Not only are loggerhead nests nearing a record-high in Georgia, far fewer dead sea turtles are washing up on shore. Read the Jacksonville newspaper article. No doubt there are many…
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The fact that the Hawaii swordfish and tuna longline fisheries ensnare many imperiled leatherback and loggerhead sea turtles is well documented. The impact of the Hawaiian longline fisheries on other…
Ocean Protection Group Seeks Investigation of National Marine Fisheries Service for Lobbying Against West Coast Sea Turtle Protection Today the Sea Turtle Restoration Project filed papers seeking an investigation into…
Dozens of seabirds, rare whales, dolphins and sea turtles die in swordfish and tuna fisheries during the past three months So far this year, Hawaii’s longline fisheries have proven to…
The last 2008 Kemp’s ridley nest found on the Texas coast was marked by hatchlings coming from a nest on Bolivar Peninsula no one had seen before trying to get…
The high powered PR firm hired by the oyster company operating inside one of the Bay Area’s prized jewels, Point Reyes National Seashore, has made quite an effort in the last few days to generate alarming news headlines by twisting the facts in the 50 page Inspector General’s (IG) report for its paying client, Drakes Bay Oyster Company.
The Salmon Protection and Watershed Network (SPAWN), with funding from the Marin Community Foundation, has launched its Stormwater Catchment & Water Conservation Initiative for Marin County residences and businesses.
The simple idea behind the program is to collect and store rainwater in the wet winter months and use it for irrigating gardens, lawns and landscaping in the dry spring and summer months.
More than 20 prominent investigators from the Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Colombia, Ecuador and the United States, experts on the biology, conservation and management of marine turtles,…
SACRAMENTO, CA – The California Legislature today adopted Assemblyman Mark Leno’s Assembly Joint Resolution (AJR) 62 opposing federal proposals to permit swordfish longline fishing in vital sea turtle habitat off the California coast. The resolution specifically requests that the National Marine Fishery Service (NMFS)- the federal agency responsible for managing the nation’s fisheries-deny or delay consideration of new West Coast fishing permits for swordfish until critical habitat is designated for the Pacific leatherback and ongoing studies determine if the Pacific loggerhead should be up-listed from “threatened” to “endangered” are completed.
http://cbs5.com/localwire/22.0.html?type=bcn&item=SEA-TURTLES-bagm- REGIONAL: BAY AREA LEGISLATURES PASS RESOLUTION URGING PROTECTION OF ENDANGERED SEA TURTLES The California Legislature adopted a resolution today opposing federal proposals to permit longline swordfish fishing in endangered…