The Gulf of Mexico is my history, my home and my future. She entertains me on her beaches and bays. She feeds me healthy and delicious food- Gulf fishes, crabs and oysters. She delights me with her beauty and challenges me with her winds and waves. She connects me with the world.
A recent report highlights the hidden mortality of sea turtles after they are released from fishing nets.
Turtle Island Restoration Network recognizes that we cannot protect the oceans and marine wildlife by ourselves. We count on numerous caring people to join us in winning better protections for…
Growing up on the Texas gulf coast, I was introduced to the Gulf of Mexico at an early age. It started with my grandfather and parents owning homes along the gulf coast, so I was raised to enjoy and respect the ocean and all of its sea life.
On April 13, the Kemp’s ridley nesting season officially began on the Texas coast, with the first nest found on North Padre Island. Turtle Island Restoration Network patrol teams have been walking along the Upper Texas Coast for weeks now, looking for sea turtles, crawl tracks, and disturbances in the dunes that would indicate a sea turtle had left the water to look for a suitable place to lay eggs.
Today the California Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Water voted 6-0 to support Senate Bill (SB) 1114 to phase out the use of mile-long driftnets in California waters. The innovative bill sponsored by Turtle Island Restoration Network and authored by Senator Ben Allen (D-Santa Monica) lays out a commonsense transition plan to phase out the use of these mile-long nets to a new, more environmentally responsible fishing method using deep-set buoy gear.
This morning our legislative effort to phase out the deadly California driftnet fishery passed its first hurdle! Turtle Island Restoration Network was in Sacramento today to speak in favor of our sponsored bill, Senate Bill 11114, which Senator Ben Allen (D-Santa Monica) authored.
People make all the difference. In this post, we are highlighting one of our Ocean Heroes: Erin Politz.
One way to help leatherbacks is to increase the number of baby sea turtles that successfully hatch from nests on one of the best remaining leatherback sea turtle nesting beaches in Central America.
Our Executive Director Todd Steiner reflects on his recent trip to Ecuador to collaborate with fellow scientists and to D.C. to see the food co-op he helped to form in his college days.
