living not get wiped out by mankind. Veronica Hayes Brenda Raus 242 W Chesterfield 416 E. Calhoun Ferndale, MI 48220-2428 Mancelona, MI 49659

Ocean River Institute ~ 12 Eliot Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 ~ www.oceanriver.org ~ tel: 617 621-6647 61 There is hope if responsible and caring people do the next right thing NOW. Carson Martin, Richmond, VA Save Atlantic Sea Herring letter signed by 2,443 individuals I've been to the ocean. I like it. Let's keep it that way. O. Ruiz, Clifton, NJ

Irene Robinson Besides the known value of the Atlantic sea 3929 Green Hills Dr herring, everything on the planet affects Pinckney, MI 48169 something else, and we don't know the tiniest amount on our own connections to everything, Deb Cyma let alone the complexity of other creatures' 2905 Strawberry interconnections. For all we know, sea herring Port Huron, MI 48060 may contain an oil or a cell that could become a miracle drug, or maybe it is food for a very rare Christine Lemke and valuable species. Or maybe it controls a 2929 28Th St species that is very dangerous to the ecosystem Port Huron, MI 48060 if unchecked. We have not fully explored our own planet or the species on it, and time is Mark M. Morden running out trying to keep mankind from 3308 Appomattox destroying most of it. Port Huron, MI 48060 Joan Jones 7050 Talladay Rd. Tom Schroeder Milan, MI 48160 1536 Henry Port Huron, MI 48060 Raymond Keeling 762 Panorama Danielle Graham Milford, MI 48381 18270 Matthews St. Riverview, MI 48193 Laura Reesor No Linda Finch Milford, MI 48381 197 Flicker Rochester Hills, MI 48309 Laura Reesor No William Mcmullin Milford, MI 48381 510 Montrose Ave. Apt. 5 Royal Oak, MI 48073 Katherine Wright 225 S. Houghton Jean Bails Milford, MI 48381 21221 Thiele Ct. Saint Clair Shores, MI 48081 We are supposed to be stewards of this planet, not its destroyers Matt Brzezinski Tery Gohsman 21216 Briar Ct 5653 Millington Rd Saint Clair Shores, MI 48081 Millington, MI 48746-9538 Denise Fry Every species is an important link in the natural 29918 Greater Mack food chain. Humans cannot "manage" wildlife Saint Clair Shores, MI 48082 successfully. Susan Welsford Peggy S. Collins 642 Wendover Blvd. 21310 Lathrup St. Norton Shores, MI 49441-5050 Southfield, MI 48075

Michele Reynolds Gary Laclair 24230 Beverly St 25601 Mcallister St Oak Park, MI 48237 Southfield, MI 48033

Ocean River Institute ~ 12 Eliot Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 ~ www.oceanriver.org ~ tel: 617 621-6647 62 There is hope if responsible and caring people do the next right thing NOW. Carson Martin, Richmond, VA Save Atlantic Sea Herring letter signed by 2,443 individuals I've been to the ocean. I like it. Let's keep it that way. O. Ruiz, Clifton, NJ

Thomas Boswell they are the base support for so many other 1927 Woodland Estates Dr. types of fish. Forage fish must be sustained to St. Clair, MI 48079 feed other, larger fish. Susan Puscheck Nancy Zebracki 8461 Glendale Dr. 8439 Doncaster Ypsilanti, MI 48198 Sterling Heights, MI 48312 Hugh Curtler Iii Vickie Wagner 4516 North 89Th Crescent 6707 Martin Road Brooklyn Park, MN 55443 Three Oaks, MI 49128 This is not an answer to man made issues, Dennis Feichtinger killing these birds. Mankind created this 2711 Riverside problem. Also, if more people would adopt a Trenton, MI 48183 vegetarian diet, the birds who depend on the salmon and other fish in their habitat would Carol Cramer have enough to survive. 2630 Avonhurst Drive Kathy Dunn Troy, MI 48084 8657 Maplebrook Brooklyn Park, MN 55445 Patricia Gallo 5080 Prentis Dr Maxcine Parker Troy, MI 48085 8 Timothy Lane Chaska, MN 55318 Anita Chase 22668 Cunningham Ave Tanya Koester-Radmann Warren, MI 48091 10649 Point Pleasant Rd Chisago City, MN 55013 Michael Kwitt 11643 Herbert Ave Bob Haugen Warren, MI 48089 5813 36Th Ave N Crystal, MN 55422 Patricia Stamm 1370 Penny Ln. Kathleen Spencer West Branch, MI 48661 315 N Lake Ave #229 Duluth, MN 55806 Annie Capek 5501 South Shore Drive I ask the Council to manage Atlantic herring Whitehall, MI 49461 differently because of its role as a forage fish. Kay Beams Robert Blanchard 9539 Hartford Circle 3785 Beeman Eden Prairie, MN 55347 Williamston, MI 48895 Historically atlantic herring is one of the most Tara Verbridge important fish for human consumption, as a 1456 Wescott food source for other animals, and for the Windsor, MI 48004 ecology. Therefore it's imperative that this fish thrives, survives, and is sustainably fished. Kathleen Mcmahon Rafael Johnaon 15 Hillcrest Blvd 322 Lake St. Apt 307 Ypsilanti, MI 48197 Excelsior, MN 55331-1841

It is imperative to correctly manage herring as Elizabeth Merz

Ocean River Institute ~ 12 Eliot Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 ~ www.oceanriver.org ~ tel: 617 621-6647 63 There is hope if responsible and caring people do the next right thing NOW. Carson Martin, Richmond, VA Save Atlantic Sea Herring letter signed by 2,443 individuals I've been to the ocean. I like it. Let's keep it that way. O. Ruiz, Clifton, NJ

111 W Lincoln Ave 1516 13Th Ave. N.E. Fergus Falls, MN 56537 Rochester, MN 55906

Margaret Beegle Joe Torres 550 Varner Circle North 3936 E Frontage Rd Ste 201 Golden Valley, MN 55427 Rochester, MN 55901

If this species dies so do other species. This is Paula Rusterholz not just about money. If you think it is you are 2787 Marion St nuts. Roseville, MN 55113 Mary Madeco-Smith 13998 165Th St. Lynn C. Lang Little Falls, MN 56345 1721 Polaris Court Saint Cloud, MN 56303 Marylyn Irrgang 170 Good Counsel Drive Janice Hallman Mankato, MN 56001-3138 5355 Anderlie Lane Saint Paul, MN 55110 Amy Spude 851 Cedar Ave N. This is an iconic species. As the Atlantic sea Maple Lake, MN 55358 herring goes, so goes the oceans--and our fisheries. Joseph Wenzel Mimi Jennings 33 Larpenteur Ave. E 2222 Hillside Maplewood, MN 55117 Saint Paul, MN 55108

This is a base species. Its fate will affect that of Bret Johnson many other species. 1613 Conway Street Anne Griffin-Lewin Saint Paul, MN 55106 3401 Central Avenue Ne #3 Minneapolis, MN 55418-1663 Gaby Roth 12332 Independence Avenue Gail Linnerson Savage, MN 55378 719 9Th Ave Se Minneapolis, MN 55414 Brenda Nelson 1149 Monroe St S Penny Warren Shakopee, MN 55379 3819 Minnehaha Ave Minneapolis, MN 55406 Ecosystem Based Management is the only kind of management of any and all fished species, Brian Wilkerson that will save the interdependent web of life 13985 Crowne Hill Ln upon which continued productivity of our waters Minnetonka, MN 55305 depends. Really -- it's a no brainer. To base management decisions on any other type of Kay Randall system is simply foolish, ignorant, destructive, 520 32Nd Ave. S. #109 and a betrayal of public trust and our living Moorhead, MN 56560-4953 planet. 'Got Science? Nancy Honeychuck John Viacrucis 15263 County 14 3002 17Th St. S Apt. 206 Spring Valley, MN 55975-4573 Moorhead, MN 56560 Amy Lashinski Florence Sandok 2510 41St Ave S

Ocean River Institute ~ 12 Eliot Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 ~ www.oceanriver.org ~ tel: 617 621-6647 64 There is hope if responsible and caring people do the next right thing NOW. Carson Martin, Richmond, VA Save Atlantic Sea Herring letter signed by 2,443 individuals I've been to the ocean. I like it. Let's keep it that way. O. Ruiz, Clifton, NJ

St. Cloud, MN 56301 Renae Wilson 141 North Street Herring is so important to the food chain in the Branson, MO 65616 ocean! The loss of herring in the Pacific is causing starvation of the seal population! Ann King Vicky Adams 22896 Hwy. 212 1890 Orange Ave E Busby, MO 59016-0156 St. Paul, MN 55119 Robert Haslag No food chain equals no food. We need stocks 10513 Bryant Rd. of all fish in the chain if the ocean is to be our Centertown, MO 65023 supplier. Once the chain breaks, everything else falls apart. Please take care of it. Stephen Mudrick Len Jennings 1015 Prospect St. 2222 Hillside Ave Columbia, MO 65203 St. Paul, MN 55108 Carl Nylund Corinne Rockstad 13105 Herrick Ave 700 Grand Ave. Grandview, MO 64030 St. Paul, MN 55105 Herring as most fish are an important food Keith Thompson source, they also like all living things natural are 87 Milton St N important members of an essential and very St. Paul, MN 55104 delicate ecosystem. Please vote responsibly. Jean Crawford Dunlop Karin Winegar 15 W 10Th St #603 1832 Carroll Ave Kansas City, MO 64105 St. Paul, MN 55104 Sara Hopewell Jennifer Schally 7348 Main 1104 Creekside Circle Kansas City, MO 64114 Stillwater, MN 55082 Kenneth Robertson Denise Thomas 8315 Nw Waukomis Drive 100 Imperial Dr W #301 Kansas City, MO 64151 West St. Paul, MN 55118-2243 These fish are vital for several different species. Paul Moss If we lose them, what's next? 1849 Whitaker St. Lora Steiner White Bear Lake, MN 55110 7100 Nw Chapel Woods Ln Kansas City , MO 64152 Terri Reischl 1958 Florence St. Debbie Evans White Bear Lake , MN 55110 20609 Ne 157Th St Kearney, MO 64060 The oceans are over fished.....the climate is causing great stress.....there is a time to Rest, I Shari Kelts would prefer paying the fishermen NOT to 809 Lynda Court fish....just as farmers have been paid not TO Kirkwood, MO 63122 FARM. there should be equity for the fishermen, but unless the fish population is taken under Robin Rysavy consideration and appropriate actions taken.....it 128 Seneca Lane won't matter much now will it!!!! Lake Winnebago, MO 64034

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Ingrid Jones St. Louis, MO 63143 Porter Street Moberly, MO 65270 Chas Martin 4331Southview Way Dr. Walter Klockenbrink St. Louis, MO 63129 967 Katrina Drive Nixa, MO 65724 Crickett Miller 1936 Mccausland Ave. James Deshotels St. Louis, MO 63117 161 Vondera Dr Robertsville, MO 63072 Michael Olenjack 6515 Winona Ave. Nancy Daniel St. Louis, MO 63109 925 W Valley Court Springfield, MO 65807 Geraldine Proctor 930 Quanal Ct. Cathy Lambeth St. Louis, MO 63122 2635 W. Alta Springfield, MO 65810 Christopher Rowley 2130 Victor Street Harold Watson St. Louis, MO 63104 3250 W. Page Springfield, MO 65802 I care very much about the health of the oceans and marine life, including fish as a source of Amy Werland healthful food. I am horrified and saddened by 2231 S. Hampton Avenue what we humans are doing to them--and to Springfield, MO 65807 ourselves through recklessness and greed. We must act NOW, using solid science, to reverse Terese Deckman the ongoing destruction! The herring in this 3116 St Joachim case, as a prey fish, are the foundation on which St. Ann, MO 63074 the Atlantic marine ecosystem is built. People, we are sawing off the branch on which we are Tracy Floeh sitting! 7400 Teasdale Ave Maryska Suda St. Louis, MO 63130 1099 Pennsylvania Avenue St. Louis, MO 63130 It is horrible how the human race continues to help themselves to our fish, animals and land to Overfishing is destroying the food chain in our the point of extinction. Humans need to learn to oceans & will affect us as well as the local live more humanely and responsibly, NOW!!! economies of the countries doing this. Candice Gordon Beth Winkler Rather Not Provide 1209 Trails Dr St. Louis, MO 63146 St. Louis, MO 63026

The rungs of Life are built one atop the other. Kathy Rapp Remove rungs, and the Ladder collapses. Is this 814 Pershing clear enough to you? Willard, MO 65781 Rose Jenkins 7224 Shaftesbury Ave. Ron L Hubbard St. Louis, MO 63130 6 Apalachee Hattiesburg, MS 38492 Marci Kelley 2261 Blendon 2N Fish are a very important part of our egosystem.

