SAN FRANCISCO — The U.S. Commerce Department announced today that it is considering banning the imports of foreign swordfish until exporting countries can provide proof that their fishing practices are…
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Washington, DC – Twenty-one of California’s Congressional Representatives have signed a Dear Colleague letter co-authored by Representative Sam Farr (CA-17) and Lynn Woolsey (CA-6) opposing the Federal proposals to permit…
Leaked FDA documents reveal last-ditch effort to put tuna and swordfish profits first Mothers and children would be encouraged to eat unsafe levels of toxic tuna and swordfish and never…
The Japan Times reported that people now in their 50s who were exposed to mercury poisoning pre-natally have suffered health problems all their lives. The exposure came from their mothers,…
Endangered Leatherback Sea Turtles Now Leaving West Coast Will Encounter 5 Million More Hooks on Return if Longline Expansions OK’d New Report “Death by A Thousand Hooks” Documents the Demise…
The world’s oldest fossil of a turtle discovered off the coast of China last year turns out to be… a sea turtle! The fossil, thought to be 220 million years…
After more than an hour of testimony, on Friday, Nov. 21, 2008, the California Ocean Protection Council (OPC) unanimously adopted a resolution forwarded by Sea Turtle Restoration Project that opposed the opening of a new longline fishery for swordfish along the California coast
Nationwide, one of every ten women—nearly 7 million women—exceeded the mercury concentration that may pose a risk to fetuses Research from former EPA scientist reveals the mercury in fish remains…
Lagunitas watershed, which holds the largest remaining Central Californian Coast coho salmon population in the state, was one of the few bright spots in a report released last week that…
STRP Gulf Director Carole Allen’s “Thanksgiving Letter” to President Bush urges him to establish a sea turtle sanctuary in honor of his father. The Houston Chronicle published it on Thanksgiving…