Bill Text: HI SCR23 | 2023 | Regular Session | Introduced

Hawaii Senate Concurrent Resolution 23 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Requesting The State Of Hawaii To Recognize The Fourth Saturday Of Every September As "trash Fishing Day".

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-09 - Referred to AEN/TCA. [SCR23 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2023-SCR23-Introduced.html

THE SENATE	S.C.R. NO.	23
THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2023
STATE OF HAWAII

SENATE CONCURRENT

RESOLUTION

REQUESTING THE STATE OF HAWAII TO RECOGNIZE THE FOURTH SATURDAY OF EVERY SEPTEMBER AS "TRASH FISHING DAY".

WHEREAS, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), is the largest animal rights organization in the world and works through public education, investigative newsgathering and reporting, research, animal rescue, legislation, special events, and protest campaigns; and

WHEREAS, according to PETA, as many as 2.7 trillion fish are killed globally every year, primarily due to commercial and recreational fishing; and

WHEREAS, according to PETA, billions of pounds of marine debris, including trash and pollutants, such as plastic bags, fishing gear, and abandoned boats, enter the ocean every year; and

WHEREAS, it is estimated that there are currently one hundred million tons of plastic in the world's oceans and by 2050, the oceans will contain more plastic than fish. This means debris kills more than one million marine animals each year; and

WHEREAS, the marine debris that result from recreational fishing cause serious problems for our fishing communities, economies, and ocean ecosystems; and

WHEREAS, in 1997, PETA first introduced Fish Amnesty Day to remind people that animals should be respected and not killed for fun and to raise awareness for fish rights, as fish and other marine life are often forgotten by animal advocates who tend to focus on land animals; and

WHEREAS, Fish Amnesty Day is celebrated on the fourth Saturday of every September, the same day as National Hunting and Fishing Day and involves "fishing" marine debris and litter out of the water; and

WHEREAS, trash fishing decreases marine debris and cleans the waters for the fish, birds, and other surrounding wildlife to prevent entanglement in debris which can be deadly; now, therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Thirty-second Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2023, the House of Representatives concurring, that the State is requested to recognize the fourth Saturday of every September as "Trash Fishing Day" to encourage the fishing of trash, rather than fish, from Hawaii's fresh and marine waters; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a certified copy of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Governor.