Ocean River Institute ~ 12 Eliot Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 ~ www.oceanriver.org ~ tel: 617 621-6647 66 There is hope if responsible and caring people do the next right thing NOW. Carson Martin, Richmond, VA Save Atlantic Sea Herring letter signed by 2,443 individuals I've been to the ocean. I like it. Let's keep it that way. O. Ruiz, Clifton, NJ

Emily Boliver Hamilton, MT 59840 52 Moores Circle Laurel, MS 39443 Ralph Guay 429 S. Sanders St. Measha Daynes Helena, MT 59601 Po Box 408 Ocean Springs, MS 39566 Herring are the base of the oceans food chain. Remove the base, everything else collapses. Joseph Saucier Wm Schultz 950 Old Wiggins Hwy. 339 W 4Th Poplarville, MS 39470 Whitefish, MT 59937

Jean Saja I care because if we don't understand and 1335 Williamswood Drive maintain the BALANCE in nature, we are Raymond, MS 39154 destroying our world and its oceans. Susan Tackett Mary Frost 580 Panther Branch Rd. Po Box 3382 Alexander, NC 28791 St. Louis, MS 39521 Jamee Warfle This fish is an important part of our food chain. 30 Ocala Street Angelique Fehr Arden, NC 28704 9505 Hwy 25 N Sturgis, MS 39769 Linda Johnson 15 Academy St Ellen Sanford Asheville, NC 28803 1718 Tammany Anaconda, MT 59711 keeping our eco-system balanced and healthy is imperative for all living things on the planet to Robert Miller thrive 349 Westchester Sq. S. Juliet Van Otteren Billings, MT 59105 14 Skyview Court Asheville, NC 28803 Julie Gandulla Po Box 232 Gavin Dillard Bozeman, MT 59771 528 Padgettown Road Black Mountain, NC 28711 Clinton Nagel 1385 Golden Gate Ave Decimating a species by overfishing or poor Bozeman, MT 59718-1972 management is against all principles of stewardship of our precious resources. Carl Clark Manuel Reyes-Otálora 604 34 Ave Ne 287 Stone Creek Trail Great Falls, MT 59404 Brevard, NC 28712

April Roby The Atlantic herring may not be the only prey 414 Sweetgrass Ct fish in the region, however they are under more Great Falls, MT 59405 pressure today than ever before. Since 1985 the river herring – alewives, blueback, and shad – All wildlife on Earth is vital to a strong have declined by over 90%, leaving the Atlantic ecosystem!! herring as one of the few available prey fish. Billy Angus Donald Harland 604 North 2Nd St. 677 N. Luther Rd.

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Candler, NC 28715 So the ocean can be restored after years if The oceans cannot survive in something abuse and over fishing. resembling a healthy state unless we take the Helen Charbonneau steps necessary to maintain the critical balance 13 Oak Hill Lb between interdependent species. Depletion of Fairview, NC 28730 Atlantic herring will upset that balance and send the oceans into a death spiral. Bruce Clark Keith Allen 416 Canonero Po Box 11 Fairview, NC 28730 Cedar Grove, NC 27231 John Kinsella Heide Catherina Coppotelli 6109 Hollow View Ct. 383 Seldon Emerson Rd Fuquay-Varina, NC 27526 Cedar Mountain, NC 28718 We came from the ocean, the ocean has kept us Kicab Castaneda-Mendez alive, now it's our turn to keep the ocean 112 Rhododendron Ct sustainable. All creatures are there for a Chapel Hill, NC 27517 purpose! Suki Knight Richard Strowd 3721 Oakwood Dr 4845 Manns Chapel Road Greensboro, NC 27407 Chapel Hill, NC 27516 Devon Seltzer Susan Yarnell 5856 Old Oak Ridge Rd. Apt. 917 5722 Hideaway Dr Greensboro, NC 27410 Chapel Hill, NC 27516 James Whitten Gordon James 243 Old Ferry Dock Rd 4706 Aspen Court Harkers Island , NC 28531 Charlotte, NC 28210-3012 Herring are a primary food source for many Nancy Sanderson better-known fish which provide food for 8454 Coulwood Oak Lane humans. For healthy fish and a healthy ocean, Charlotte, NC 28214 we need to reverse the severe decrease in herring over the past 30 years. Richard Starling J.C. Honeycutt 3216 Hubbard Rd 510 S. Edenton Road St. Charlotte, NC 28269 Hertford, NC 27944

Charlie Nitsch Andrea Snyder 3115 Stoneybrook Rd 228F 14Th Ave Se Chlt, NC 28205 Hickory, NC 28602

Marlowe Mager Lisa Neste 53 Sleepy Hollow Loop 4437 Garden Club St. Clyde, NC 28721 High Point, NC 27265

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Vlk Leafe 1541 Joshua Road 305 E 4Th St Rosman, NC 28772 Kannapolis, NC 28083 Nuriya Bulatova Jennifer Mcneill 379 Pleasant Hill Road 4414 Rainbow Drive Rutherfordton, NC 28139 Kannapolis, NC 28081 Chas Griffin Janice Phillips 1275 Seven Lakes N. 5380 Brittainywood Road Seven Lakes, NC 27376-9759 Kernersville, NC 27284 Fish are the original inhabitants that created Jasmina Bricic human life, if they aren't respected, then we all 2425 Carey Rd will end up dying! Kinston, NC 28504 Orchid Ra 281 W. S. Shore Rd Ben Osmera Southport, NC 28461 6649 Elm Las Vegas, NC 89118 I care about saving this fish to save our food supply coming from the sea. Doug Roaten Carolyn Smith 13500 Andulusian Dr 1101 Grogan Road Matthews, NC 28105 Stoneville, NC 27048

Christi Dillon Avril Lomas 175 Forest Ridge Rd 403 Pinefield Drive Mooresville, NC 28117 Tryon, NC 28782

Larry Smith-Black Beth Alexander 404 Mission Ridge Road 1400 Recapture Ct Murphy, NC 28906 Wake Forest , NC 27587

Jim Mckeny Jeri Allison 936 Grassy Creek Rd 141 Ed Taylor Rd Pinnacle, NC 27043 West Jefferson, NC 28694

Deb Brown Russell James Po Box 98964 1845 Ramon Rd Raleigh, NC 27624 Wilmington, NC 28405

Joan Dulberg Mark March 555 Pine Ridge Place 126 Woodrow Ave Raleigh, NC 27609 Winston Salem, NC 27106

Margie Zalesak If humans continue to wipeout creatures 205 Mccleary Ct because they are deemed as unimportant. - We Raleigh, NC 27607 will all miss out of the beauty of nature because other species will be destroyed when food Kimberly Hurtt supplies dwindle. 2712 Quail Point Drive Cyndee Phelps Raleigh , NC 27603-8926 1012 Cloister Dr. Winston Salem, NC 27127 Carol Hoke

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77 Woodhill Road We need to keep our fish species in top shape Bow, NH 03304 based on sound science and not greed,indifference,or political bullying. Margaret Barrar Randy Sailer 36 Burns Ave 1018 Cherry Lane Concord, NH 03301 Beulah, ND 58523 Kellie Smith Doug Krause 13 Brandy Lane 31 Battleford Bay Deering, NH 03244 Fargo, ND 58108 We must protect our small fish including herring We have to start saving species that impact the as larger species depend on them for survival survival of other species, that impact the and they are a safe alternative for human survival of us and our Earth, and we have to consumption. start doing it yesterday! I wonder why people Robert Haile don't understand how fragile the Earth really is 55 Tide Mill Rd and what we've done to jeopardize it? Hampton, NH 038422706 Susan Harrie 1308 Chestnut St Carole Arbour Grand Forks, ND 58201 13 Grand Ave Hudson, NH 03051 Pamela Kjono 9200 Mulholland Dr. Carol M. Grand Forks, ND 58201 Keene, NH 03431

Jacqueline Beeson Sara Veit 1900 W. Silverlake Rd. 48 Pinkham Rd Blue Hill, NE 68930 Lee, NH 03861

If we delete the feeder fish, all the fish going up Diane Pease the food chain will be affected. 84 Bronson St Renae Mckeon Littleton, NH 03561 711 13Th Ave Kearney, NE 68845-6665 Brad Bergeron 14 Cabot Dr Elizabeth Peterson Nashua, NH 03064 1125 N55 Lincoln, NE 68504 Nature is a balance that we interfere with at our peril. These fish are part of that balance and Randy Smith truly need preservation 9810 Meredith Ave Alexandra Moffat Omaha, NE 68134 77 Stonehouse Rd Orford, NH 03777 Dr. Bob Walling 9134 Ben Ln. Meg Gilman Omaha, NE 68134 Po Box 584 Portsmouth, NH 03802 Lynne Evarts 78 Brick Mill Rd Abigail Gindele Bedford, NH 03110 229 Clinton St Portsmouth, NH 03801 Brenda Stewart

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241 Marshall Ave Diana Curington Blackwood, NJ 08012 540 Greenside Ave Portsmouth , NH 03801 The health of our planet is dependent on healthy oceans. Whales, dolphins and larger If we don't start saving instead of destroying as predatory fish need adequate forage fish for we have done,we will wipe ourselves out. survival. I want to live on a healthy planet for Sammia Panciocco future generations. 60 Telfer Circle Thomas Armbruster Salem, NH 03079-3229 454 West Shore Drive #3 Brigantine, NJ 08203 Linda Mason 12 Ferry Street Cori Bishop Suncook, NH 03275 Po Box 1154 Brigantine, NJ 08203 Sustainable fisheries are productive fisheries. It makes zero sense to destroy long-term viability Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Revesz of food resources for the sake of short-term 103 The Fairway economics. Cedar Grove, NJ 07009 Kevin Mckaig 2 White Rock Circle Apt. 2 Jerry Crawford Tilton, NH 03276-5314 810 W Clayton Avenue Clayton, NJ 08312 Herring are a keystone in the food chain. Janis Carney Joe Cundari 9 Monadnock Street 552 Saint Pauls Ave. Troy, NH 03465 Cliffside Park, NJ 07010

Sylvia Dwyer I've been to the ocean. I like it. Let's keep it 179 Lafrance Rd that way. Weare, NH 03281 O. Ruiz Normandy Road Rebecca Canright Clifton, NJ 07013 8 Deboer Farm Ln Asbury, NJ 08802-2106 Annmarie Dinatale Craig Court Mark Canright Colts Neck, NJ 07722 8 Deboer Farm Ln Asbury, NJ 08802-2106 Wanda Plucinski 733 Wyncrest Drive Michael Levier Cranbury, NJ 08512 218Neptune Ave Beachwood, NJ 08722 David Abalos 30 Shadowstone Lane All animals lives are important. Any time an East Windsor, NJ 08520 animal becomes extinct it destroys the environment. if we are not careful bears will Teena Wildman soon be extinct as well the herring. 2150 Center Ave Barbara Russo-Salcines Fort Lee, NJ 07024 149 Floyd St Belleville, NJ 07109 Barbara Miller 12 Ben Franklin Dr. Shannon Gipple Franklin, NJ 07416

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Nano Mardones The health of the ocean affects all life. 89 Almond Road Joann Ramos Freehold, NJ 07728 64 Fiume St Iselin, NJ 08830 Nancy Saphier 29 Beekman Place Valeriya Efimova Glen Rock, NJ 07452 563 Jersey Ave Apt 3L Jersey City, NJ 07302 Linda Henson 1302 Elm Ave. Lynnmarie Obiedzinski Haddon Township, NJ 08107 286 Boulevard Kenilworth, NJ 07033 Henry Montague 122 New Cedar Lane Jeffrey Rattner Hamilton, NJ 08610-6321 91 Schwarz Boulevard Lake Hopatcong, NJ 07849-1619 John Schreiber 4471 Nottingham Way Tom Brown Hamilton, NJ 08690-3815 365D Chesterfield Court Lakewood, NJ 08701 P. Scoville Hewitt, NJ 07421 Betsy Cousins-Coleman 328 Allaire Avenue Matthew Franck Leonia, NJ 07605 19 Raritan Ave Apt B5 Highland Park, NJ 08904 Loretta Mento 6 Sunset Ave Jill Muriithi Linwood , NJ 08221 32 Deanna Drive Apt. 65 Hillsborough, NJ 08844 Debra Vitola 455 Ocean Blvd Every fish species needs to be fished in a Long Branch, NJ 07740 responsible manner, or they could be overfished, and that's bad for them and Luis Cavallone fishermen, too. Each fish species also needs to 22 Paula Drive be looked at in relation to the entire ocean, and Long Valley, NJ 07853 where that fish fits. What does it eat, who eats it, etc. We used to think that there was an Sara Lazarus unlimited amount of a fish, but now we know 87 Chestnut Street differently. That's good for them, and for us. Millburn, NJ 07041 Lee Bartell 700 1St St., 15J All marine life is important, whether they are Hoboken, NJ 07030 part of the human food chain or the food chain of ocean predators that are on our human food Erica Johanson chain. We are supposed to be stewards of the 50 Stony Brook Road Earth and that means marine life as well. Hopewell, NJ 08525 Sandra J. Goodstone 24 Steeplechase Road Lindsay Lowry Millstone Twp, NJ 08535 45 Columbia Ave. Hopewell, NJ 08525 Mike Welte 6 Diana Lane

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Monroe, NJ 08831 in the food chain, but take a good look at the waters we fish. We're upsetting nature's Millicent Sims balance and we will be the ones to pay the 12 Roosevelt Place price. Montclair, NJ 07042 Denise Kobylarz 313 Newark Pompton Turnpike David Valentino Pequannock, NJ 07440 30 Falson Lane Morganville, NJ 07751 Cecile Laflamme 28 Laurel Ave If we as the most powerful species on this poor Pine Beach, NJ 08721 abused globe, don't take the network of species interdependence very seriously, now, we will Carroll Arkema cause it to crash into chaos. We will be very 221 Ringwood Ave - A3 sorry. Pompton Lakes, NJ 07442 Mary Ellen Sandahl 17 Shady Lane Pamela Hughes Morristown, NJ 07960 25 Spring St Apt 302 Princeton, NJ 08542 Susan Uustal 65 Miller Road Erika Mohos Morristown, NJ 07960 110 Washington Rd. Princeton, NJ 08540 Patricia Burke 368 Upland Road Donald Stryker Mountainside, NJ 07092-2021 1 Carson Road Princeton, NJ 08540-2207 Christina Little 1 Kirkwood Ct Paul L. Mt. Laurel, NJ 08054 149 Central Ave Ridgefield Park, NJ 07660 Denise Laffer 51 Wilson Ave. Rita Raftery North Plainfield, NJ 07060 99 Hobart St Ridgefield Park, NJ 07660 Dennis Morley 104 Throckmorton Lane Marilyn Saunders Old Bridge, NJ 08857 43 Grand Ave Ridgefield Park, NJ 07660 Stephen Evans 161 Spring Lane Nick Berezansky Paramus, NJ 07652 123 Washington Pl. Ridgewood, NJ 07450 Robert Keller 430 Allentown Road Seymour Brodsky Parsippany, NJ 07054 247 Burnside Place Ridgewood, NJ 07450 Nature has its own food chain - not what humans think it should be. By over fishing and Laura Furman depleting the herring, you are sentencing many Po Box 701 other marine life to perish as you will be taking Ringoes, NJ 08551 away their food supply. We've seen what's been happening on land because of our interference Heather Nemeth

