Turtle Island has launched a campaign in Baja California, Mexico to warn seafood consumers about the health risks of consuming fish high in mercury, especially shark meat.
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With support of our Volunteer Expedition divers, marine wildlife protection organization Turtle Island has created a space for a person beginning or early in his or her marine conservation career to participate from December 3 – 13, 2017 on a ten-day shark and turtle tagging expedition to Cocos Island National Park, Costa Rica.
In response to the Trump Administration killing a rule last week that would protect whales, Turtle Island Restoration Network sent a formal Notice of Intent to sue the National Marine Fisheries…
“The Trump administration has declared war on whales, dolphins and turtles off the coast of California,” said Todd Steiner
Turtle Island warns that removing marine monument protections may accelerate extinctions of animals in American waters.
According to several news sources, including Law360.com and Inside Climate News, President Trump has named Jeffrey Bossert Clark, the lawyer who represented British Petroleum in our nation’s worst oil spill, the 2010 Deepwater Horizon…
Do you know what Ocean Acidification is? Scientists are raising concern for the future of our oceans. Oceans absorbing atmospheric carbon is causing ocean acidification, or the acidification of ocean water. How do you think this will impact all of our favorite ocean species?
Learn about why we need to protect the Northeast Canyons & Seamounts Marine National Monument.
This blog post was written by Diego Jimenez “Come gather round people Wherever you roam And admit that the waters Around you have grown…” – from ‘The Times They Are…
In April 2017, President Trump issued an Executive Order that calls for a review of all national monuments created or expanded in the past two decades. This includes five important…