WTO/India Report 11/99
Dead Turtles: Good for the Global Economy is a downloadable and printable report on the impact of the WTO ruling on sea turtles and coastal communities.

WTO Food Backgrounder
How the WTO threatens food labeling and certification, such as the Certified Turtle-Safe Shrimp program

Kemp's Ridley Stranding Chart
Kemp's ridley strandings 1980 to 1998 along Texas Coast

CA drift gillnet complaint
The lawsuit filed March 23, 2000 is available here.

Marine Reserve Fact Sheet
Download and print out this fact sheet on the need for the Kemp's Ridley Marine Reserve in Texas. A great item to hand out to friends and family as you gather petition signatures.

High Seas Fisheries Act 60-day Notice of Intent to Sue
Notice to File Lawsuit to Halt Killing of Endangered Species by High Seas Longliners

HI Longliner Fishery Closure- Order by Judge Ezra (27 June 2000)
Judge Ezra Modified Order to Close 6.5 million square miles of Pacific Ocean to HI Longliner Fishery to Protect Critically Endangered Sea Turtles

Bush Turtle Ad July, 2000
Image of full page newspaper ad calling on Gov. Bush to support the proposed South Texas shrimp closure and Kemp's Ridley Marine Reserve.

Amended Longline Injunction August 4, 2000
Judge Ezra's latest Amended Injuction

NMFS Costa Rican 6" TED Bar Spacing Approval Letter
In this letter NMFS provisionally approves, with conditions, the use of TEDs with 6 six, instead of four, inch bar spacing. This provisional approval is for two years and is in response to Costa Rican fishers concerns regarding excessive debris clogging their TEDs.

California High Seas Longline Lawsuit Complaint
Filed May 2, 2001

60 Day Notice of Intent to Sue RE: California / Oregon Drift Gillnet Fishery for Thresher Shark and Swordfish
60 Day Notice of Intent to Sue over Violations of Section 7 and 9 of the Endangered Species Act; Actions Relating to the California / Oregon Drift Gillnet Fishery for Thresher Shark and Swordfish (CA/OR DGN Fishery)
August 1, 2001

60 Day Notice of Intent to Sue RE: California / Oregon Drift Gillnet Fishery for Thresher Shark and Swordfish
60 Day Notice of Intent to Sue over Violations of Section 7 and 9 of the Endangered Species Act; Actions Relating to the California / Oregon Drift Gillnet Fishery for Thresher Shark and Swordfish (CA/OR DGN Fishery)
August 1, 2001

NMFS rule on leatherback protection
Federal Register announcement by NMFS on final interim rule establishing the leatherback conservation srea for the CA/OR drift gillnet fishery.

HI Longline Summary Judgement Motion 10/01
On behalf of Turtle Island Restoration Network's Sea Turtle restoration Project and The Ocean Conservancy, Earthjustice file a summary judgement on October 16, 2001 against National Marine Fisheries Service for its decision to allow continued capture and mortality of the critically endangered Leatherback Sea Turtle by the Hawaii Longline Fishery.

Loggerhead petition
Petition to National Marine Fisheries Service to list the northern and Florida Panhandle populations of leoggerhead turtles as Endangered

Leatherback Survival Conference Overview
3-page summary of the motivations behind the conference, its funders and its participants.

Pacific Leatherback Press Release
Issued 4/18/2002

Leatherback Quotes
April 2002 quotes from scientists regarding the leatherback extinction crisis in the Pacific.

Leatherback Conference Advisory
Issued April 18, 2002.

Leatherback Conference Bios
Bios of participants of the April 2002 Leatherback Survival Conference.

Participant List
List of participants and contact information for the Leatherback Survival Conference.

Mexico Population Graph
Leatherback nesting population trends in Mexico. Updated April 2002.

Nature - Leatherback article
Summarizes the leatherback's population crash in the Pacific.

Conference Bios
Bios for the participants of the April 2002 Leatherback Survival Conference.

2002 Pew Longline Report
A Comprehensive Study of the Ecological Impacts of the Worldwide Pelagic Longline Industry

Costa Rica leatherback population trends
As of 2002

Leatherback Fact Sheet
As of April 18 2002.

Longline fact sheet
As of April 19 2002.