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416 Stonetown Rd Unknown , NJ 07013 Ringwood, NJ 07456 Carolann Melora Susan Hurwitz 800 College Dr. #10 9 Irene Court Vineland, NJ 08360 River Edge, NJ 07661 Judy Fairless Carl Oerke Jr 76 Liberty Corner Road 264 Lexington Drive Warren, NJ 07059 River Edge, NJ 07661 Ida Carideo Mary Rivas 7 Malke Drive 633 Lippincott Wayside, NJ 07712 Riverton, NJ 08077 Steven Maginnis Rich Espuga 113 Hillside Avenue 610 Willow Ave West Caldwell, NJ 07006 Roselle Park, NJ 07204 I care about all animals and marine life is no Betty Butler exception. Our oceans have been contaminated 33Shrewsburydrive and so much of our marine life have been Rumson, NJ 07760 already been harmed and/or killed. Please stop the madness. You are destroying our wildlife Lucy Drahorad and our planet. Please think about our marine Carranza Rd life, our wildlife and our oceans. Thank you. Shamong, NJ 08088 Sandra Kisieleski 63 Stern Ave Steve Mattan West Keansburg, NJ 07734 164 Burrs Mill Road Southampton , NJ 08088 Jamie Greer 10 Highland Place Carol Montague West Orange, NJ 07052-4846 111 Upper Creek Rd Stockton, NJ 08559 Jennifer Prezant 15 Fairview Ave. Kathy Hart West Orange, NJ 07052 Summit Ln Succasunna, NJ 07876 Marylin Wechselblatt 322 Richard Mine Rd Ruth Boroshok Wharton , NJ 07886 174 Summit Ave Summit, NJ 07901 Helen Schafer 1219 Berry Farm Rd. Sarita Ann Garcia Whitehouse Station, NJ 08889 101 Fairway Dr Toms River, NJ 08757 Charles Daly 2A Bennington Lane Kristin Kline Whiting, NJ 08759 964 Lamberton Street Trenton, NJ 08611 Andrea Smith 211 Fl Ave Julissa M. Castro-Morrison  Williamstown, NJ 08094 Unknown

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Anthomy, NM 88021-0749 Joel Lorimer 1515 Coper Ne William Buss Abq, NM 87106 449 Reclining Acres Road Corrales, NM 87048 We're killing the oceans with pollution and over- fishing. No oceans, no us. Marilyn Hoff Cynthia Von Hendricks Po Box 295 6303 Indian School Rd Ne El Prado, NM 87529 Albuquerqie, NM 87110 Victoria Linehan Species collapse must be prevented, before it Hc 61 Box 399 leads to ecosystem collapse - that includes us. Glenwood, NM 88039 Alan Arnold 1005 Pennsylvania St Ne The health of the oceans and all its inhabitants Albuquerque, NM 87110 is incredibly important for all of earth. Ellen Middleditch All other species of fish which use herring for 621 Paige Loop food will suffer if the "prey base" is not Los Alamos, NM 87544 protected. Many are already in trouble with severe declines in fish stocks. Please act to Tami Linder protect the Atlantic herring. 3750 Desert Pinon Dr Ne Larry T Caudill Rio Rancho, NM 87144 4915 Watercress Dr. Ne Albuquerque, NM 87113 Barbara Swyden 720 Garnet Dr. Ne Karen Clark Rio Rancho, NM 87124 10205 Jarash Pl Ne Albuquerque, NM 87122 Bruce Donnell 11 Camino Crosby If the forage fishes collapse, the consequences Santa Fe, NM 87506 will move through the food chain, causing effects that we can't predict. We can guess, Krista Joy based on simple common sense and experience, 3752 Cerrillos Rd that there will not be a good outcome. Santa Fe, NM 87507 Katherine Clarke 122 B Girard Se Kay Lockridge Albuquerque, NM 87106 2742 La Silla Dorada Santa Fe, NM 87505 Obvious reasons. The ocean is very much in danger right now. With populations growing, the Derek Walker appetite for fish is increasing and managing fish 100 Rio Vista Place populations is essential. Santa Fe, NM 87501 Sharron Foster 515 Valencia Se Apt 5 Erika Wanenmacher Albuquerque, NM 87108 1422 Agua Fria St Santa Fe, NM 87505 Reeve Love 828 Jefferson Ne I just need the consolation in feeling that these Albuquerque, NM 87110 forage fish will adequately contribute to the ocean food web and not, in being allowed to Thomas Talbot diminish to desperate levels, help destroy the 220 Mesa Vista Rd. web that through such factors as global

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Jason Steadmon We need to save the fish as they are food for 677 Avenue M many others and if we loose these it will force Boulder City, NV 89005 many others to die out. Gladys Rhoads Atlantic herring is a necessary part of the food 1405 S Nellis Blvd Unit 1004 chain. If we decimate that species, it will effect Las Vegas, NV 89104 other species that rely on the herring for food. If humans don't stop taking everything from the Anthony Roberts sea, and other places, what will humans eat 8465 West Sahara Ave when there is nothing left? Wildlife has a terrible Las Vegas, NV 89117 time surviving with the intervention of humans to complicate matters. Jean Satidham Marilyn Rodefer 9112 Kings Town Ave 3610 Shawnee Drive Las Vegas, NV 89145 Carson City, NV 89705 Barbara Scott Ronald Cox 1400 S. Valley View 271 Newq River Circle Las Vegas, NV 89102 Henderson, NV 89052 Carolyn Spencer Arthur Kemish 4825 Van Carol Drive 3200 Tullio Way Las Vegas, NV 89147 Henderson, NV 89052 We need to save our fish and wildlife. Every Kirsten Wolner little thing was put on this earth for a reason. 2540 Claridge Ave These little fish are very important in the food Henderson, NV 89074 chain. Thank you Beverly Stewart Trent Block 2816 Kings Way Po Box 5823 Las Vegas, NV 89102 Incline Village, NV 89450 Stevens Tim Patricia Baley 2747 Paradise Rd #604 4150 E. Pinecrest Circle Las Vegas, NV 89149 Las Vegas, NV 89121-4920 Catherine Ayoub We need to learn to protect WHOLE eco- 8430 Gardena Hills Avenue systems, not just indirect protection through Las Vegas , NV 89178 individual species and the ESA. G. Clemson Candace Laporte 10151 Dorrell Ln 8450 Campana Dr Las Vegas, NV 89166 Las Vegas , NV 89147

Our Oceans are in peril. Lose the Oceans, we Marilyn Snyder lose our lives. Mankind needs to reacquaint with 5121 Lindell Rd Unit 206 the practice of "sustainable farming", which Las Vegas , NV Zip

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Charlene Boydston Tamar Schwartz 3951 Donner St 25-79 31St Street Pahrump, NV 89048 Astoria, NY 11102-1748 we are wreaking havoc on our Timothy Dunn oceans.overfishing, acidity,garbage,sonaring 24 Dundee Avenue mammals in sanctuaries even. too much is lost Babylon, NY 11702-2634 and we MUST give bck. Oceans die, we die. Janet Curtis Debra Plishka 7680 Rhinestone Cir 105 Casterbridge Lane Reno, NV 89511 Baldwinsville, NY 13027

Peter Supersano Jen Plishka 2244 Escalera Way 105 Casterbridge Ln Reno, NV 89523 Baldwinsville , NY 13027

David Worley The herring fish is the building block of this 805 North Univeristy Park Loop valuable neighborhood and ecosystem. We Reno, NV 89512 must help their survival or suffer the consequences. Must be good steward for these Because all life is connected! fish. They have no one else. David Cencula Valerie Miller 9145 Cordoba Blvd 1034 Fire Island Ave. Sparks, NV 89441 Bay Shore, NY 11706

Patrick Sennello They are essential prey for sustaining other 91A Rubicon Circle North fish,and more! Zephyr Cove, NV 89448 Frank Quintero 31 Eliza St. Apt 110 Saving all fish is important. Once these fish are Beacon, NY 12508 gone ther is no way to get them back. Every fish in the ocean, rivers and lakes are there for a All life is interwoven as a fine web; a Circle of reason. Life. Breaking one fine thread of the web Deborah Boomhower causes the entire web to eventually unravel & 10 Richards Drive fall apart. Such is the destruction or suffering of Albany, NY 12205-492 one species or environment; it leads to another & another. Laws providing life-saving protections Peter Gradoni for fellow-species & their habitats need to be Po Box 1114 prioritized, strengthened & upheld to the highest Alfred, NY 14802 degree out of respect & co-existence & to ensure human survival; it is the Circle of Life. Charles Wittman World-wide human overpopulation & intrusion 68 Stuart Ave of wild-lands are lead causes of environmental Amityville, NY 11701-4226 depletion & destruction. Protecting wilderness & wildlife is crucial in preserving the Earth's Bruce Mallott biodiversity & to maintain a healthy planet. 48 South Lane Elizabeth Tanner Angola, NY 14006-9068 Verplanck Ave Beacon, NY 12508 J. Massetti 3118 35Th St Paul Kalka Astoria, NY 11106 4397 Brady Hill Road

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Binghamton, NY 13903 Christine B. Becky Lechner 455 Argyle Road 74 Baldwin Street #2 Brooklyn, NY 11218 Binghamton, NY 13903 Every animal now seems to be endangered due Sister Anne Michel to our greed and overuse. It doesn't matter the St. Joseph Convent 1725 Brentwood Rd. size of the animal, each one has its place in our Brentwood, NY 11717-5543 ecosystem to keep our earth balanced. Human beings should add to the balance, not constantly Nicholas Prychodko throw it out of kilter. Po Box 2138 Annie Bien Bridgehampton, NY 11932 29 Tiffany Place Brooklyn, NY 11231 Evelyn Cruz 1035 Grand Concourse T. Cho Bronx, NY 10452 388 Atlantic Brooklyn, NY 11217 I care that our oceans provide more than 50% of our oxygen, the very air that we breathe, so Helen Cu yeah I also care about it's inhabitants. 45 8Th Ave. Catherine Jones Brooklyn, NY 11217-3920 100 Dreiser Loop, Apt. 3H Bronx, NY 10475-2660 Eli Peer 30 Bayard Street Apt 6B Deborah Lancman Brooklyn, NY 11211 293 William Ave Bronx, NY 10464 Alyson Shotz 248 Creamer St. Patty Moukas Brooklyn, NY 11231 5253 Fieldston Rd Bronx, NY 10471-2911 Karena Wells 99 Clinton Street Francisco J. Velez Brooklyn, NY 11201 100 Erskine Place Bronx, NY 10475 Elisabeth Youngclaus 2 Grace Ct, Apt 6C Susan Maros Victoria Brooklyn, NY 11201 P.O. Box 232 Bronxville, NY 10708 Andrea Zinn 629 East 24Th Street Kathy Shivers Brooklyn, NY 11210 350 South Country Rd Brookhaven, NY 11719 Candice Martin 4815 4Th Avenue Stephen Appell Brooklyn , NY 11220-1841 15 Wellington Court Brooklyn, NY 112230 Javier Rivera 55 South 3Rd Street K. Arnone Brooklyn , NY 11249 1770 Bay Ridge Parkway 2F Brooklyn, NY 11204 We need to preserve all the creatures that share the earth with us. We are all interconnected!

