As Costa Rica works to create regulations for its “Bicentennial Marine Management Area,” Dr. Sylvia Earle has offered her support to Turtle Island Restoration Network’s a new campaign push to…
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Research has revealed endangered and threatened marine species, including green sea turtles, leatherback sea turtles, whale sharks, scalloped hammerhead sharks, silky sharks and more, use underwater highways—known as swimways—to migrate…
New Species of Hammerhead Shark Discovered in the Caribbean and the Southwest Atlantic. The small shark, known as a bonnethead was believed to be a single species, but morphometric and…
By Todd Steiner When the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) allowed the sablefish fishery to expand into designated critical habitat for leatherback sea turtles, Turtle Island and Center for Biological…
Traditional pot fishery gear used for catching lobsters, crabs and some finfish like sablefish, consists of a baited trap set on the bottom floor with a long rope connected…
Media Contacts: Joanie Steinhaus, Turtle Island Restoration Network, (512) 417-7741, joanie@tirn.net Kristen Monsell, Center for Biological Diversity, (914) 806-3467, kmonsell@biologicaldiversity.org Chris Eaton, Earthjustice, (206) 508-7471, ceaton@earthjustice.org Ian Brickey, Sierra Club,...
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Shark Tournaments Need To Be Outlawed! “In the age of ecological awareness, shark tournaments are grotesque anachronisms — to the ethical angling community what phlebotomy knives are to the medical...
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Chance of a Lifetime to Participate on a Cocos Island Shark Tagging Research Expedition! Join Todd Steiner, Executive Director of Turtle Island and our Costa Rican colleague Randall Arauz as…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 12, 2024 Contact: Todd Steiner, Turtle Island Restoration Network, 415-488-7652, tsteiner@tirn.net Alejandro Olivera, (202) 849-8403, aolivera@biologicaldiversity.org Galapagos Islands Needs World Heritage ‘In Danger’ Status, Groups Say...
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The following letter was sent to the Congresspeople on Costa Rica’s Environmental Commission. [Stay tuned for an action alert to easily allow our supporters to communicate a similar message. Not…