Sea Turtle Questions and Answers
As of April 19 2002.

STRP Fact Sheet
Highlighting the organization and its accomplishments.

Terengganu nesting graph
As of spring 2002.

Leatherback Survival Conference Resolution
The resolution created and signed by the participants of the 2002 Leatherback Survival Conference in Pacific Grove, California.

LSC Working Group Priorities
Top priority actions identified by the three working groups at the April 2002 Leatherback Survival Conference

letter to Costa Rica Coast Guard
Letter to inquire on the actions taken against ilegal fishing in the EEZ of Costa Rica

FDA Methylmercury Announcement
The FDA announces that pregnant women and women who may become pregnant should not eat shark, swordfish, king mackerel, and tilefish.

FDA Methylmercury Advisory
The FDA advises pregnant women and women who may become pregnant not to eat shark, swordfish, king mackerel, and tilefish.

Brainfood Report
What women should know about methylmercury contamination of fish.

Methylmercury Fact Sheet
STRP's fact sheet on mercury dangers: mercury, swordfish, sea turtles and you

MMPA Lawsuit Fact Sheet
Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises at Risk...

Species that Need the MMPA
Species bios for the MMPA lawsuit

MMPA Lawsuit
A copy of the filed suit.

MMPA Lawsuit SF Chronicle Article
Published August 15, 2002

Costa Rica Resolution to IAC Regarding Pacific Leatherback Turtles
Costa Rica Resolution to IAC Regarding Pacific Leatherback Turtles
in English

Loggerhead El Nino Closure - Federal Register
Closes the CA/OR Drift Gillnet Fishery

Full-page Ad: Scientists Call for Longline Moratorium
Draft

Judge's NED closure decision
Upheld the closure.

NED closure map
Issued along with the judge's decision.

Turtle-Shrimp Supreme Ct Cert 11/06/02
Brief submitted to Supreme Court, on behalf of Turtle Island Restoration Network, et. al., to hear appeal of Federal Circuit Appeals Court ruling.

Supreme Court Cert. 11/06/02
Cert. to Supreme Court on behalf of Turtle Island Restoration Network, et. al., to hear appeal of Federal Appeals Court Decision regarding Turtle-Shrimp Imports.

Brain Food: What women should know about mercury contamination of fish
Report by the State PIRG's and the Environmental Working Group

El Niño California Gillnet Complaint 12/02
PDF file - Legal complaint against the NMFS for failure to close portions of the California drift gillnet fishery during El Niño years.

Loggerhead/ Gillnet Complaint 12/02
Complaint filed on December 3, 2002

Olive Ridley Recovery Plan
Published by US National Marine Fisheries Service and US Fish & Wildlife Service

Greenwire Story - Longlining Banned on U.S. West Coast
November 4, 2002.

California Coastal Commission on Sea Turtles
Passed Decmber 11, 2002

hawksbill judicial inspection
Legal complaint to carry out a judicial inspection against the Judge who ordered contraband hawksbill products returned in Costa Rica

Costa Rica Sea Turtle Law
New Costa Rican sea turtle law

hawksbill permit
Illegally granted permit to sell hawksbill products in Costa Rica

Methylmercury Ad in NY Times
The following ad ran in the August 6 California edition of the New York Times

NY Times AD- UN Scientist Letter
2/1/03

Longline Illustration
Depicts species caught by longlines.

8/03 CA Longline Opinion
Federal Court Ruling that California Longline Fishery Violates ESA

Costa Rica Embargo Dept of State PR 8/03
Offical statement of Department of State announcing August 2003 embargo of Costa Rican shrimp

No Leatherback Nests at Rantau Abang, Malaysia 2003
News article on the famed Rantau Abang nesting site reports no nests this year, though there were three false crawls

Japan Dugong Complaint
Japan Dugong Complaint filed on 25 September 2004

California Longline Complaint Document
Legal Complaint Document Entitled:
COMPLAINT FOR DECLARATORY
JUDGMENT AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF

California Longline Complaint Document
Complaint Document

Mercury and Mycardial Infarction Study
Eliseo Guallar, et al. study entitled, "Mercury, Fish Oils and the Risk of Mycardial Infarction"

California Medical Association Mercury Resolution
Resolution of the California Medical Association calling for increased testing of fish, more public advisories and more public education to reduce the consumption of mercury-tainted food items, especially fish.