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Phoenix Hawelu-Hills 8 Bristol View Drive 641 Elmwood Ave. Fairport, NY 14450-4214 Buffalo, NY 14222 Marlene Sabba James Hoffmann Farmingville, NY 11738 501 Lamarck Drive Buffalo, NY 14225-1177 Virginia Johnson 4355 Kissena Blvd. Deborah Hoffmann Flushing, NY 11355 501 Lamarck Dr Buffalo, NY 14225 David Sorensen 68-04 138St Marilyn Wright Flushing, NY 11367 9 Saint Lukes Place Cambridge, NY 12816 George Jacobs 6 Mares Lane I care about everything on our planet. Gardiner, NY 12525 Sarah Hamilton 9087 Tioughanack Rd. Kathy Haverkamp Canastota, NY 13032 722 Billsboro Road Geneva, NY 14456 Susan Torres 26 Hillside Rd Ken Ward Carmel, NY 10512-6049 140 Bleecker St Gloversville, NY 12078 Dawn Kazanecki 64 Ocean Ave. Linda Hartman Center Moriches, NY 11934 1316 Glen Avon Rd Grand Island, NY 14072 all fish are importantant Maureen Lynch Elaine Donovan 3482 Rt 488 9176 Hayward Hill Road Clifton Springs, NY 14432 Hemlock, NY 14466

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Love Sea Food, and new generations should Robin Dolbear have the chance to have it too! 113 Catherine Dtreet Jaime Munera Hermon, NY 13652 105-14 Martense Ave Corona, NY 11368 Maryellen Todd 18 Fulton Ave Ron Tergesen Hicksville, NY 11801 9 Simmons Dr East Islip, NY 11730 Esther Weaver 47 Hawleys Corners Road Norma Quizi Highland, NY 12528 90-31 Whitney Ave Elmhurst, NY 11373 Jean Padilla Po Box 1076 Phyllis Brault Hopewell Jct, NY 12533-1076

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Phemie Zervos Maria Studer 7 Lantern Street 127 Springtime Lane West Huntington , NY 11743 Levittown, NY 11756

Lynn Coffey-Edelan Mary Francis 27 Foxwood Drive East 129 Valley Ave Huntington Station, NY 11746 Locust Valley, NY 11560

Janet Moser Let's have a Great Balance in the oceans! :) 45 Kildare Road Kathryn Panaro Island Park, NY 11558 28 Olive Place Lynbrook, NY 11563 Eric Patterson 168 Pleasant Grove Rd. Peter J. Keiser Ithaca, NY 14850 131 W. Seneca St. Manlius, NY 13104-2444 I am greatly worried about our fisheries. The numbers of so many important species have M. Reibscheid dropped precipitously over the past several 65 Third Ave decades. That's because of BAD MANAGEMENT Mass Pk , NY 11762 STRATEGIES! I completely support this petition! The actions we take MUST INCLUDE Marcia Baltz THE ENTIRE ECO-SYSTEM! No matter how great 1 Bayview Place the pressures, we must keep our eye on the Massapequa, NY 11758-7746 prize: fisheries that are vital and vibrant and healthy and sustainable through this century Rich Heaning and beyond! If we take everything that's in a 12 Seneca Dr fishery, it will ultimately disappear forever! Is Massapequa, NY 11758 that really what we want? I don't think so! Marilyn Rowland Jackie Stolfi 206 Eastern Heights Dr. 267 Harbor Lane North Ithaca, NY 14850 Massapequa Park, NY 11762

So much depends on this one fish... Mindye Fortgang Scott Teel 2154 Holland Way 710 N. Cayuga St. Apt. 3 Merrick, NY 11566 Ithaca, NY 14850 Marlena Lange Thomas Pintagro 23 Royce Ave 8 Beverly Pl Middletown, NY 10940-4708 Jamestown, NY 14701 Kerry Rose Gabby Sekuterski 330 Goshen Tpke Crescent Terr Middletown , NY 10941 Lake View, NY 14085 Elaine Gerhardstein Barbara Reukauf 2 Sorrento Ct. 277 Enchanted Forest North Miller Place, NY 11764 Lancaster, NY 14086 Janet Mainzer East part of the food web is vitally important. P. O. Box 267 Therefore we need to be concerned with saving Milton, NY 12547 this fish.

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Hundreds of east coast fisherman need a very also. Please use an ECOSYSTEM BASED healthy stock of forage fish to sustain the fish MANAGEMENT TO EFFECTIVELY MANAGE they seek. ATLANTIC SEA HERRING. thank you Matt Stedman Rachele Cappelli Gloucester Ave West 78 St Montauk, NY 11954 New York, NY 10024

Jill Berliner Leslie Cassidy 80 Grove Street 534 East 83Rd Street Apartment 2B Mount Kisco, NY 10549 New York, NY 10028

An Ecosystem Based Management approach is Marisa Demos Defranca the smart approach in this matter, and why 517 E. 77Th St. #6F approach it unintelligently? New York, NY 10075 Elsa Rush 18 High Tor Road Extinction of any species is a disaster that New City, NY 10956 should be avoided. Mitchell Donian Eric J. Arroyo 204 W 10 St. 3725 Henry Hudson Parkway 12E New York, NY 10014 New York, NY 10463 Mary Fanelli All fish are important, each has its place in the 321 E 42 St ecological order as do we so this is why we must New York, NY 10017 endeavour to value and honor all living entities. Sarah Barton-King Isabel M. Fuica 1 East 93Rd Street #1A 222 Grace Church 302 Port Chester New York, NY 10128 New York, NY 10573

Christine Bonnell The reasons are not Rocket Science! 1781 Riverside Dr. Apt. 6F Henry Gaudsmith New York, NY 10034 335 E 14Th St # 79 New York, NY 10009 Alice Brody 250 W 94 St Constance George New York, NY 10025 295 Central Park West New York, NY 10024 If we lose this small fish, we will lose the big fish too. We can't afford to do that! Steve & Nancy Gould Leslie Burby 94 Christopher St #3 62 Park Terr W New York, NY 10014 New York, NY 10034 Paige Harrison Edward Butler 215 West 90 Street #3A 36 E 69Th St New York, NY 10024-1223 New York, NY 10021 Barb Holtz The balance of marine life in our waters is of 245 E 25Th St utmost importance to maintain a healthy New York, NY 10010 environment including life on this planet! Its a no-brainer and us humans are doing enough The health of our oceans and all creatures who negative things which in turn are destroying our live there is absolutely crucial for the health of balance of nature, and killing innocent animals our planet.

Ocean River Institute ~ 12 Eliot Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 ~ www.oceanriver.org ~ tel: 617 621-6647 81 There is hope if responsible and caring people do the next right thing NOW. Carson Martin, Richmond, VA Save Atlantic Sea Herring letter signed by 2,443 individuals I've been to the ocean. I like it. Let's keep it that way. O. Ruiz, Clifton, NJ

Alix Keast 214 Riverside Drive Michael Perez New York, NY 10025 200 West 15Th St New York, NY 10011 David Klass 136 West 24Th Street Sara Powell New York, NY 10011 348 E9Th St New York, NY 10003 Donna Knipp 60 Seaman Ave., #2E Maritte Rahav New York, NY 10034 450 W. 42Nd St., Apt. #21M New York, NY 10036 Al Krause 19 Pomander Walk David Wen Riccardi-Zhu New York, NY 10025-6931 555 Main St Apt S515 New York, NY 10044 Arthur Lapite 211 East 18Th Street Robert Rivera New York, NY 10003 95 W 95Th St. Apt. 24 A New York, NY 10025 Robin Lim 46 Allen Street Apt 2B Biodiversity means a stronger environment. We New York, NY 10002 are losing too many species due to our own selfishness. Other fish and marine mammals Cave Man need herring to eat. Planned no fishing zones 609 Main can help preserve many endangered species. New York, NY 12555 Donna Sceusa 145 West 96 Street 1A Respect the chain that makes this fish an New York, NY 10025 important part of survival of so many. George Mayer Paul Scott 150 West End Ave. Apt.30P Po Box 389 New York, NY 10023 5744 New York, NY 10116

Jonathan Memmert Cheryl Seltzer 501 W 123 St 2B 333 West End Ave. New York, NY 10027 New York, NY 10023

Irene Miller William Sharfman 400 W 55Th St, Apt 6E 50 Riverside Drive New York, NY 10019 New York, NY 10024

Charles Neidich W. Smith 200 Cabrini Blvd. 125 Bowery New York, NY 10033 New York, NY 10002

John Papandrea Jean Standish 110 West 90 Street 308 E 6Th St. New York, NY 10024 New York, NY 10003

James Peloquen Renee Stein 255 W 23Td St #3Be 332 East 22Nd Street 3-B New York, NY 10011 New York, NY 10010

Ocean River Institute ~ 12 Eliot Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 ~ www.oceanriver.org ~ tel: 617 621-6647 82 There is hope if responsible and caring people do the next right thing NOW. Carson Martin, Richmond, VA Save Atlantic Sea Herring letter signed by 2,443 individuals I've been to the ocean. I like it. Let's keep it that way. O. Ruiz, Clifton, NJ

Richard Stern Joel Finley 11 Riverside Drive 630 Kendrick St New York, NY 10023 Ogdensburg, NY 13669

David Sternberg Pierre Schlemel 117 W 13 St 15 Sheli Drive New York, NY 10011 Old Bethpage, NY 11804

It is vital to preserve this food source for Katherine Wojciechowski whales. 86 E 8Th St. Betty Trentlyon Oneida, NY 13421 409 West 21 St New York, NY 10011 Wendi Cohen 50 Glendale Road Francine Tyler Ossining, NY 10562 419 W. 48Th St New York, NY 10036 Yvonne Pratt 2 Frank St Judy Wenning Patchogue, NY 11772 11 Riverside Drive New York, NY 10023 Nancy Hooper P.O.Box 57 Ellen Wolfe Patterson, NY 12563 160 Claremont Ave Apt.4B New York, NY 10027 Jill Nicholas 45 Oak Hill Terrace Steven Kostis Penfield, NY 14526 261 W. 28Th St. Apt. 2C New York , NY 10001 Joanne Bergen 17 Falling Creek Road I support the conservation of species and the Pittsford, NY 14534 science-based stewardship of this planet's bounty. Fishing limits must be imposed. These fish are key to the marine food web of Alexandra Richards the Atlantic. Without a thriving population of 2793 Troy Schenectady Road Atlantic Herring the entire web unravels. Niskayuna, NY 12309 Paul Ghenoiu 33 West Hill Rd Jonathan Monsen Plattsburgh, NY 12901 36 Cotswold Drive North Salem, NY 10560 Peter Sweeny 92 Stephen Dr. Lynn Slonaker Pleasantville , NY 10570 Dingleridge Rd. North Salem , NY 10560 Mary Obyrne 99 Schoolhouse Rd Donna George Port Jervis , NY 12771 6715 Buckley Road Apt. 125 North Syracuse, NY 13212-5351 Arlene Dubin 24 Plymouth Road Sharon Lindsley Port Washington, NY 11050 206 First Street Odessa, NY 14869 Jon Fields

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16L Madison Park Gardens Port Washington, NY 11050 Florence Morris 955 Culver Road Jacqueline Gardner Rochester, NY 14609 3 Hook Road Apartment 14G Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 Paula Neville 277 Pepperidge Drive I care about saving every species. These herring Rochester, NY 14626 may not be important to everyone, but they are crucial for a thriving marine ecosystem. Important to the ecosystem... Donna Lenhart Beth Prewitt 2122 New Hackensack Rd 42 Mapledale Street Poughkeepsie, NY 12603 Rochester, NY 14609

H Ellis Griffin Stephen Mitchell 650 Depot Hill Rd. 13 Danbury Ct Poughquag, NY 12570 Rock Hill, NY 12775

Ruth Mendes Amanda Dixon 30 Peters Lane 19 Pansy Road Pound Ridge, NY 10576 Rocky Point , NY 11778

Ruth Mendes Susan Krause 30 Peters Lane 29 Roseville Ave Pound Ridge, NY 10576 Saint James, NY 11780

Allan Cooperman Thomas Massey 80-35 Springfield Blvd Apt 2B 249 Woodcock Mt. Rd. Queens Village, NY 11427-1217 Salisbury Mills, NY 12577

Owen Peacock This fish is important to the other creatures in P O Box 66 the ocean as a food source. Humans don't need Ray Brook, NY 12977 to eat Atlantic herring. Patti Packer Gabriel Alberti 5 Jennifer Rd 9354 Queens Blvd Scotia, NY 12302 Rego Park, NY 11374 Michele Ledesky Linda Seaver 3928 South Street 161 E Market St Seaford, NY 11783 Rhinebeck, NY 12572 Pat Dellitalia Dennis Shivers 42 Nostrand Ave. 12 Hilltop La Selden, NY 111784-1021 Ridge, NY 11961 To paraphrase John Muir, when you try to take Jacqui Lipschitz one species out of the environment, you find it 85 Boniface Drive connected to every thing else in nature. Rochester, NY 14620 Kevin Oldham 21 Ormond Pl. Tina Martin Shirley, NY 11967 108 Congress Ave Rochester, NY 14611 Lois White

Ocean River Institute ~ 12 Eliot Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 ~ www.oceanriver.org ~ tel: 617 621-6647 84 There is hope if responsible and caring people do the next right thing NOW. Carson Martin, Richmond, VA Save Atlantic Sea Herring letter signed by 2,443 individuals I've been to the ocean. I like it. Let's keep it that way. O. Ruiz, Clifton, NJ

1299 Williams Drive Shrub Oak, NY 10588 Laraine Lebron 6522 Stage Rd Linda Beachl Utica, NY 13502 31 Mountain View Ave. Slbany, NY 12205 Margaret Scripp 3100 Syler Rd Victoria Feuerstein Varysburg, NY varysburg 116 Mobrey Lane Smithtown, NY 11787 This is a place to START....we have been over fishing for years....the World's Oceans are not as Kim Buell populated with fish and other creatures as they 6518 Middle Rd once were....so let's begin here and continue it Sodus, NY 14551 with other species !!!! Patrick Matriscino Lorraine G. 1090 Cork Road 19 Dingee Road Victor, NY 14564-9145 South Salem, NY 10590 Rose Marie Wilson Wendy Sortino 32 Willowood Drive 27 Mourning Dove Lane Wantagh, NY 11793-1217 Southeast, NY 10509 Barbara Schrier Vincent Ditizio 1 Charles St 233 Ilysa Way Waverly, NY 14892 Staten Island, NY 10312 Kathleen Bobb Matthew Hyland 207 Hunt Rd 151 Clinton Place Westerlo, NY 12193-2530 Staten Island, NY 10302 Stanley Worksman Kevin Mahoney 166-32 16 Road 234 Kingsley Ave Whitestone, NY 11357 Staten Island, NY 10314 Mari Smet To: New England Fisheries Management 7420 91 Ave Council: Save the Atlantic Sea Herring fish! Woodhaven, NY 11421 William G Gonzalez 200 Dashew Dr Apt A15 Edward Rengers Suffern, NY 10901-4289 391 John Joy Rd Woodstock, NY 12498 Sandy Dalcais 4534 Bliss Marie Christina Magalas Sunnyside, NY 11377 632 Warburton Avenue 3E Yonkers, NY 10701 Suzanne Tubbs Op Box 166 It is time that humans take responsibility on Taberg, NY 13471 conserving Nature! Ana Pocasangre Bruce Mohr 334 Warburton Ave 84 Broadway Yonkers, NY 10018 Tivoli, NY 12583 Mary King

