Turtle Island Restoration Network is a leading advocate for endangered sea turtles and the oceans that sustain them.

July 3, 2025

Save the Date: ‘Plastic Pollution’ Documentary Screening at Moody Gardens July 22nd

What We Do

For 30 years, our science-based campaigns have protected nesting beaches, stopped deadly fishing practices, and halted other threats to sea turtle survival through hands-on conservation and effective advocacy.

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Turtles About Town

November 13, 2018

Save the Leatherback

November 9, 2018

Stop Shrimp Nets Bycatch

November 9, 2018

Ban California Driftnets

May 24, 2018

Rescue Gulf of Mexico Turtles

May 24, 2018

End Longline Overfishing

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Protect Nesting Beaches

May 23, 2018

Why It Matters

Sea turtles have swum the world’s oceans for more than 150 millions years, since before the time of dinosaurs. Now, due to human activity, their populations are declining. All seven species of sea turtles have been declared endangered, threatened or vulnerable by the US Endangered Species Act, national agencies, or international conservation bodies.

We coordinate the rescue and protection of endangered sea turtles around the world. Our science-based campaigns protect nesting beaches, stop deadly fishing practices, and halt other threats to sea turtle survival through hands-on conservation and effective advocacy. With the support of partner NGOs, government agencies and community volunteers, we are preventing the extinction of ancient species whose populations are declining and under attack.

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We need your help to save sea turtles from going extinct in our lifetime.

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Save the Date: ‘Plastic Pollution’ Documentary Screening at Moody Gardens July 22nd

| 2025, Conservation, Education & Outreach, Gulf Education & Outreach, Gulf of Mexico, Microplastics Research, Protect Nesting Beaches, Sea Turtles, Upcoming Events | No Comments
Join the Turtle Island Restoration Network Gulf of Mexico team for a screening of the critically acclaimed documentary, Plastic People: The Hidden Crisis of Microplastics, at Moody Gardens on Galveston Island!…

Daily Sea Turtle Nest Counts on the Texas Coast

| 2025, Gulf of Mexico, Nest Counts, Protect Nesting Beaches, Save the Leatherback, Sea Turtles, Texas, Turtles | No Comments
Daily nesting reports from the Texas coast and Padre Island National Seashore. Three endangered sea turtle species - the critically endangered Kemp's ridley and threatened loggerhead and green - return…

‘Turtle Walker’ Screening at the David Brower Center

| 2025, Bay Area, California, Headquarters, Sea Turtles, Turtles | No Comments
On Friday, June 20th, Turtle Island Restoration Network held a fundraising film screening at the David Brower Center in Berkeley, California. The evening featured some fun socializing, the acclaimed new…