Late Georgia Shrimper Sinkey Boone Named Sea Turtle Champion by International Sea Turtle Society Sea turtle biologists from around the world have recognized the late Georgia shrimper Sinkey Boone as…
I was invited to participate on a panel called “Finding Common Ground in Fisheries Management” at the International Sea Turtle Symposium this week, and I entitled my opening statement, “TECHNO-FIXES…
Every year over 1,500 bluefin tuna and hundreds of endangered sea turtles are caught by industrial longline fishing and tossed overboard, dead and wasted in the Gulf of Mexico. End…
GotMercury.org presents poster at scientific conference San Diego, CA- GotMercury.org presented a scientific poster at the International Sea Turtle Symposium (ISTS) on the connection between high-mercury seafood and protection of…
Mercury exposure – possibly through eating seafood – is linked to a greater risk of contracting atopic dermatitis, a common skin disease known more commonly as eczema, report Korean researchers…
The International Sea Turtle Society (ISTS) is an organization of people from around the world who are linked by their interest in sea turtle biology and their dedication to sea…
The one-year anniversary of the BP oil spill is drawing close and we are still learning the deadly impacts to sea turtles from the largest environmental disaster in U.S. history….
Thirty-five Conservation Groups Oppose Marine Stewardship Council Certification of Canadian Swordfish Fishery Turtle Island Restoration Network and 35 ocean conservation groups have sounded the alarm to stop the certification as…
A new study published in Environmental Science and Technology finds that harm from mercury exposure passes down through generations. To read about the study please click here
Ocean conservationist Todd Steiner, who has won strong protections for sea turtles from commercial swordfish fisheries along California’s coast, will challenge fishermen to do more than just change gear types to prevent sea turtles and other marine animals from accidental capture and drowning on longlines and in drift gillnets.