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590 Weber Ave. 1273 Prospect Place Akron, OH 44303-1829 Cincinnati, OH 45231

Beth Verbiar Michael Freeman 35 Columbus St 4158 Larchview Dr. Bedford, OH 44146 Cincinnati, OH 45236

The greatness of a nation and the moral Michelle Wikette progress of it's people can be judged by the way 8232 Springleaf Lake Dr. it's animals, land and people are treated... We Cincinnati, OH 45247 steal these creatures lives and profit from the land and their suffering... The very least we can Because saving this fish is the right thing to do. do is to show compassion and try to eliminate Kevin Davis the suffering, both to animals, the people and 3838 E. 189Th Str. our land... Cleveland, OH 44122 Janet Pyett 613 Elm St Caroline Chesebrough Belpre, OH 45714-1672 2599 Canterbury Road Cleveland Heights, OH 44118 Marc Masto 1233 Red Tail Hawk Ct. #5 The marine ecosystem is critically important Boardman, OH 44512-8017 both economically and to the health of the planetary ecosystem as a whole. The arguments People much smarter than I determine which for the ecological importance of the Atlantic populations are in danger, and I trust them! herring are extremely persuasive, and the Judy Byrd measures recommended here are simply good 900 Park Ave Sw scientific and economic sense. Canton, OH 44706 Brian M. Scott 2323 S. Taylor Rd. Karen Kindel Cleveland Heights, OH 44118 5921 Freitag St Canton, OH 44718 Henry Jones 1000 Urlin Avenue Unit#1209 Disrupting the ocean's food chain, whether by Columbu, OH 43212-3333 negligence or ignorance, can and will have devastating consequences. L.J. Harris Charles Mullen 2261 N Star Rd 6100 Ronald St. Nw Columbus, OH 43221 Canton, OH 44718 We need to preserve this Earth, its flora and Dawn Meyers fauna, for future generations, your grand- 8002 State Rt 101 children and mine. We do not inherit this Earth Castalia, OH 44824 from our Ancestors, we borrow it from our children. John Schmittauer Steven Skal P.O. Box 193 Sand Ridge 630 Churchill Ave Chauncey, OH 45719 Columbus, OH 43214

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Hamilton, OH 45013 I care about this issue because everything is connected and everything is here for a reason. John Hiestand Kim Gallo 455 Vine Street 11800 Christian Ave Hillsboro, OH 45133 Concord, OH 44077 Why I Care Is Because They Deserve To Live. Loretta Kerns Leave Them Alone 105 Brent Pl. Lauren Wade Cortland, OH 44410 210Mcpherson Ave Ironton, OH 45638-1116 Christine Hicks 2224 18Th St Mike Krouse Cuyahoga Falls, OH 44223 14306 Detroit Ave. Lakewood, OH 44107 I urge you to read and protect. We can't afford not to protect. Linda Flannery Diana Restaino 1587 Northland 4391 Rundell Dr. Lakewwod, OH 44107 Dayton, OH 45415-1422 Mary Camele Michael Norden 550 E Loveland Ave 22290 County Road S Loveland, OH 45140 Defiance, OH 43512-9509 Lori Stenger The well being of all our waterways should be 2595 Frost Rd important to all people. Mantua, OH 44255 Sherrie Rozniecki 4845 Highlands Dr. Diane Self Delaware, OH 43015 1025 Stuart N.W. Massillon, OH 44646 The herring are an integral species for the entire ecosystem, it is insane to let their populations Marlene Barrett plummet, duh. 4505 Thackeray Rd Lisa Kenion Maumee, OH 43537 15 E 221St St Euclid, OH 44123 Michael Seager 8253 Westmoor Road Rebecca Katzenmeyer Mentor, OH 44060-7535 324 Marquette Rd Fairlawn, OH 44333 Lisa Witham 5980 Marine Pkwy D117 Lauren Jusek Mentor On The Lake, OH 44060 10223 Bancroft Rd Garrettsville, OH 44231 Diane Mcjunkin 965 Tam-O-Shanter Way Rebecca Slisher Monroe, OH 45050 481 Main St. Groveport, OH 43125 Herring are an important food source for people as well as other fish. they are essential to the we need to protect our ocean environment health of our oceans. Gay Williamson Sandra Cobb 817 Main 3880 Ellendale Rd

Ocean River Institute ~ 12 Eliot Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 ~ www.oceanriver.org ~ tel: 617 621-6647 87 There is hope if responsible and caring people do the next right thing NOW. Carson Martin, Richmond, VA Save Atlantic Sea Herring letter signed by 2,443 individuals I've been to the ocean. I like it. Let's keep it that way. O. Ruiz, Clifton, NJ

Moreland Hills, OH 44022 600 Larona Rd Trotwood, OH 45426 Katrin Baker 303 S. Center Street Toby Ann Reese Mount Vernon, OH 43050 1117 West River Rd Valley City, OH 44280 R. Safron 34775 Lorain Tracy Smith North Ridgeville, OH 44039 223 St. Marys Ln Waverly, OH 45690 Cheryl Tyson 9451 Chesapeake Drive Jenny Hill North Royalton, OH 44133 127 Spring Valley Westerville, OH 43081 Elizabeth Wince 8770 Beechwood Dr Quite simply, we need to maintain an ecological Novelty, OH 44072 balance in our oceans which are already in dire straits. We have already lost 90% of the oceans David Christman predators! 5273 Morning Sun Rd. Mark Kapec Oxford, OH 45056 29106 Edgewood Dr. Willowick, OH 44095 Peggy Fugate 6685 Stillwell-Beckett Road Mary Zack Oxford, OH 45056 Ridgedale Dr. N. Worthington, OH 43085 Robin Craft Po Box 126 Mary Jo Nagy Plain City, OH 43064 842 Upton Rd Youngstown, OH 44509 Veronica Koch 1805 Timmonds Ave. Linda Langmacher Portsmouth, OH 45662 614 S. Carnegie St. Carnegie, OK 73015 Wayne Toven 4619 Industry Rd Mary Price Ravenna, OH 44266 2501 E. Leroy Rd. Cleveland, OK 74020 Matt Niekamp 281 North Sycamore Street Lydia Garvey Saint Henry, OH 45883 429 S 24Th St Clinton, OK 73601 Jeannie Finlay-Kochanowski 229 Majestic Drive Because these fish are an important part of the Toledo, OH 43608 ocean and lakes. Stop the overfishing now before they are all gone. This fish is essential to the life of the ocean, and Gracie Winters life on Earth! 113 E. 3Rd St Radko Vacek Newkirk, OK 74647 624 Woodville Rd. Toledo, OH 43605-2648 Donna Goodwin 1342 Homeland Rhonda Holt Norman, OK 73072

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David Braden 1143 Nw 38Th St Wayne Kelly Oklahoma City, OK 73118 258 A St., #1-30 Ashland, OR 97520 Lana Henson 2009 N Gatewood Atlantic Herring are food fish and are an Oklahoma City, OK 73106 important forage fish for tuna and many other fish humans depend on for food! Without I care about the environment. I care about herring many fish humans need for food will not sustainability. be available for the commercial food fishery Linda Simonds John Sully 5228 N. Hudson 365 Granite Street Oklahoma City, OK 73118 Ashland, OR 97520

Rita Snellgrove John Cochrane 5546 E. 3Rd St. 18475 Nw Tara Street Tulsa, OK 74112 Beaverton, OR 97006

Lars Jefferson Mary Murphy 3320 Jackson Street Se Apt G 214 Sw 17Th St. Apt 1 Albany, OR 97322 Bend, OR 97702

C.J. Lambeth William Van Buskirk 4967 Ne Granite Ave 17283 Kingfisher Albany, OR 97321-4938 Bend, OR 97707

Humans have a nasty history of exploiting Robert Walker nature's bounty until it's severely depleted, 62049 E Jettrview Lane ruined, or extinct. Think the American Brightwood, OR 97011 Buffalo...Only in this past century has Conservation become a serious topic and a vital It is the welfare of healthy oceans and fish that science. All ecosystems are finely tuned, are part of the web and food chains. Loose the interdependent, and integrated in such a way herring, and there will be greater loss of fish that the decimation of a single species can variety following. Already there is dire situations throw the entire system off balance. In the for the oceans, over fishing,massive deaths, and same way that a good predator to game ratio Fukushima radiation leaking in the oceans going can ultimately prevent forest fires, certain on 4 years! species of fish are critical to healthy balance of Dr. Shelley Sovola aquatic systems. Atlantic herring are a pivotal P.O. Box 6969 species on which many of the fish we tend to Brookings, OR 97415-0355 consume depend on. Because we need to assure adequate supplies of fish for consumption in the Linda Schwartz future, it is vital that cutting edge and P.O. Box 1127 comprehensive conservation methods be applied Cannon Beach, OR 97110 to the Atlantic herring, preferably as soon as possible. Jerry Melton Jackie Critser 1129 Nw Harrison Blvd 19747 Sw Sweet Gum Ct Corvallis, OR 97330 Aloha, OR 97078 Dave Plaehn Shannon Harris 973 Nw 33Rd St 2364 Abbott Ave Corvallis, OR 97330 Ashland, OR 97520

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Daniel Jones Susan Wechsler 34085 Santiam Hwy 1820 Ne Vine Ave Lebanon, OR 97355 Corvallis, OR 97330 Judith Basye Stockton Garver 681 Nw Morning View Ct 1085 Reuben Boise Rd Mcminnville, OR 97128 Dallas, OR 97338 Juanita Samuelson Casey Jo Remy 2729 Rosewood Street 1742 Days Creek Rd Medford, OR 97504 Days Creek, OR 97429 Robert Scheelen When they go--so does EVERYTHING ELSE 732 Ellendale Dr FOREVER!! this is very important! Medford, OR 97504 Tasha Carpenter Tide Creek Rd Timothy Rinner Deer Island, OR 97054 5825 Se Kent St. Milwaukie, OR 97222 This fish is vital to the life of other fish and marine life. If they are depleted the whole Mary Peterson marine system will suffer. 351 Se Back Bay Dr Marilee Urban Newport, OR 97365 70490 Simonson Lane Elgin, OR 97827-8267 Michael Simon 1005 5Th St. Randy Harrison Oregon City, OR 97045 4051 Wagner St Eugene, OR 97402 Susanna Askins 14640 Ne Russell Ct M. Lee Zucker Portland, OR 97230 1966 Orchard St. Eugene, OR 97403 Rev. Dave Bean 1231 Ne Mlk Blvd. Apt. #422 Setsuko Maruki-Fox Portland, OR 97232-2093 3967 Almar Rd Grants Pass, OR 97527 Nancy Bishop 1725 N. Alberta St. Stephen Reynolds Portland, OR 97217 Po Box 1012 Hillsboro, OR 97123-1012 Philip Bryer 2840 Alder Dody H. Portland, OR 97201 Po Box1201 Jacksonville, OR 97530-1201 Ann Clarkson 5203 Se 38Th Janice Modesitt Portland, OR 97202 4299 Sw Country Woods Ct. Lake Oswego, OR 97035 Ben Earle 5524 Ne 30Th Ave. It is a keystone species in marine fisheries. Its Portland, OR 97211 demise can cause irreparable harm to the ecosystem. M. Field

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Because it IS A WEB of LIFE and we cannot Diana Saxon break the chain. 4098 Market St Ne Apt 23 Erin Marshall Salem, OR 97301 5736 Ne 29Th Ave Portland, OR 97211 When we act to protect the natural world, we protect ourselves. We cannot live without it. Pull a key link out of an ecosystem and the Ann Hollyfield entire system begins to fail. The herring is that Box 70 key link. Seal Rock, OR 97376 Donlon Mcgovern 4107 Ne 24Th Ave Robert Hinely Portland, OR 97211-6411 1510 W. Main St. Sheridan, OR 97378-1016 Elizabeth Mollo 3801 Ne Senate St. Once the system is out of balance it impacts the Portland, OR 97232 entire ecology and functionality of the oceans. Sharon Bodman Maureen O'Neal 317 Sw Siletz River Dr 9100 S.W. 80Th Ave. Siletz, OR 97380 Portland, OR 97223 Rita Castillo Janna Piper 6825 F St. Po Box 15072 Springfield, OR 97478 Portland, OR 97293 Paul Ordway Debra Poscharscky 4031 B Street 16005 East Burnside Street Springfield, OR 97478 Portland, OR 97233 Sharon Doggett Margaret Quentin 12181 Sw Peninsula Dr. 3830 Ne 64Th Ave. Terrebonne, OR 97760 Portland, OR 97213 Joyce Markham Debra Rehn 10560 Sw Pathfinder Way 5130 Se 30Th Ave Apt 9 Tigard, OR 97223 Portland, OR 97202 Wayne And Barbara Blunk Colleen Sorensen Pob 417 4500 W. Burnside Rd. Wilderville, OR 97543 Portland, OR 97210 Patricia Paul Clivonne Corbett 230 Mcginnis Rd 944 Irongate Lane Acme, PA 15610 Roseburg, OR 97471 Mary Jean Sharp Cassandra Browning 424 Spruce Avenue

