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WILD PACIFIC

THE WILD PACIFIC:
THE MEASURE OF VAST OPEN WATERS IS IMMENSE AND TERRIFIC:
MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF GREAT SCHOOLS OF VARIOUS FISH:
SWIMMING FOR THERE LIFE AGAINST LOCAL PREDATORS AND MAN FISHING TRYING TO GET THEM ON HIS DINNER DISH:

THE HUGE SHIPS WITH MILES AND MILES OF NET:
WILL ONE DAY OVER FISH THE WILD PACIFIC AND BE OUR REGRET:
THE MASSIVE NETS CAPTURE THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF SCHOOLING FISH:
MAN IS TAKING MORE THAN HE NEEDS WITH A MASACURE LIKE THIS:

THESE MASSIVE FISHING VESSELS CATCH MORE FISH IN ONE DAY WHAT USE TO TAKE FISHERMAN A YEAR TO ATTAIN:
SO THESE HUGE CATCHES WHAT IS THERE GAIN:
HOW WILL THE WORLD FEEL WHEN THESE GREAT SCHOOLS IN THE WILD PACIFIC ARE WIPED OUT SIMPLE AND PLAIN:
ONE DAY THESE FISHES WILL PERISH THE SAME;

THE WILD PACIFIC HAS TO BE PROTECTED BECAUSE MAN TAKES MORE THAN HE NEEDS:
MAN CANT STOP UNTIL HE TAKES EVERYTHING FOR HIMSELF WITH GREED:
THE WILD PACIFIC LETS KEEP IT THAT WAY:
AND GET NEW LAWS PASSED OF CONSERVATION AND PROTECTION TODAY:

18--JULY--2010:
JOHN D. JUNGERS


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