PRETOMA files law suit against Costa Rican shrimp trawl industry for failure to protect turtles and abide by environmental regulations. San José, Costa Rica – On March 28, 2008, the…
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Last night I had dinner at the school cafeteria at Dominican College in San Rafael, CA, with author Richard Ellis (Empty Ocean, many other books, new book is Tuna –…
Seattle –Following close on the heels of a decision to close the California and Oregon salmon fishery, last week west coast fishery managers approved opening a new longline fishery for swordfish in vital sea turtle habitat off the California and Oregon coasts. The same proposal, which faced widespread opposition, was defeated last year by the California Coastal Commission.
Today Assemblymember Jared Huffman (D-San Rafael) introduced Assembly Joint Resolution 57 urging the federal Food and Drug Administration to take responsibility for and, actions to, reduce the public’s exposure to…
In 2001, a court found that the HI-based swordfish longline fishery violated federal law and closed the fishery. In 2004, NMFS reopened the fishery with detailed regulations requiring special gear…
South Padre Island was the site of the first Kemp’s ridley nest recorded in Texas for the 2008 nesting season. The turtle was seen by a patrol from Sea Turtle,…
Carole Allen, our Gulf Director, just send me the news that the first Kemp’s ridley nest of the season was found on the South Texas coast. Read the news. Teri…
Saturday’s volunteer group was remarkable! Things started off with Chris Pincetich, SPAWN’s new Watershed Biologist, recruiting volunteer, Angie, all the way from the East Bay! Smolt trap monitoring was the first…
Pacific fishery managers shut down the California salmon fishery due to a crisis of crashing fish stocks. This was a critical and courageous move. But today they OK’d the opening…
PACIFIC FISHERY COUNCIL OKS NEW FISHING PERMIT IN WEST COAST SEA TURTLE PROTECTION AREA New longline fishery would harm endangered sea turtles as well as whales and seabirds West Coast…