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Altoona, PA 16601 2 East Butler Avenue Chalfont, PA 18914 Bryan Ersek 407 Shubrook Lane W. Andrew Stover Aston, PA 19014 247 West Queen Street Chambersburg, PA 17201 Susan Thompson 23516 Shannondell Dr Julia Amsler Audubon, PA 19403-5675 586 E. Tarkiln Road Clarion, PA 16214 The Atlantic herring is a primary prey fish for the majority of marine life. Without these fish the Marlene Warkoczewski entire ocean ecosystem is at risk. 126 Union Road Silvana Borrelli Coatesville, PA 19320 56 Cornell Rd Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004 This fish supports so many other species. It is a marker fish. When this little fish is doing well, Ann Seip so is its environment. 5137 Pintail Court Judith Fordham Bensalem, PA 19020 121 Zachary Rd. Coburn, PA 16832 Kathleen Colwill 585 Bair Rd. Deanne O'Donnell Berwyn, PA 19312 137 Ron Drive Derry, PA 15627 Anthony Capobianco 101 Keystone Ct Ste 203 Roberta Bunsick Bethel Park, PA 15102-4612 125 Briarwood Road East Stroudsburg, PA 18302 Stephanie Stover 324 E. Washington Ave. small pieces of a puzzle complete it - gestalt Bethlehem, PA 18018 Mark Feder 822 Wooddale Rd Dennis Hartenstine East Stroudsburg, PA 18302 2425 Hay Creek Road Birdsboro, PA 19508 Patricia Pados 15 Wilden Dr Herring are an important part of the marine food Easton, PA 18045 chain. Suesie Hartman Maria Rosenberger Po Box 804 3651 St. Peter'S Rd Bowmansville, PA 17507 Elverson, PA 19520

Sigmund Finman John Csaszar 202 Glen Springs Circle 11 White Oak Drive Canonsburg, PA 15317 Fleetwood, PA 19522

THE REASON I CARE IS AFTER WE'VE TAKEN Mary Ann Smith ALL OF THE FISH, DRAINED AWAY OR 1071 Kenyon Drive POISONED ALL OF THE WATER, THEN AND Fort Washington, PA 19034 ONLY THEN WILL HUMAN BEINGS FIGURE OUT THAT WE CAN'T EAT MONEY.... Vince Dipillo Patricia Guthrie 1106 Rosewood Lane

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The herring are a essential part of the sea Barbara Johns environment. 693 Yorktown Road Margaret Goodman Lewisberry, PA 17339 51 Broomall Lane Glen Mills, PA 19342-1734 Patricia Parker 211 N 2Nd St Daniel Shively Lewisburg, PA 17837 3006 Brown Sugar Court Greensburg, PA 15601 Mark Hirschman 9 Hendricks Pl Daniel Mink Lititz, PA 17543 2307 Ionoff Road Harrisburg, PA 17110 Lorraine Heagy 6 Sussex Place Stacey Bradley Lititz,, PA 17543-1039 193 Beaver Street Hastings, PA 16646 Our oceans must be protected and all that live in it! Kelly Riley Julie Schampel 902 Bent Rd. 1017 Glenn Avenue Hatfield, PA 19440 Mckeesport, PA 15133

Eugene Alexander Dave Rogers 11447 Galway Ct. 450 Laurel Street Hummelstown, PA 17036 Minersville, PA 17954

Laura Manz I remember growing up hearing about the shad P.O. Box 361 runs in the Susquehannan River; those runs are Ingomar, PA 15127 essentially a thing of the past. Don't make the same mistake that was made in Pennsylvania-- To let something that was so amazingly plentiful manage the Atlantic Herring wisely. become threatened is obscene. Ellen Bardo Phoebe Turner 121 Creek Road 360 Marlboro Road Muncy, PA 17756 Kennett Sqaure, PA 19348 Kathy Stack Tom Swimley 303 West Miller Ave 9808 Rt. 249 Munhall, PA 15120 Knoxville, PA 16928 Gloria Cameron I care about the environment and all wildlife!! 109 Crestwood Dr. Jacqueline Bobnick New Castle, PA 16101 P. O. Box 152 Lawrence, PA 15055 The Herring is essential to many other species that we treasure. Every part of the chain is Joanne Mack Sacred. 347 Chippewa St Carol O'Connell, Esq Lester, PA 19029 22 Ingham Way New Hope, PA 18938 Matthew Krawczun 40 Nearwood La Bill Deutschlander

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7 Solar Drive Philadelphia, PA 19152 New Providencee, PA 17560 We can't keep destroying our oceans. Craig Martin William Haegele Hemlock Lane 13032 Townsend Road New Stanton, PA 15672 Philadelphia, PA 19154

Jeff Carlin One must look at the big picture before taking 400 Merion Dr action. Each and every species matters and has Newtown, PA 18940 a role to play which must be understood and recognized. Jeffrey Bedrick Bridget Irons 836 Goshen Road 16 W. Southampton Ave. Newtown Square, PA 19073 Philadelphia, PA 19118-3909

Kim Fetters We need to take better care of our natural 611 Kate St resources. If the commercial fishing industry Osceola Mills, PA 16666 does cooperate to save the herrings, tuna, and other dwindling fish populations, they will put Mimi Burstein themselves out of business. Just like the market 27 East Central hunters who drove the Passenger Pigeon into Paoli, PA 19301 extinction and also cut themselves out of business! Emma Shock Ross Kardon 16 Fairway Rd. 226 West Rittenhouse Square Apt. 3112, The Paoli, PA 19301 Dorchester Philadelphia, PA 19103 UNSUSTAINABLE AND POOR OCEAN MANAGEMENT HAS DESTROYED TOO MANY Linda Kilby PREY FISH. NOW IT'S THE TURN OF THE 1150 N. 65Th Street HERRING. Philadelphia, PA 19151 Barbara Hegedus 404 Fox Trl. They're an essential part of the ocean's food Parkesburg, PA 19365-9198 chain ! Aaron Libson Jennifer Rankin 4919 North 9Th Street 29 Rosenberger Drive Philadelphia, PA 19141 Perkasie, PA 18944 Michael Mcquown William Anderson 5218 Laurens St 3039 Baltz Street Philadelphia, PA 19144 Philadelphia, PA 19121 Evelyn Nitka Jo Cuffari 7145 Bingham St 2068 Mercy Street Philadelphia, PA 19111 Philadelphia, PA 19145 Juliann Pinto John Dulik 4438 Pennypack Street 209 Rex Avenue Philadelphia, PA 19136 Philadelphia, PA 19118-3718 Ellen Poist Evelyn Haas 9701 Germantown Ave. 7832 Lister St. Philadelphia, PA 19118

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It is essential as forage for other fish and birds. They are God's creatures. Laura Horowitz Carol Thompson 6544 Darlington Rd 2874 Amy Drive Pittsburgh, PA 15217 South Park, PA 15129

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Ocean River Institute ~ 12 Eliot Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 ~ www.oceanriver.org ~ tel: 617 621-6647 95 There is hope if responsible and caring people do the next right thing NOW. Carson Martin, Richmond, VA Save Atlantic Sea Herring letter signed by 2,443 individuals I've been to the ocean. I like it. Let's keep it that way. O. Ruiz, Clifton, NJ rivers. Loss of cornerstone species will cause devastation and collapse of an already fragile Thomasin Kellermann connection of species like herring. It is our 76 Union Street responsibility to protect herring and similar Bristol, RI 02809 species and the marine environment Save the biomass before the point of no return. As a key prey species, Sea herring are critical to Dorothy Theobald the ocean ecosystems on which we all depend. 628 Wiley Ave They must be protected. Stroudsbug, PA 18360 Lisa Petrie 11 Debra Drive Edward Thornton Carolina, RI 02812 7 Swarthmore Place Swarthmore, PA 19081-1023 Kimberly Mcdonough 86 Maybury Street It is the one that feeds so many others. Cumberland, RI 02864 John Furlong 2 Countyline Rd I am a professional biologist with a long career Trevose, PA 19053 invested in conservation; I know the critical importance of these fish to our ecosystem. Susan Luckowski James Lazell 113 N Five Pts Rd 6 Swinburne St. West Chester, PA 19380 4732 Jamestown, RI 02835

Nancy Orons I care about every living creature that is 810 Birchfield Court becoming extinct, they all have their purpose Wexford, PA 15090 here on this earth.. Gail Johnston Gwenn Meltzer 19 Dickson St. 1847 Constitution Av 506 N. Kingstown, RI 02852 Woodlyn, PA 19094 S.D. L. Oceanic conservation is one of the most N. Kingstown, RI 02852 important issues of our time. Paul Lerman Deborah Lipman 908 Laburnum Lane 50 Stimson Avenue Wyncote, PA 19095 Providence, RI 02906

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Melissa Hanmer Without Atlantic Herring to feed on, many other 130 Sunrise Dr. species of fish might disappear or become Bristol, RI 02809 significantly reduced. Barry Lebeau

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97 Phenix Avenue Unit 1 Lisa Scharin West Warwick, RI 02893 2047 Presidio Drive Mount Pleasant, SC 29466 Sally Sorensen Blank Sean Patrick Smith Westerly, RI 02891 283 Whitchurch Street Murrells Inlet, SC 29576 Because it us crucial to the cycle of sea life. Kathy Simmons We lose one species, we eventually lose all. Can 1024 Brookhaven Dr you see this? Aiken, SC 29801 Charlotte Edwards 9639 S Carousel Cir Elizabeth Vogt Summerville, SC 29485 201 Martin Street Clemson, SC 29631 Because all fish matter; all are part of the ecosystem. Amber Davidson Catherine Harrison 1203 Dothan Rd 10 Sandy Pine Dr Columbia, SC 29210 Surfside Beach, SC 29575

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Paula Steedley Larry Olivier 2788 Holbrook Road 198 Lynda Fort Mill, SC 29715 Chattanooga, TN 37405

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June Pauley These fish are the base of the aquatic food 140 Wedgefield Village Rd. Unit 30 pyramid, without them we will lose all the other Georgetown, SC 29440 fish that feed on them!! Joyce Coombs Jim Melton 8236 Wood Rd. 10381 Tintinhull Dr Corryton, TN 37721 Indian Land, SC 29707 Rhonda Bradley Patricia Luck 1156 Highway 68 2701 Pinelog Lane Crossville, TN 38555 Johns Island, SC 29455 Jo-Ann Murphy Kathy Bradley 1790 Fraley Road 1220 Fredericksburg Drive South Dayton, TN 37321 Lugoff, SC 29078 Joan Mitchell Alan Bosch 123 Noel Cove Circle 123 Oak Crest Drive Hermitage, TN 37076 Moncks Corner, SC 29461-9457 Without the food at the bottom of the food chain, the ones further up the chain are at risk.

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These chains are necessary for us to have fish in Heather Scheiderer our diet. Brownlee Drive Linda Bauer Nashville, TN 37205 5124 Moody Drive Kingsport, TN 37664 Colleen Sheppard 9 Music Square South Michele Villeneuve Nashville, TN 37203 2056 Sharron Road Kingsport, TN 37660 William Davis 114 Charlotte Dr Robert Cobb Shelbyville, TN 37160 821 View Harbour Rd Knoxville, TN 37934 Carol Pearcy 137 Rebel Rd April Adams Smyrna, TN 37167 186 Thomas Rd. Livingston, TN 38570 We need to protect other species from death. We invade their homes and take and destroy It is simply important to our food chain and the without care or concern. Nothing lasts forever health of the planet. and we doom ourselves when we have little Carol Consolantis concern for the future generations. Whether 1683 York Avenue they are human or "other". Memphis, TN 38104 Carole Ingram 110 Brentwood Ln. Teresa Iovino So. Fulton, TN 38257-2704 4669 Dunn Rd Memphis, TN 38117 Sally Casey 140 Lauren Dr. Jo Potter White House, TN 37188 717 S Goodlett St Memphis, TN 38111-7508 This is important to me and everyone because they are an extremely important part of the Elaine Simon foodchain for wildlife and consequently us all. 7231 Cedar Road Marcella Hudson Memphis, TN 38135 Brick Church Lane Whites Creek, TN 37189 We cannot survive without the oceans and the forests! To maintain healthy and productive Dorothy Lynn Brooks oceans, we must balance our fishing with the 720 Briarwood Blvd. needs of ocean denizens. If they don't have Arlington, TX 76013 adequate nutrition, how do we expect them to survive and feed us? Our oceans are dying due to overfishing and Carole Whitehead pollution from human activity. We need 4754 Barfield Rd. healthy oceans which hold significant food Memphis, TN 38117 sources like Herring for many species... including HUMANS. Robert Fingerman Linda Heagy Po Box 977 706 Ross Trail Monteagle, TN 37356 Arlington, TX 76012

Patricia Dishman The herring is at the root of the Atlantic 914 Briarwood Crest ecosystem. Wipe it out and you wipe out life in Nashville, TN 37221 the Atlantic.

