For Immediate Release, August 19, 2020 Contacts: Catherine Kilduff, Center for Biological Diversity, (202) 780-8862, CKilduff@BiologicalDiversity.org Annalisa Tuel, Turtle Island Restoration Network, (408) 621-8113, ATuel@SeaTurtles.org  California Moves to Protect Declining…
Right now, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is considering revising measures that would remove interaction limits between the Hawai’i shallow-set pelagic longline fishery and endangered North Pacific loggerhead sea turtles….
The Okinawa dugong is a critically endangered relative of the manatee that holds a central place in the culture of Okinawa, Japan. But the last remaining population of these marine…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, November 27, 2019 Contact: Todd Steiner, (415) 488-7652, tsteiner@seaturtles.org The Salmon Protection And Watershed Network, or SPAWN, observed adult salmon this week in Marin County’s Samuel P. Taylor State Park, marking…
The U.S. House of Representatives recently voted to permanently ban offshore drilling in the Pacific, Atlantic, and eastern Gulf of Mexico. Both bills passed and are on their way to…
Last week, leaders in Congress introduced critical legislation to repeal the “Trump Extinction Plan” – new regulations that dramatically weaken the Endangered Species Act (ESA). At a time of catastrophic species…
A recent study by NOAA revealed an oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico that began 14 years ago when a Taylor Energy Company oil platform sank during Hurricane Ivan has been releasing…
Sea turtle strandings are at an all-time high in Texas. Click here to urge Congress to protect sea turtles and request additional enforcement in federal waters. A record-breaking number of…
The Hawaii Senate has proposed a landmark bill to make capturing, entangling, abusing or killing any shark or ray in Hawaiian waters illegal. Nearly 100 million sharks are killed globally…
For Immediate Release: January 4, 2019 LAGUNITAS—Staff and volunteers of the Salmon Protection and Watershed Network (SPAWN) removed garbage and debris from the remains of a camp in Lagunitas on…
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