American Medical Association Resolution
Resolution of the AMA- 5/5/03.

False Killer Whale Fact Sheet
Fact Sheet on False Killer Whale

whitemarlinfacts
Fact sheet- White marlin

test.pdf
test.pdf

Mercury Sign Monitoring Report
Survey Report for Mercury Warning Sign Monitoring Report

Fish and Wildlife Petition- Sea Otters
FWS Petition to Protect the Aluetian Sea Otter

Sea Otter Complaint
Legal Complaint Document

Sea Otter Fact Sheet
Sea Otter Fact Sheet

Petition to the State of California
Administrative Petition to the Department of Health Services and the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment urging them to take action to protect the public from mercury in seafood.

OP-ED- The FDA's Failure is California's Opportunity
OP-ED on FDA's failure to protect public health and California's opportunities to advise on mercury in seafood.

Last Journey of the Leatherback?
documentary cover art

Atlantic Longline Fishery Complaint 6-2004
Complaint filed June 22, 2004.

Mercury Warning Sign
Mercury Warning Sign State of California

EPA Doubles Estimate
Article that describes EPA's new estimate of number of newborns exposed to mercury.

Albatross Lawsuit Complaint
Albatross Lawsuit Complaint filed against NMF over hawaii Longline Fishery

Albatross Lawsuit Preliminary Injuction
Albatross Lawsuit Preliminary Injuction mortion filed against NMF over hawaii Longline Fishery

STRP Report on Longline Bycatch Mitigation Gear
This report analyzes the science of new longline bycatch mitigation gear

Black-Footed Albatross Petition
Black-Footed Albatross Petition submitted to US Fish & Wildlife Service in September 2004

Swordfish Bought in California Show Mercury at Dangerous Level
San Francisco Chronicle Article- September 28, 2004

Pillaging the Pacific
This new Sea Turtle Restoration Project report documents that pelagic longline fishing in the Pacific captures and kills about 4.4 sharks, billfish, seabirds, sea turtles and marine mammals.

FAO Sea Turtle Reports Backgrounder
This backgrounder analyses two recent UN Food and Agriculture Organization reports on sea turtle bycatch

Swampscott Resolution
Swampscott Resolution

GenericResolution
Generic Resolution authored by City/County of San Francisco

SF Chronicle Story-Swordfish
SF Chronicle Story-Swordfish

Senate Bill 1939
Senate Bill 1939- Mercury in Seafood

Mad About Mercury Article
Mad About Mercury Article

Tuna Industry Ad
Tuna Industry Ad

International Scientists' Statement Supporting UN Moratorium on Longline Fishing
Letter from 1007 international scientists from 93 countries calling on UN to implement a moratorium on longline fishing in the Pacific.

The Bottom Line: Saving Sea Turtles is Good for the Economy
New report shows moratorium and high seas marine protected areas would reverse the damage caused by industrial longline fishing.

Striplining the Pacific: The Case for a United Nations Moratorium on High seas Industrial Longline Fishing
Our book on the impact of high seas industrial longlining in the Pacific released in May 2005.

Please note that corrections have been made on pages 45, 58 and 70 since the first version was released.

German Scientists' and Members of NGOs' Statement Supporting UN Moratorium on Longline Fishing
German Scientists and Members of NGOs Statement Supporting UN Moratorium on Longline Fishing

French Scientists' and NGOs' Statement Supporting a UN Moratorium on Longline Fishing
French Scientists' and NGOs' Statement Supporting a UN Moratorium on Longline Fishing

Dutch Scientists' and Members of NGOs' Statement Supporting a UN Moratorium on Longline Fishing
Dutch Scientists' and Members of NGOs' Statement Supporting a UN Moratorium on Longline Fishing

Spanish Scientists' and Members of NGOs' Statement Supporting a UN Moratorium on Longline Fishing
Spanish Scientists' and Members of NGOs' Statement Supporting a UN Moratorium on Longline Fishing

British and Irish Scientists' and Members of NGOs' Statement Supporting a UN Moratorium on Longline Fishing
British and Irish Scientists' and Members of NGOs' Statement Supporting a UN Moratorium on Longline Fishing

Briefing: Impacts of Longlining on Sustainable Development
STRP's briefing and recommended plan of action being proposed to the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, June 6-10, 2005.