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Ken Box Limit the exploitation of our ocean resources. 1117 W. 9Th St. Carlos Quiroga Lassepas Austin, TX 78703-4925 10926 Jollyville Road #618 Austin, TX 78759 Dale Clark 706 Sparks Ave Horace Smith Austin, TX 78705 6208 Quail Hollow Austin, TX 78750 Izabella Dabrowski 11805 Eubank Dr. Rebecca Voss Austin, TX 78758 11441 N Ih 35 #17212 Austin, TX 78753 Christopher Dowling 4009 Highland Dr. Because it is clear that unethical fishing Austin, TX 78734 practices benefit the unscrupulous at the expense of the resource they destroy. Pat Emmert Shirley Smith 5200 Summer Drive 12648 Ridgeside Drive Austin, TX 78741 Balch Springs, TX 75180

Henry Ewert HEY U, Take heed don't ignore the facts! 1417 Dwyce Dr Bruce Randolph Austin, TX 78757 518 Fabra St Boerne, TX 78006 Joyce Faulk 6103 Abilene Trail Jean Cameron Austin, TX 78749 1517 Concord Circle College Station, TX 77845 Carol Fly 2205 Broughton Ct Amanda Collins Austin, TX 78727 2305 North Fitzhugh Dallas, TX 75204 Bill Holt 7407 Scenic Brook Dr. Taylor June Austin, TX 78736-3021 4701 Haverwood Ln. Dallas, TX 75287 Lisa Leblanc 4620 W. Wm, Cannon Drive No. 5 Edward Kadane Austin, TX 78749 P.O. Box 720935 Dallas, TX 75372 the entire food chain is important T Logan Ray Swiatkowski 3910 S Ih35 10767 Camellia Drive Austin, TX 78704 Dallas, TX 75230-3815

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One of humankind's jobs is to take care of the Wayne Langley Earth. Providing protection to the Atlantic sea 1001 Capetown Dr. herring, so that it does not become extinct, is Grand Prairie, TX 75050 part of that job. Wayne Daniel Kim Bigley 200 Wallington Drive, #75 1202 E 23 Rd St El Paso, TX 79902 Houston, TX 77009

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I believe that the lower down on the food chain Robert Gartner a species is, the more important it is to err on 6319 Sheringham the side of caution. Failure to do so can have Houston, TX 77085 grave consequences. If we fail to get it right, the catastrophe will cascade thru all the species Katherine Gibson higher on the food chain. 14706 Long Oak Dr. James Ripley Houston, TX 77070 4109 Shannon Drive Fort Worth, TX 76116-8041 I care because every animal is vital to our ecosystem. Rj Marshall Kara Graul 731 Lindsay Street 3125 Wroxton Rd Gainesville , TX 76240 Houston, TX 77005

Lisa Hughes Does not take alot of science to understand that 1713 21St Street we need a high population of prey fish to Keep Galveston, TX 77550

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Keeping the balance in nature as best we can is Victoria Randall critical to the future of our oceans. We do 6211 Culberson St. enough to damage them. Let's do something to Houston, TX 77021 improve them. They are the future of our children. Sandra Reeves Sue Jett 4899 Montrose Blvd. Apt 814 6730 Roos Rd. Houston, TX 77006 Houston, TX 77074 Barbara Silberg We need to make sure they are not over-fished 3035 Walnut Bend Kim Kensinger Houston, TX 77042 906 Briarbrook Houston, TX 77042 Reita Troum 10002 Green Tree Rd Kristina Lamons Houston, TX 77042-1228 1014 W 16Th Street Houston, TX 77008-3428 Dorothea Vander Stoep 14919 Perthshire Road Jaen Lawrence Houston, TX 77079-7605 11703 Taylorcrest Rd Houston, TX 77024 Elizabeth Schlein 1911 Post Oak Park Dr. Apt. 5220 Lindsey Mcmahan Houston , TX 77027 4410 Goldfinch St Houston, TX 77035 Rick Ilgin 840 Terraza We are over fishing and trashing the sea. Irving, TX 75039 Thomas Moore 15550 Kingfield Drive Apt 1202 Herring are an important part of the eco-system, Houston, TX 77084 in that larger fish & large mamals, such as whales, dolphins feed on them. Norma Peet Eugenia Mixon 4753 E. Ridge Creek Dr. 19501 W Little York Rd Houston, TX 77053 Katy, TX 77449

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Even though these fish may seem insignificant in Kathy Skiba and of themselves, they form a large part of the 2405 Pixton Dr entire ocean food chain in their region--that Killeen, TX 76543 means, quite simply, if they disappear, all the species which depend upon them in any way will Sheila Alban ultimately disappear as well. Eventually, this will 421 S. 7Th Street affect not only ocean fishes, but marine La Porte, TX 77571

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Because its the main fish diet for seals, sea Protecting our marine ecology is part of saving otters and whales, dolphins. There are not our planet. enough herring to feed both ocean dwellers and Brent Bray humans. Ocean dwellers cannot shop at grocery 802 Parkview Dr. stores when herring in the sea runs out! Pflugerville, TX 78660-2318 Sharon Frank 2006 Pheasant Dr Randy Thomas Lewisville, TX 75077 304 Dover Dr. Richardson, TX 75080 Sidney Halperen 107 Rainbow Drive #769 Antonio Calabria, Ph.D. Livingston, TX 77399 13106 Regency Wsy San Antonio, TX 78249 Patrice Johnson 3107 59Th Street Shirlene Harris Lubbock, TX 79413 13333 Syracuse San Antonio, TX 78249 David Talleagle 30391 S Olly Oaks Cir Timothy Riley Magnolia, TX 77355 1314 Northpoint San Marcos, TX 78666 This sould be a "no brainer". James Lowe Bennie Scott P.O. Box 978 300 Taylor Manor, TX 78653 Smithville, TX 78957

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Big fish depend on little fish! There is an Sue Liu unbreakable chain! 1811 Wild Violet Ct Edna Hibbitts Sugar Land, TX 77479 2101 Oaklawn Drive Midland, TX 79705 Doris Riddle 267 Oak Hill Drive Kathy Gibbs Trophy Club, TX 76262 2319 Echoibg Oak New Braunfels, TX 78132 Denie English 216 Myrtle St. O C Martinez Uvalde, TX 78801 2768 Morning Moon New Braunfels, TX 78132 Douglas Rives 503 Hefley Street

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Wheeler, TX 79096 Diana Franco 21534 Wild Timber Ct Cheryl Fergeson Broadlands, VA 20148 2956 W 3500 N Ogden, UT 84404 Because over fishing of any species is just wrong! Connor Hansell Maria Flengas 1780 E 5600 S 433 Autumn Green Lane Salt Lake City, UT 84121 Chesapeake, VA 23320

Michael Mcdonald Sam Catron 525 13Th Avenue 182 Wet Springs Rd Salt Lake City, UT 84103 Chilhowie, VA 24319

Trisha Townsend Please, do all you can to save the herring. 1565 Logan Ave Marine life and people are depending on your Salt Lake City, UT 84105 wise stewardship of the ocean and its herring. Beverly Thompson Francois De La Giroday Po Box 104 2509 E Falcon Way Craigsville, VA 24430 Sandy, UT 84093 Louise Wallace Maria Rosmini 9201 Christopher Street 368 S Mall Dr Fairfax, VA 22031 St George, UT 84790 David Hacker Sharon Dymowski 6663 Barrett Rd 8211 La Faye Ct. Falls Church, VA 22042 Alexandria, VA 22306-3248 This is important for the sustainability of our Michael Davenport sea. 6013 27Th Road North Alicia Todd Arlingto, VA 22207 7531 Willow Ln Falls Church, VA 22042 Sandra Corder 2445 South Lowell St. Mark Alexander Arlington, VA 22206 6424 Sugar Maple Ct Fredericksburg, VA 22407 John Light 1138 N. Taylor Street Beverly Bradshaw Arlington, VA 22201 305 Hamilton St Fredericksburg, VA 22408 This fish is one of our food sources, which should be carefully managed so it is there for Gina Paige future generations. 5305 Linsey Lakes Dr James Hartley Glen Allen, VA 23060 6027 26Th Street North Arlington , VA 22207 David Jones 2271 Pike Dr Polly Haynes Greenbackville, VA 23356 3715 Ashleigh Way Rd Barboursville, VA 22923 Thane Harpole 2668 Kings Creek Rd.

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Ruth E. Soulier All life forms are connected on this planet. 320 Hillcrest Street Some links are more vital, and herring are one Lakeland, VA 33815 of those vital links in the chain of which humans are part. Responsible humans must act now to Pat Mace set a better example while counterbalancing the 123 Main Street ignorant and selfish ones. There is hope if Lynchburg, VA 24502 responsible and caring people do the next right thing NOW. Christine Payden-Travers Carson Martin 1711 Link Rd 3513 Pinebrook Drive Lynchburg, VA 24503 Richmond, VA 23225-1213

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As an Avid Bird Watcher, I care about pelagic Nan Fariss birds that eat small herring and feed on tuna 3151 Hillandale Dr.Sw kills of herring, such as the Storm Petrels, Cory's Roanoke, VA 24018 Shearwater and the Black-capped Petrel. As a seafood eater I want Yellowfin Tuna, Rockfish The declining numbers of these fish are a and Spanish mackerel, all sustainable healthy to concern and will have impact on ecosystems if eat; to be preserved by having abundant prey not put in check species. I do also enjoy Whale and Porpoise Anne Lusby-Denham Watching. 3512 Wright Rd. James Shelton Roanoke, VA 24015 811 Roehampton Ct North Chesterfield, VA 23236 Shirley Millican 5901 B Prince George Drive Barry Greenhill Springfield, VA 22152 11309 Myrtle Lane Reston, VA 20191 Kim Hockman 3420 Cherry Lane Barry Greenhill Suffolk, VA 23851 11309 Myrtle Lane Reston, VA 20191 I care about life, all life Arlene Keener Anka Jhangiani 716 Victor Rd 2071 Golf Course Dr Virginia Beach, VA 23454

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G. Cruz It's an extremely important part of the food 5568 Scotts Pond Dr chain for our ocean life. Williamsburg, VA 23188 Michelle Kaufman 93 Center St. Apt 1 Walter Moore Rutland, VT 05701 120 Warwick Hills Williamsburg, VA 23188 These fish are vital to the marine food chain. Their health has consequences for other larger Marisa Reilly fish. 13469 Princedale Dr. Thanice Petrak Woodbridge, VA 22193 408 Dover Road S. Newfane, VT 05351 Fish are a necessary part of our oceans, our food and our environment. Other animals in Don Smith addition to humans depend on them, some for Summer St their very existence. We need quotas for St. Johnsbury, VT 05819 harvesting fish and other marine life as we have shown many times that we cannot police Important fish for whales ourselves. Cindy Grimes Diane Clark P.O. Box 196 1003 Wren Hollow Road Websterville, VT 05678 Woolwine, VA 24185 Herring feed a lot of marine life and humans Jennifer Planeta too. It is an important fish stock. Please take 6100 Leeward Way, 49 action to retain its viability. Thank you. St. Thomas, VI 00802 Virgene Link P.O.Box 543 Lisa Jablow Anacirtes, WA 98221 P.O. Box 520 Brattleboro, VT 05302 Richard Nicolls 7802 West Shore Drive Any loss of biodiversity in the ocean can lead to Anacortes, WA 98221 catastrophic changes in the ecosystem, and even if this weren't the case, this species of fish I am a fisherman. kill off the bait the whole has a right to live and we have a duty to protect system collapses. I've watched the fishing locally it from ourselves! here dwindle in the last 20 years, and have Glenn Letourneau Jr noticed a significant decrease in bait as well. It's 65 Moreland Ave Apt 3N being managed poorly. Brattleboro, VT 05301 Wesly Young 14150 Ne 20Th St. #455 Jim Snee Bellevue, WA 98007 1321 Quarter Line Road Center Rutland, VT 05736-9502 Nancy Salovich 3018 127Th Ave Ne Heather Kennedy Bellevue , WA 98005 590 Barnes Rd Montpelier, VT 05602 Hal Glidden 419 Briar Rd

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Bellingham, WA 98225 Michael Lyman 1250 N Hwy Katherine Iosif Colville, WA 99114-2005 1134 Finnegan Way Apt 202 Bellingham, WA 98225 The ignorance of humanity is the enemy of nature. Why is it that the most educated Rampant overfishing and seabed destructive people commit the worst crimes against nature practices such as trawling have damaged the and humanity? men has turn earth into a cycle of life in our oceans. Big fish don't get big painful place for all living beings...when you do if they don't have little fish to eat. For the sake wrong nothing goes unpunished of all of them, little fish to big fish to the sea Nando A. mammals which also depend on them, please 16625 Kent Des Moines Rd work to save all prey fish. Des Moines, WA 98198 Ms. Meryle A. Korn 2821 Huron St. Rebecca Mcdonough Bellingham, WA 98226 Po Box 165 Eastsound, WA 98245 Lynn Colson 4740 Austin Ct David Turnoy Bellinham, WA 98229 Po Box 95 Eastsound, WA 98245 David Arntson 1615 208Th St Se, #3 Irina Kolomietz Bothell, WA 98012 5627 Colby Ave Everett, WA 98203 Jenny Clark 1516 243Rd Pl Se James Rechetnick Bothell, WA 98021 2303 6Th St Everett, WA 98201 Tracy Ouellette 14078 Mactaggart Ave Tamela Roberson Bow, WA 98232 5627 Colby Ave Everett, WA 98203 Anne Schreibe 14623 8Th Ave Sw Mike Schuhow Burien, WA 98166 409A 124Th Pl Sw Everett, WA 98204 We need a well balanced plan for the management of our natural resources for our Karen Hedwig Backman best interests and those of the environment. 31010 18Th Ave S Apt 4 Maria Magana Federal Way, WA 98003 1290 Hillcrest Drive Burlington, WA 98233 Jean Thornsbury 36721 6Th Ave Sw James Mulcare Federal Way, WA 98023 1110 Benjamin St Clarkston, WA 99403-2576 Fred Karlson 5779 Vista Dr Annapoorne Colangelo Ferndale, WA 98248 7651 Scatchet Head Road Clinton, WA 98236 This species is crucial for the food web up to humans! Luther E. Franklin, Ph.D.

