Want to take action? Here is how
contact the following and complain about the Shark Tours here on Oahu. Put the following line in the Subject section of an email:
I Support Bill 67 which would ban Shark Tours "BUT" I do not support Grandfathering in existing Shark Tour operations!
Send your email to:
To: vchung@honolulu.gov
CC: gkim@honolulu.gov
Then Cc... the following Council members:
tapo@honolulu.gov
dmdelacruz@honolulu.gov
ianderson@honolulu.gov
cdjou@honolulu.gov
akobayashi@honolulu.gov
rtam@honolulu.gov
rcachola@honolulu.gov
gokino@honolulu.gov
ngarcia@honolulu.gov
Here are the Honolulu City Councilmembers office numbers to call. Let them know you do not support the grandfathering in of existing shark tour operations in Bill 67.
Todd Apo 768-5001
Donovan Dela Cruz 768-5002
Ikaika Anderson 768-5003
Charles Djou 768-5004
Anne Kobayashi 768-5005
Rod Tam 768-5006
Romy Cachola 768-5007
Gary Okino 768-5008
Nestor Garcia 768-5009
Organizations & Individuals who have joined with the efforts of Safe Waters for Hawai’i in banning shark tours (as of Oct 2009)
Ka Iwi Coalition
Save our Surf
Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation
Hawai`i State Bodysurfing Association
Livable Hawai’i Kai Hui
Malama Maunalua
Hawai’i Kai Boating Club
Halau No'eau Kahelemauna
Kulana Huli Honua
Betty Kanuha Foundation, Hawai’i
Waikiki Swim Club
Maui Sierra Club
Halau Hula O Na Lei Mokihana
North Shore Canoe Club
Manu o ke Kai Canoe Club North Shore
Hawaiian Canoe Club, Maui
Kihei Canoe Club, Maui
Anuenue Canoe Club
Waikiki Beach Boys Canoe Club
Hui Nalu Canoe Club
Kamehameha Canoe Club
Kumulokahi Canoe Club
Koa Kai Canoe Club
Waimanalo Canoe Club
Windward Canoe Club
Kailua Canoe Club
Kawaikini Canoe Club, Kaua’i
North Shore Renegades Canoe Club, Maui
Hawai'i Military Surfing Organization
Surfrider Foundation, O'ahu Chapter
Hawai’i Kai Neighborhood Board
Kuli'ou'ou Kalani-Iki Neighborhood Board
The Waimanalo Construction Coalition
Windward Ahupua’a Alliance
‘O Hina I Ka Malama Hawaiian Immersion Moloka’i High School
Kuhai Halau O Kahealani Pa Olapa Kahiko
Makana Aloha Group, California
Oswald Stender, Trustee Office of Hawaiian Affairs
Walter Heen, Trustee Office of Hawaiian Affairs
Dr. Carlos Andrade, Director Center for Hawaiian Studies UH Manoa
Ben Cayetano, Former Governor of the State of Hawai’i
(in 2002 Governor Cayetano signed the law prohibiting
feeding sharks in State Waters)
Pelagic Shark Research Foundation, Santa Cruz, California
The Humane Society of the United States