NGO Statement Supporting UN Moratorium on Longline Fishing
Letter from 282 non-governmental organizations from 60 countries calling on the UN to implement a moratorium on Pacific longline fishing.

Executive Summary
Executive summary of our new book Stripling the Pacific.

Technofixing Sea Turtles
This report analyzes the science of new longline bycatch mitigation gear and updates the September 2004 version of the report.

Last Journey Order Form
Printable price list and order form for 'Last Journey for the Leatherback?' DVD or VHS.

Bankrupting the Pacific
How Multilateral Development Banks are Contributing to Overfishing and Helping Push Sea Turtles and Seabirds to the Brink of Extinction in the Pacific (a report)

SGVCC flyer
Flyer for SGVCC screening 9/30/05

Marin ESA Letter and Endangered Species List
This letter was originally sent to the Marin Board of Supervisors on June 25, 2005.

Slain by Trade booklet
STRP's book highlighting the intersection between global trade and endangered sea turtles. A precursor to the 1999 Battle in Seattle.

San Francisco Mercury in Fish Warning Sign Law
Text of the November 2005 law in San Francisco that requires grocery stores and restaurants to post Proposition 65 Mercury in Seafood warnings signs in English, Spanish, and Chinese.

This law was introduced by Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi and supported by a GotMercury.Org and other groups.

This is the first law in the nation to require mercury in fish warning signs in languages other than English.

Proposition 65 is the California right to know law.

UN Draft Fisheries Resolution 2005
The draft fisheries resolution to be voted on by the UN General Assembly on Nov. 28, 2005.

Wild Oats Mercury in Seafood Sign
Wild Oats took the leadership on mercury in seafood issues by posting this mercury sign at seafood counters in all of their stores nationwide.

Recommendations Presented at the December 2005 Meeting of the WCPFC
This set of recommendations has the objective of conserving marine biodiversity in the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission convention area.

A Proposal to Implement Time and Area Closures to Protect Sea Turtles Presented at the December 2005 WCPFC meeting
This proposal calls for the Scientific Committee to review and the Commission to implement time and area closures to protect sea turtles in the WCPFC convention area.

FDA Seafood Advisory Letter
GotMercury.Org, Consumers Union, Natural Resources Defense Council, Center for Science in the Public Interest, Oceana, the Mercury Policy Project, and Clean Water Action asked the FDA to require supermarkets to post a standard mercury in seafood warning sign. December 5, 2005.

STRP.WCPFC.PosStat
Our position statement on the sea turtle resolution WCPFC/COM2/DP 7&13 Rev, December 16, 2005, Pohnpei, Micronesia.

Hawai`i Mercury in Seafood Brochure
Mercury in Seafood Brochure from Hawai`i Department of Health. Given to families on the WIC program. It warns women and children about mercury in seafood and gives recommendations.

California's Mercury in Seafood Warning Sign
Supermarkets and restaurants in California post this mercury in fish warning sign. Proposition 65 (Prop 65) is a consumer right to know law that requires businesses to inform customers about toxins in products.

FDA Letter Requesting Point of Sale Warnings
December 5, 2005: Letter signed by GotMercury.Org, Center for Science in the Public Interest, the Natural Resources Defense Council, New England Zero Mercury Campaign, Oceana, and the Mercury Policy Project. Request to FDA head to begin requiring stores to post mercury in fish advisories at the point of sale in seafood counters.

Canada's Mercury in Seafood Advisory
Canada's mercury and fish consumption fact sheet.

Source: http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/corpaffr/foodfacts/mercurye.pdf

GAO report: federal oversight of seafood safety does not sufficiently protect consumers.
January 2001 by the General Accounting Office regarding seafood safety regulated by the FDA. The report title: Federal Oversight of Seafood Safety Does Not Sufficiently Protect Consumers.

Albertson's Mercury in Seafood Flyer
Albertson's supermarket chain has promised to post mercury in seafood warnings, but has only begun to have this flyer in its stores.

We will be working to ensure that Albertson's warns all mothers and chidlren in their stores nationwide, not just California.