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FSU Biology Department's Institute for Space Bradford Goodwin Biosciences (Formerly, The Institute for Marine 25325 Se 216Th St. Science). Maple Valley, WA 98038 19510 Se May Valley Rd. Issaquah, WA 98027 Donna Hamilton 22435 S.E. 240Th St. Apt. H-103 Larry Franks Maple Valley, WA 98038 24001 Se 103Rd St. Issaquah, WA 98027 Dr Copas P.O. Box 1008 All fish are intertwined with our planet. Medina , WA 98038 Lisa Thomas 14137 235Rd Pl Se Nancy Ellingham Issaquah, WA 98027 9106 Fortuna Drive, Apt. 4201 Mercer Island, WA 98040 Shea Craver 221 Owl Creek Rd Darlene O'Grady Kelso, WA 98626 17340 136Th Place Se Monroe, WA 98272 Jack Jensen 7422 Ne 145Th St Michelle Crow Kenmore, WA 98028 6127 Saint Andrews Drive Mukilteo, WA 98275 Any species short-sighted enough to interrupt its own food chain is doomed to extinction. The Jerry Nokes arrogance of humans can no longer be ignored 5025 N. Irrigon St. by those who wish their heirs to sustain Newman Lake, WA 99025 themselves. Patrick Conn Chris Eisenberg 22018 126Th Court Se 46105 S.E. 137Th St.. Kent, WA 98031-9669 North Bend, WA 98045-8601

Debbie Thorn David Daniels-Lee 710 18Th Ave W Po Box 1027 Kirkland, WA 98033 Ocean Shores, WA 98569

M. Arveson Because I live on this planet 16707 46Th Robert Gabriel Lake Tapps, WA 98391 3125C 36Th Ave Ne Olympia, WA 98506-2618 I've spent decades in North Pacific fisheries and vessel management. Ecosystems fail when out Helen Gilchrist of balance. A holistic approach to fisheries 78 Th Ct management is the only possible way to assure Olympia, WA 98512 sustainable harvests. The resource must come first! Robin Hirsch Buzz Marcus Po Box 193 5575 Winona Lane Orcas, WA 98280 Langley, WA 98260 How can we not care? Nick Barcott Benjamin Wagner 1318 N. Lake Stickney Dr. 3470 Viewsound Lane Se Lynnwood, WA 98087 Port Orchard, WA 98366

Ocean River Institute ~ 12 Eliot Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 ~ www.oceanriver.org ~ tel: 617 621-6647 107 There is hope if responsible and caring people do the next right thing NOW. Carson Martin, Richmond, VA Save Atlantic Sea Herring letter signed by 2,443 individuals I've been to the ocean. I like it. Let's keep it that way. O. Ruiz, Clifton, NJ

Sharon Fetter It's just so clear, how important this is. Now!! Po Box 521 Terry Hill Puyallup, WA 98371-0054 4824 S. 170Th St. Seattle, WA 98188 Rob Thomson 20037 Ne 116Th St Jared Howe Redmond, WA 98053 4107 Martin Luther King, Jr. Way S Seattle, WA 98108 I'm vegan so don't consume fish, I hope everybody goes vegan, but until they do it's Kerry Kovarik insane to overfish to the point of species 341 N 102Nd Street extinction. Surely people can be smarter than Seattle, WA 98133 that. Stephanie Bell Vicky Matsui 21507 42Nd Ave S 541 19Th Ave Seatac, WA 98198 Seattle, WA 98122

Alice Tobias Patricia Murphy 3616 42Nd Str 8835 Burke Ave N Seatle, WA 98105 Seattle, WA 98103

Lynnette Anderson Ecosystems need species at all levels of the food 504 W Smith St. chain to survive - we cannot cherry pick the Seattle, WA 98110 most obvious, most cute or biggest and expect the rest to 'make do'! April Atwood Kevin Orme 3037 Nw 73Rd St 502 N 80Th Seattle, WA 98117 Seattle, WA 98103

Adam Blumenthal Debbi Pratt 5346 16Th Ave S 3535 27Th Pl W Seattle, WA 98108-2343 Seattle, WA 98199

Judith Cohen Kat Thomas 1608 E.Republican St 1007 Alder Seattle, WA 98112 Seattle, WA 98122

Eric Fosburgh It keep the delicate balance between predator & 1415 E Republican St #203 prey which keeps our & the wildlife healthy and Seattle, WA 98112 thriving. Victoria Urias DUH! 14001 35Th Avenue Ne Robert Fulmer Seattle, WA 98125-3705 3902 13Th Ave. S. Seattle, WA 98108 Steve Uyenishi 12425 74Th Ln. S. #24 Saving one variety of small fish helps the whole Seattle, WA 98178-4327 food chain Julia Gammon Richard Frichette 117 20Th E Apt 304 12 Pearl Place Seattle, WA 98112-5377 Sequim, WA 98382

Ocean River Institute ~ 12 Eliot Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 ~ www.oceanriver.org ~ tel: 617 621-6647 108 There is hope if responsible and caring people do the next right thing NOW. Carson Martin, Richmond, VA Save Atlantic Sea Herring letter signed by 2,443 individuals I've been to the ocean. I like it. Let's keep it that way. O. Ruiz, Clifton, NJ

Madelaine Moir We MUST give the oceans and their inhabitants 233 Riverside Rd a rest from our predation! We will deeply regret Sequim, WA 98382 our actions if we don't change our ways as soon as possible- there won't be any fish to eat or to Gary Albright breed more generations nor will there be the 21613 Echo Lake Rd mammals who depend on these fish for food. I Snohomish, WA 98296 stopped eating fish and other sea foods years ago for these very reasons. Kathy Kestell Felicia Dale 15611 N Little Spokane Dr 1920 66Th Pl Ne Spokane, WA 99208 Tulalip, WA 98271

I am an attorney in Spokane, Washington. I am This fish is an important species for ALL other, a former chairperson of the Washington State larger predators that we do fish for. Loose this Bar Association's Animal Law Section. My and all else starts to go. Do Not Let This comments are my own and do not represent the Happen. views of either the Animal Law Section or the James Chesky Bar Association. We are killing this planet by 18108 Se 35Th St allowing overfishing and failing to protect the Vancouver, WA 98683 marine ecosystem. Atlantic herring are a critical part of the ecosystem, and the failure to Bronwen Evans adequately assure their numbers may result in a 210-130E15Thave catastrophic failure that will be linked to other Vancouver, WA 98101 species. I urge you to take the actions outlined above in order to protect Atlantic herring. Alliosn Cox Cheryl Mitchell 25714 Wax Orchard Rd Sw 28 W. Augusta Ave. Vashon, WA 98070 Spokane, WA 99205 Brian Skinner Jack Stansfield 1876 N 10Th St. 16314 62Nd Ave. Nw Washougal, WA 98671 Stanwood, WA 98292-8981 Florence Harty Robyn Cleaves 1130 Nw Baker Drive 2908 S 10Th Street White Salmon, WA 98672 Tacoma, WA 98405 Beth Dannhardt Kathleen Malley 851 Cutler Way 8021 Fawcett Zillah, WA 98953 Tacoma, WA 98408 As a valuable part of the "circle of life" we need Sharon Saunders to find a better way to manage the Atlantic Sea 1418 S Mildred St Apt 1305 Herring. Tacoma, WA 98465 Shanna Goetz 3498 N. Mccarthy Rd. Emily Willoughby Appleton, WI 54913 147000 53Rd. Ave. S. Tukwila, WA 98188-3250 I think all fish are important, and we need to do more for our environment. Elizabeth Mackelvie 1954 Palisades Drive Appleton, WI 54915

Ocean River Institute ~ 12 Eliot Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 ~ www.oceanriver.org ~ tel: 617 621-6647 109 There is hope if responsible and caring people do the next right thing NOW. Carson Martin, Richmond, VA Save Atlantic Sea Herring letter signed by 2,443 individuals I've been to the ocean. I like it. Let's keep it that way. O. Ruiz, Clifton, NJ

go without to make sure the animals have Edna Anderson enough to eat. 1125 Emerson St Shirley Powell Beloit, WI 53511-5556 W5356 Schiferl Lane Johnson Creek, WI 53038 allfish should live. Maureen Grzanna Sustainability is a fundamental issue. No farmer 1013 Sherwood Ln worried about anything past today would ever Caledonia, WI 53108 consider anything that sustainability in their farm operations. It is that simple. Of course, Wayne Krueger anyone managing any natural resources should 212 Vista Circle do the same. Columbus, WI 53925 Steve Deibele 19714 Reichardt Road Kathryn Berkey Kiel, WI 53042 S 9345 Pleasant Valley Dr Eau Claire, WI 54701 Russell Skinner 310 Paul Drive Earth has lost half of its wildlife in the past 40 Kimberly, WI 54136 years, says WWF. Let’s save Atlantic sea herring. Judy Wyeth R Beaupre 121 Locust Street 2532 Finger Rd Lodi, WI 53555 Green Bay, WI 54302 Michael Iltis It is very important that no living thing ceases to 601 S. Orchard St. #2 exist , with the exception of republicans . They Madison, WI 53715 can leave us anytime , the sooner the better . Dan Lemieux Paul Novak 608 Robert Ln 526 Glenway St Green Bay, WI 54311-7539 Madison, WI 53711

We need to take care of our oceans and Our Eric Robson healthy food supply. Rules and regulations to 643 E Johnson St Apt 2 prevent overfishing is a very good idea. Madison, WI 53703 Kathleen Treharne 107 Brentwood Ln I care about the Atlantic herring because it is a Holmen, WI 54636 critical part of its ecosystem. If one link is broken the web is weakened and if too many Suzette Lapolice links are broken the entire web falls apart. 100 Heirloom Apt 305 Carol Steinhart Hudson, WI 54016 6209 Mineral Point Rd. Apt. 315 Madison, WI 53705 Judith Wecker 3223 Ruger Ave. Laura Stewart Janesville, WI 53546 10 Woodridge Ct Apt 2 Madison, WI 53704 Many ocean animals depend on the herring for food. Humans need to leave enough behind Joanne Wagner when fishing to serve as food for the other 4601 Windigo Trail animals and as breeding stock. We cannot Madison, WI 53711 overfish them. I love herring, but I would gladly

Ocean River Institute ~ 12 Eliot Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 ~ www.oceanriver.org ~ tel: 617 621-6647 110 There is hope if responsible and caring people do the next right thing NOW. Carson Martin, Richmond, VA Save Atlantic Sea Herring letter signed by 2,443 individuals I've been to the ocean. I like it. Let's keep it that way. O. Ruiz, Clifton, NJ

Establish a cut-off biomass limit at or above Gerald Zedler 40% of the virgin biomass, like the one used for 536 S 10Th St Antarctic krill, Alaska herring, and US west coast Opostburg, WI 53070 sardine and mackerel. Brian Yanke Ina Pillar 3145 Muir Field Rd 236 Prairie View St Madison, WI 53719 Oregon, WI 53575

Rita Lemkuil I am very concerned about over-fishing and 2410 Mirro Dr. mankind's impact on the food chain in the Manitowoc, WI 54220-6745 worlds oceans and seas. Atlantic herring is a species of particular concern to me. Steven Markgraf Jeffrey Mirate 5205 Church Street 108 14Th Street Mcfarland, WI 53558 Prairie Du Sac, WI 53578

Jennifer Claunch-Meyers Kathy Ison 2912 N Weil St 816 Mason Street Milwaukee, WI 53212 Rhinelander, WI 54501

Jessica Foster Mary Sharpee 3156 S. Quincy Ave. N1005 Hwy Dm Milwaukee, WI 53207 Rio, WI 53960

Erica Gottschalk Richard Heinlein 2621 N Fratney St Po Box 153 Milwaukee, WI 53212 Trevor, WI 53179

J Jenkins I remember the rich herring runs of old in Cape 49Th St Cod and it saddens me to think that this Milwaukee, WI 53210 important and once bountiful food source is so diminished. Jerome Mccollom Margie Zamora 2373 S 32Nd St 3326 Mound View Rd. Milwaukee, WI 53215 Verona, WI 53593

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This fish is a critical part of the food chain. Life Dameta Robinson on this planet is dependent on this fish 1910 Oak St particularly since other prey fish have declined Wisconsin Rapids, WI 54494 by 95%! Peter Wormley Margaret Wood 1611 S. Berlin Ave. 1081 Zion Church Rd New Berlin, WI 53151 Augusta, WV 2604

Claire Russell George Boggs W398 N5951 Autumn Woods Dr # 2 Lazy Ridge Rd. Oconomowoc, WI 53066 Elkview, WV 25071

Ocean River Institute ~ 12 Eliot Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 ~ www.oceanriver.org ~ tel: 617 621-6647 111 There is hope if responsible and caring people do the next right thing NOW. Carson Martin, Richmond, VA Save Atlantic Sea Herring letter signed by 2,443 individuals I've been to the ocean. I like it. Let's keep it that way. O. Ruiz, Clifton, NJ

Kimberly Thomas 247 Basils Ln Gerrardstown, WV 25420-4400

Suzanne Kruger Rt.2, Box 1008 Harpers Ferry, WV 25425

Robert Morris 301 Elm Street Idamay, WV 26576

Jeffrey Gordon 45 Maple Ave Morgantown, WV 26501

All life isimportant. Terri Pattison 411A Model Place Rock, WV 24747

Melissa Hillen Po Box 437 Romney, WV 26757

Preservation of species. Food sources for other aquatic creatures. Scott Gibson 120 Riverview Drive Saint Albans, WV 25177

Peter & Dianna Abbrecht 1352 Steamboat Run Rd Shepherdstown, WV 25443

Robert Ford 841 East Carlson Street Cheyenne, WY 82009-42009

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Ocean River Institute ~ 12 Eliot Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 ~ www.oceanriver.org ~ tel: 617 621-6647 112 There is hope if responsible and caring people do the next right thing NOW. Carson Martin, Richmond, VA