US and Pacific Island’s Plan is Sabotaged by Japan Pohnpei, Micronesia – This week Japan undermined the new Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission’s initiative to protect endangered sea turtles….
With winter rains arriving, the region’s rivers and streams are swelling. In Marin, the increased flow in streams like Lagunitas Creek allows one of the world’s most magnificent natural cycles…
FDA Continues to Fail to Protect Women and Children from Mercury-Contaminated Fish by Taking No Action on Actionable Levels Forest Knolls, CA – GotMercury.Org calls upon the FDA to require…
“It looks like a fairy-tale house,” a local contractor said, leaning out the window of his pickup truck for a better look at the building that will soon house the…
Environmentalist and Other Groups Propose Alternative Measures to Prevent the Extinction of the Pacific Leatherback Sea Turtle On Monday, the new Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission, meeting in Pohnpei,…
Mercury in Seafood Experts Not Invited to NOAA-Sponsored Conference The Seafood and Health Conference begins today with a fishing industry-biased agenda that excludes experts about the risks of mercury in…
While a Good First Step, Scientists Say a Moratorium is Needed
Today, the United Nations General Assembly will vote on a resolution that calls for closures of fishing in areas where large numbers of critically endangered sea turtles are caught or killed. The critically endangered Pacific leatherback sea turtle is on the verge of extinction and is expected by scientists to go extinct in the next 5-30 years unless immediate measures to eliminate threats posed by industrial longline fishing are taken. Environmentalists are pleased at this first step but warn that a moratorium on destructive longline fishing is needed in the Pacific if the leatherback is to survive.
San Francisco, CA – The San Francisco Board of Supervisors unanimously passed an ordinance requiring Prop 65 warnings in English, Spanish, and Chinese on November 1, 2005. The ordinance was…
“Curtains of Death” May Return to Protected Area on the Pacific Coast Partners Oceana and the Sea Turtle Restoration Project warn that on November 3rd, the Pacific Fisheries Management Council…
A section of Woodacre Creek that once ran underneath a tennis court has been restored, allowing endangered coho salmon a better chance of survival. Community members and public officials gathered…