In the wake of the Trump administration scaling back national monuments and gutting protections for America’s wildlife, Turtle Island Restoration Network, an ocean and coastal watersheds conservation group, is petitioning the U.S. National Marine Fisheries (NMFS) and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), to designate critical habitat for the Kemp’s ridley, the world’s smallest and most endangered sea turtle, in the Gulf of Mexico.
WASHINGTON— The Trump administration proposed a rule today to federalize regulation of drift gillnets used to catch swordfish on the West Coast. The rule would end California’s right to…
TIRN explains the basics of critical habitat designation under the US Endangered Species Act.
Less than two months after Turtle Island initiated a lawsuit to protect endangered whales from the California drift gillnet fishery, the National Marine Fisheries Service has agreed to conduct a review to determine whether this fishery is violating the US Endangered Species Act.
In 2016, NOAA Fisheries found that a petition filed by Turtle Island Restoration Network and 13 other conservation organizations presented substantial information that the Pacific Bluefin tuna should be listed under the Endangered Species Act. Following a change in administrations, today NOAA reversed course.
This summer, Salmon Protection and Watershed Network (SPAWN) brought 25 educators and community leaders together for 8 days for a unique learning opportunity to become certified University of California…
Turtle Island warns that removing marine monument protections may accelerate extinctions of animals in American waters.
Pteropods, small floating sea snails, are dissolving, providing a great indicator of current Ocean Acidification.
Turtle Island Restoration Network Advocacy & Policy Director Cassie Burdyshaw testifies before the CA Senate Appropriations Committee, in opposition to Senate Bill 588. 588 would revise the California Marine Resources Legacy Act to…
Turtle Island strongly opposes President Trump’s national monument review executive order because of potential reduced protection for marine species and the ocean.
