New Zealand Whale and Dolphin Trust have just released this beautiful logo designed by Felipe Serrano from Illustrative Science for their 100m campaign.
Here is how you can help NOW!!!
You can help by participating in the Threat Management Plan Process!!!
This plan was created for NZ's dolphins back in 2007 and is up for review this year. The TMP is used by the Department of Conservation and Fisheries New Zealand to manage threats against the dolphins (such as fishing, tourism, vessel strike, pollution, climate change, disease, oil and gas exploration) that these protected species are facing in NZ waters.
The TMP will undergo a public consultation process before it is presented to Parliament and it is vital that the public get involved. We have a unique opportunity to be the voice for NZ's Maui and Hector's dolphins and request greater protection measures to 100m deep and 20nm offshore to reduce marine mammal by-catch.
Please show your support by writing to:
Eugenie Sage: Minister of Conservation
Stuart Nash: Minister of Fisheries
Jacinda Arden: Prime Minster
You can email them at their address listed below or write them a letter. Remember that postage is free for letters to Parliament!!
Here is a draft to give you some ideas:
Dear Minister,
New Zealand must increase protections in place for Maui and Hector's dolphins to 100 metres depth or 20 nautical miles offshore, reducing marine mammal by-catch. Not only will this protect these endangered species we cannot afford to lose, it will also protect income from local and international tourism vital to NZ's small South Island towns.
The whole world loves these small, beautiful and vulnerable dolphins as much as we do. Please extend the protection throughout their habitat, in all waters less than 100m deep, across both our islands.
Their email addresses:
Written by Jesu Valdes
