Shark Week may have ended last week … but every week is shark week here at Turtle Island Restoration Network. Sadly, shark populations are declining around the globe. These incredible,…
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This keynote was originally presented by Turtle Island Restoration Network Founder & Executive Director Todd Steiner at the EACH Foundation Social Impact Summer Soiree! on July 25 in San Francisco….
In June, Turtle Island Restoration Network Founder and Executive Director Todd Steiner was accepted to an elite group of explorers and scientists that have been involved in many of the…
Canada has become the first country to ban the importing and exporting of shark fins.
In April 2019, a crew of volunteer divers, marine biologists, scientists, and dive masters joined Turtle Island Restoration Network (TIRN) on one of the organization’s yearly research expeditions to Cocos Island National…
Turtle Island Restoration Network just returned from our April 2019 Cocos Island Dive Expedition. This is part three of a series highlighting the trip, as reported by Executive Director and…
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…
Press Contact: Todd Steiner, Executive Director. tsteiner@seaturtles.org. (415) 488-7652 WASHINGTON—Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) reintroduced a bipartisan bill this week that will phase out the use…
Recent studies have demonstrated that sharks and turtles use the swimway to migrate between the marine reserves, putting them at grave risk to industrial fishing. New research demonstrates the importance...
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OLEMA—Turtle Island Restoration Network (TIRN) has awarded a scholarship to a graduate student who will help TIRN study, tag, and track sharks and sea turtles with leading environmentalists during their…
