Right now, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is considering revising measures that would remove interaction limits between the Hawai’i shallow-set pelagic longline fishery and endangered North Pacific loggerhead sea turtles….
Every day, single-use plastic packaging products generate tons of waste in California. This comes with a tremendous cost to individuals, communities, wildlife, and ecosystems throughout the state—especially the tens of thousands of individual…
The Okinawa dugong is a critically endangered relative of the manatee that holds a central place in the culture of Okinawa, Japan. But the last remaining population of these marine…
Marin County’s Lagunitas Creek Watershed is one of the most important waterways left for critically endangered Central California Coast coho salmon, supporting 10 to 20 percent of surviving fish. The Marin County Board of Supervisors…
Turtle Island Restoration Network (TIRN) submitted a letter and comments on behalf of almost 3,000 environmental activists to the Pacific Fisheries Management Council this week to comment on its proposal…
Critically endangered leatherback sea turtles are drowned and killed by commercial fisheries, such as longlines and driftnets, as incidental bycatch. Entangled in fishing line or net, leatherbacks struggle to swim…
We have the chance to end the last remaining and highly destructive drift gillnet fishery in the United States once and for all, but we need your help! With your…
Why are we asking you to boycott swordfish at your favorite restaurants or neighborhood grocery store? Swordfish are amazing animals that use their great speed and agility in the…
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