The finding of seven new Kemp’s ridley sea turtles nests on the Texas coast on Thursday, May 29, brings the 2008 total to 101. Last year 128 nests were found…
SPAWN’s volunteers have been recently removing the invasive Scotch Broom on the property of Giacomini along San Geronimo Creek. This site is heavily covered with invasives and volunteers are now…
ENVIRONMENTAL groups have welcomed a decision by eight Pacific nations to block tuna fishing in pockets of international waters. See the story or keep reading. A meeting in Palau of…
wordfish longline fishing may drive leatherback sea turtles to extinction SACRAMENTO, CA -Assemblyman Mark Leno (D-San Francisco) has introduced Assembly Joint Resolution 62 opposing a Federal proposal to permit certain…
SAN FRANCISCO- A federal judge approved a settlement May 20th of a lawsuit, brought under the Marine Mammal Protection Act, requiring the federal government to issue updated stock assessment reports for protected marine mammals ranging from Florida to Alaska.
History was made again on the Texas coast on May 16 when the most Kemp’s ridley nests found on any single day was recorded. Nineteen nests were found including nine…
Ministry of Environment scolded for delaying the process Costa Rica’s supreme court ordered the Environmental and Energy Ministry (MINAE) to initiate steps for the expropriation of private lands within Las…
Last May 1st, the US government announced that it had certified 40 nations as meeting the requirements set by Section 609 of PL 101-162 for continued importation of shrimp into…
Saving beaches alone won’t save the leatherbacks — longline fishing must be restricted, says Randall Arauz. See the story. Download the PDF http___news.nationalgeographic.com_news_pf_63920637.pdf