Good news at last! A report of a coho carcass (probably male) came in today. Evidently the fish met an otter somewhere in San Geronimo Creek, and very little was…
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A Win-Win for American Fishermen and Marine Mammals Washington, D.C. – More than a dozen Congressional Representatives from key coastal fishing states are urging federal fishery managers to move quickly…
About 1,000 people turned out in Cottesloe, the cool beachside town that the Western Australian premier Collin Bennett calls home, to drive home a simple message: Save the Kimberley! I…
The Environmental Protection Agency found mercury — a pollutant primarily released from coal-fired power plants — and polychlorinated biphenyls in all fish samples it collected from 500 lakes and reservoirs…
A new research study by Northeastern University professor Richard Deth suggests that long-term exposure to mercury may be linked to dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. “Mercury is clearly contributing to neurological…
Shrimping Industry Gives Thanks for Release of Bad News During T’Giving Holiday Week Recent Stories You Didn’t Hear About… 8 shrimpers fined for trawling in areas closed after…
Actor Jeremy Piven won his arbitration with the Actor’s Guild earlier this year over his illness from mercury poisoning from sushi. Recently, the New York Times provided more insights into…
Last Saturday’s creek tour made for a beautiful day out, despite the lack of spawners in the creek. New naturalists Lisa Thompson and Ora Hathaway joined me, Carrie, UC Berkeley…
Carrie upturned a decomposing old log and showed us the lovely slender salamander and an ensatina crouching beneath, to a rounded chorus of “awwwwwwwes.” Batrachoseps attenuatus (the slender salamander) is…
Fewer than 170 whales remain as longline fishing fleets continue to take a toll