Federally protected coho salmon are slowly but surely making their way back to the creeks of Marin to spawn with a little help from locals working to re-establish populations, which…
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Repeats Earlier Call for Fisheries Closures and Reductions in Effort and Capacity Forest Knolls, California—A new report by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has repeated the recommendation…
November rain completes the natural cycle, raising the rivers and recharging the aquifers, pouring from the air to the earth and back to the ocean whence it came. We find…
Although there have been recent efforts to “mitigate” the devastating impact of industrial pelagic longlines on sea turtles, the problem is not limited to these species. Pelagic longlines are literally wiping out the lions and tigers of the ocean—sharks, billfish and tunas. Industrial longline fishing results in an extensive catch of non-targeted species as “bycatch” creating a global marine biodiversity crisis.
Kelly Lyon- Superior, CO I am another victim of mercury poisoning from Seafood. Not from a high-priced swordfish steak, but from my tuna fish sandwich. My story is one of…
I have a story to tell. One of a baby in my belly, poison in my seafood, and a President who will not act. And unfortunately, many other American women…
The nonprofit Sea Turtle Restoration Project has released the new documentary, Last Journey for the Leatherback? by the Emmy award-winning documentary filmmaker Stan Minasian (dir. The Last Days of the Dolphins?, The Free Willy Story: Keiko’s Journey Home). The documentary will be screened during the annual 2004 Earthwatch Institute Annual Conference at the Hyatt Regency in Cambridge Massachusetts November 5-6. The documentary will be screened at 10AM and 3PM on November 6.