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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Hi, Gordon<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>On behalf of the Environmental Stewardship Council, I got the following:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Folks-</span><br>I have a call in to the office of Congresswoman Bordallo who introduced the bill. I'm a member of the Mid Atlantic Fishery Management Council, and the staffer is a Sea Grant Fellow. I will post her reply.<br>Peter deFur<br><a href="mailto:pldefur@igc.org">pldefur@igc.org</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Other than that NOTHING. Anybody out there have an opinion>>><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Still waiting…<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>jay<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Gordon Hendler [mailto:Hendler@nhm.org] <br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, June 21, 2012 5:39 PM<br><b>To:</b> Jay R. Cordeiro<br><b>Subject:</b> RE: [Nhcoll-l] Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2012 impacts onscientific research<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Jay,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Did you receive any clarification?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Gordon</span><b><i><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>***********************************<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:#1F497D'>Gordon Hendler, Ph.D.</span></i></b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:#1F497D'>Curator of Echinoderms<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:#1F497D'>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:#1F497D'>900 Exposition Boulevard<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:#1F497D'>Los Angeles, California 90007<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:#1F497D'>U.S.A.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:#1F497D'>tel 213-763-3526<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:#1F497D'>fax 213-746-2999<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="mailto:hendler@nhm.org">hendler@nhm.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <a href="mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu">nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu</a> [<a href="mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu">mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Jay R. Cordeiro<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, June 20, 2012 6:16 AM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu">nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu</a>; <a href="mailto:esb@fws.gov">esb@fws.gov</a>; <a href="mailto:FISH-SCI@SEGATE.SUNET.SE">FISH-SCI@SEGATE.SUNET.SE</a>; <a href="mailto:crust-l@vims.edu">crust-l@vims.edu</a>; IUCN World Conservation Congress<br><b>Subject:</b> [Nhcoll-l] Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2012 impacts on scientific research<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hello list members, colleagues, and friends<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Has anyone heard of the Coral Reef Wildlife International Trade and Conservation Act of 2012? Apparently it is a proposal by legislator Bordallo to re-authorize and amend the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000. I have read through the act and am concerned about a line item that will likely affect scientific collecting on coral reefs in U.S. waters. A complete description of the act, as proposed, can be found here: <a href="http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/112/hr738/text">http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/112/hr738/text</a>. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The line item in reference is Sec. 206 (Emergency Response Actions), (e) Liability for Costs and Damages to Coral Reefs, (3) Examptions, (C) <span style='color:black'>the necessary result of bona fide marine scientific research (including marine scientific research activities approved by Federal, State, or local permits), other than--‘(i) <u>sampling or collecting</u><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Am I reading too much into this or does this specifically prohibit any collecting of scientific specimens on U.S. coral reefs? Note the amendment also lumps any coral reef within the jurisdiction of the U.S. or any state as a National Marine Sanctuary regardless of whether it has formally designated as such.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Looking forward to responses. If possible, could you all cc me directly with your responses? Sometimes listserve messages do not always reach me. Also, please pass this around.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Jay Cordeiro<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>University of Massachusetts<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>And <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Northeast Natural History & Supply<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><a href="mailto:jay.cordeiro@umb.edu">jay.cordeiro@umb.edu</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>