During my time working with Turtle Island Restoration Network as a sea turtle conservation intern, California has shown me some incredible things that I would of otherwise never have experienced…
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Save Marin Salmon Coalition Grows to 30 U.S. West Coast Conservation, Fishing and Animal Rights Groups. In an absurd and desperate move to pass a legally questionable streamside ordinance, Marin County supervisors have added a “sudden death” clause that would nullify it if anyone files a lawsuit against it. Anticipating that the proposed streamside ordinance will not stand up to county, state or federal environmental laws, the supervisors will also allow a rush on building permits in salmon critical habitat as soon as it is approved.
Historic Pacific Leatherback Sea Turtle Conservation Summit Held in Monterey MONTEREY, Calif. – On California’s first Pacific Leatherback Conservation Day, California and Indonesia established a conservation partnership between the two…
On the very day that actions around the world delivered a petition with 137,000 signatures demanding justice for Jairo, Costa Rican police authorities conducted a series of raids on the…
California’s first official Pacific Leatherback Conservation Day on October 15 comes at the peak of the season for leatherbacks feeding on jellyfish along the state’s coastline. As many as 300 endangered leatherbacks swim the coastline every year in search of jellyfish. While many threats to the survival of the critically endangered sea turtle remain, California’s coast is today a safe haven for this ancient marine species.
A Seafood Watch assessment of the U. S. shrimp fishery in the Gulf of Mexico has for the first time listed all Louisiana wild-caught shrimp as “red” and warned seafood consumers to “avoid” eating or buying it due to its harm to endangered sea turtles. Louisiana is the only state that prohibits enforcement of federal Turtle Excluder Device (TED) regulations in its shrimp trawl fishery.
GotMercury.org has long advocated for testing of fish for mercury and other toxins to keep toxic fish off fish counters. Now our friends at Safe Harbor Foods are partnering with Safeway supermarkets to test all fresh seafood in 47 Safeway stores in Oregon and Washington in November and December.
Lawsuit Challenges Second, Massive U.S. Funded Fossil Fuel Project in Australia’s Great Barrier Reef
$5 Billion in U.S. Funding Threatens Endangered Sea Turtles, Dugongs SAN FRANCISCO— Conservation groups amended an existing lawsuit today to challenge U.S. funding for a second fossil fuel production and…
Lawsuit Challenges Second, Massive U.S.-Funded Fossil Fuel Project in Australia’s Great Barrier Reef
5 Billion in U.S. Funding Threatens Endangered Sea Turtles, Dugongs SAN FRANCISCO — Conservation groups amended an existing lawsuit today to challenge U.S. funding for a second fossil fuel production…
State Fair Political Practices Commission lawyers advised the county a week ago that because Supervisors Steve Kinsey, Katie Rice and Susan Adams own homes within 500 feet of the streamside…