For Immediate Release: February 16, 2024 Contacts: Elizabeth Purcell, 814-248-5169, elizabeth@seaturtles.org Todd Steiner, Turtle Island Restoration Network, 415-488-7652, tsteiner@tirn.net Breaking Waves: Landmark Legislation Unveiled to Protect Southern California’s Ocean Biodiversity …
For Immediate Release: January 3, 2023 Contacts: Todd Steiner, Executive Director, (415) 663-8590, tsteiner@seaturtles.org Scott Webb, Advocacy & Policy Director, (707) 921-8211, swebb@seaturtles.org Driftnet Modernization and Bycatch Reduction Act to…
For Immediate Release, September 16, 2021 Contact: Todd Steiner, Executive Director, tsteiner@seaturtles.org, 415-488-7652 Sea Turtles, Sharks, Dolphins One Step Closer to Protection from Drift Gillnets Senate Passes Bipartisan Bill to…
For Immediate Release, July 8, 2021 Contact: Todd Steiner, Executive Director, 415-488-7652, tsteiner@seaturtles.org California Driftnet Buy-Back Program Protects Endangered Leatherback Sea Turtles SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California’s budget will allocate $1.3…
For Immediate Release, January 2, 2021 Contact: Todd Steiner, Executive Director, tsteiner@seaturtles.org, 415-488-7652 Annalisa Tuel, Advocacy & Policy Manager, atuel@seaturtles.org, 408-621-8113 Trump Vetoes Bipartisan Bill to Protect Marine Life from…
For Immediate Release, December 11, 2020 Contact: Annalisa Batanides Tuel, atuel@seaturtles.org, 408-621-8113 Bill to End Last Driftnet Fishery in United States Heads to President Bans fishing method that indiscriminately…
For Immediate Release, July 24, 2020 Contact: Annalisa Batanides Tuel, Turtle Island Restoration Network, atuel@seaturtles.org Senate Passes Bill to Protect Sea Turtles, Whales, Dolphins from Drift Gillnets Bans large mesh…
Legislation would phase out last remaining drift gillnet fishery in the United States WASHINGTON—Congress reintroduced a pair of bipartisan bills recently that would phase out the use of harmful large…
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…
