This species of sea turtle gets its name from its flat shell. Flatbacks are can be found in the tropical areas of the Australia continental shelf, the Indonesian archipelago, Irian…
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The well-respected Mercury Policy Project launched a website called Mercury and Fish: The Facts to counter misinformation about mercury in seafood spread by the lobbyists of the fishing industry. Based…
GotMercury.org’s Operation Safe Seafood: California report featured in the Marin Independent Journal
The Marin Independent Journal reported on the findings of the GotMercury.org’s Operation Safe Seafood: California. In the article, a spokesperson from the National Fisheries Institute which represents the $75 billion…
Climate Change Protections Needed To Prevent Extinction of Southern Rockhopper Penguins in Australia and New Zealand SAN FRANCISCO— The U.S. Interior Department announced today that the New Zealand-Australia populations of…
The San Francisco Chronicle reported on the results from GotMercury.org’s Operation Safe Seafood: California. Eighty one percent of swordfish tested from retailers in California were found to have mercury levels…
Upper Texas Coast Has the Space! The Upper Texas Coast could have its own incubation site for Kemp’s ridley sea turtles in the future. The possibility was announced at Sea…
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One year ago today a petition was filed seeking a long-overdue critical habitat designation for the endangered Kemp’ ridley sea turtle in the Gulf of Mexico. These sea turtles were…
The Houston Chronicle featured STRP’s newly developed plan for protecting sea turtles from oil and gas development in its coverage of a public hearing about environmental review of the 2012…
Safe Passage, Rescue and Recovery Must Be Mandated in Oil and Gas Lease Regulations Houston, Texas – Sea turtle advocates are demanding that oil and gas operations be completely re-evaluated…