Shark Stewards, a non-profit shark conservation organization based in San Francisco, announced today that it is launching a new chapter to support ocean conservation efforts in Texas. Shark Stewards is dedicated to conserving ocean health through the protection of sharks. The local chapter of Shark Stewards will be leading the shark campaign to engage citizens by raising awareness and introducing legislation to ban the trade, sale, and consumption of shark fin in the state of Texas.
On a dreary late January morning, I join a small group of guardedly optimistic souls to scan the creeks of West Marin’s San Geronimo Valley to glimpse one of the…
SeaTurtles.org Sponsors State Legislation to Help Conserve Pacific Leatherbacks along California Coast SACRAMENTO — A new state bill (AB1776) sponsored by ocean conservation group SeaTurtles.Org was recently introduced by Assemblyman…
The Louisiana Legislature will convene in a few days and begin work to handle dozens of pre-filed bills. They will start officially on March 12 and finish no later than…
The End of Sustainable Seafood and the Marine Stewardship Council’s Credibility Two back-to-back eco-certifications of Atlantic longline fisheries for swordfish that capture and kill thousands of sharks and endangered sea…
Clean Hydro-Power Hook-Up for Ship Repair Dock at Pier 70 to Slash Waterfront Air Emissions Cruise ships and military vessels being repaired at the Port of San Francisco’s historic shipbuilding…
Associated Press in New Orleans, Louisiana, posted the following news story on February 6, 2012, in response to our petition calling for reversal of the state’s TEDs enforcement ban. Groups:…
Louisiana is the only state that refuses to enforce 25-year-old federal sea turtle protection laws that require Turtle Excluder Devices in shrimp trawl nets Baton Rouge – Twenty-six conservation organizations…
