At 02:49 PM 4/8/98 -0700, you wrote: >Hi Craig, > As there were only 5 or 6 seals in this group >I don't think they were in any danger of trampling themselves. > >"Get in a whale or two" does indeed mean that marine life excites us. It is also >consistent with respecting and protecting them. You say that kayaks may be more >disturbing to wildlife than motorized craft. I differ with you there. It almost sounds >like you are against whale watching from a kayak. Personally, I think whale watching >ought to be *restricted* to kayaks only. Federal regulations were enacted to prevent people who "don't think they [e.g. protected species] were in any danger" from endangering those protected species. Kayaks don't look threatening to humans, but do you really think a whale or seal knows the difference between a kayak and a torpedo? kayak and a whaling boat? If you want to be "consistent with respecting and protecting them" you need to realize that ANY human contact is a potential threat to protected species. What part of the APPLICATION OF THE FEDERAL PROTECTION LAW TO YOUR ACTONS do you not get? *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Apr 08 1998 - 15:17:35 PDT
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