San Francisco Bay Area (August 30, 2018) – Today, the California legislature passed a bill (SB 1017) that would phase out the use of large-scale driftnets, also known as ‘walls of…
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Advocacy is a show of public support for a policy or cause. In our case, it’s actually a combination of many various displays of support for ocean-friendly policies. We never know what will tip the scales in favor or against our causes, which is why it’s important for everyone who’s invested to make their voices heard in every way they can.
Today, SB 1017, a bill that would transition California away from the use of large-scale driftnets successfully cleared the Senate Appropriations Committee. The bill will potentially be up for a full Senate floor vote next week.
Breaking undercover investigations conducted by marine conservation and animal protection groups expose the sickening truth behind the California commercial driftnet fishing industry.
Turtle Island Restoration Network, a leading ocean and marine conservation organization, is in support of a new bill authored by Senator Ben Allen (D-Santa Monica) designed to protect California’s marine wildlife…
The Center for Biological Diversity, Turtle Island Restoration Network and Wishtoyo Foundation today sued the Trump administration for failing to protect humpback whale habitat in the Pacific Ocean, where the animals face threats from fisheries, ship strikes and oil spills.
Around then was when the whale’s behavior started changing. Instead of diving regularly, it became very active at the surface: occasionally breaching, swishing its fluke around, rolling over, doing pectoral slaps, etc.
Last month, a team of Turtle Island Restoration Network staff made the trek to Sacramento, California to lobby on behalf of oceans everywhere.
Among the hundreds of people rallying at California’s capitol yesterday against President Trump’s offshore drilling plan were three West Marin environmental organizations: Turtle Island Restoration Network, West Marin Environmental Action Committee and Ocean Conservation Research.