[CINC] Carpinteria Shark lecture

[Kevin Bailey]

Yeah, it was a completely full house! They filled every seat !
I stopped by at 4 on my way back from Ventura to pick up tix and glad I did cause there was a long line when we got there about 20 min to 7
Good to see Ralph Collier again with others

A couple factoids I didn't know:
When sharks are finned and their body floats to die on the reef it turns to ammonia which in turn kills the reef that has been growing for a very long time

I asked what was being done to educate people in other countries of  the finning issue after having seen more evidence of it during my travels this past summer and he said the word is slowly getting out ... The mercury
in the fins (and therefore the soup ) is causing very young people to develop dementia, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's as early as your 30's because of the high soup consumption ... so these younger well off people are now choosing other things to eat ... a small victory for sharks!


Kevin Bailey
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On Jan 11, 2013, at 8:07 PM, thusone at aol.com wrote:

> Carp Shark Lecture, Friday evening. After a nice dinner out, with my Mom in wheelchair, I was blown away by the line around the
> block waiting to get in to the shark lecture!   I thought very few folks would show, the lecture costing
> money and all.  So, with more people showing up & getting in line every minute and Mom in the car with the
> wheelchair, I decided to pass on trying to get in.
> They are recording this lecture, so maybe we can pick it up on line somewhere later, or maybe Peter
> will even put it in his column.
> 
> disappointed not to get in, but delighted that so many folks are interested
>  Shirley Johnson
> 
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