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Our oceans are home to array of amazing marine wildlife – from sperm whales to spinner dolphins, from black-footed albatross to dugongs.
Turtle Island Restoration Network fights to protect marine mammals and sea birds from industrial fishing, habitat loss and other threats.
Join us in our campaigns to protect marine wildlife.
Campaigns
Defend Marine Mammals & Seabirds from Hawaii’s Longline Fishery
Setting over 45 million baited hooks/year for swordfish and tuna, Hawaii longliners harm false killer whales, blue footed and laysan albatrosses. Help us reform this destructive industrial fishery.
Tell California to End Driftnets – Protect Whales & Dolphins
This fishery for swordfish and shark continues to capture and kill sea lions, dolphins and whales. Help us call for an end to California's deadliest fishery.
Action & Events
Tell Fishery Managers: End Deadly Driftnets
May 26, 2017
Tell the Pacific Fishery Management Council to require fishermen to replace harmful drift gillnets with safer gear.
Defend our Marine Monuments
May 8, 2017
Sign our petition asking Secretary of the Interior Zinke to defend protections for 5 national marine monuments.
Attorneys Wanted: Representation Needed to Protect Ocean Wildlife
May 2, 2017
It is time to take the fight against wildlife trafficking from the coast to the courts. The National Whistleblower Center (NWC) recently launched its Global Wildlife Whistleblower Program, and it is n...
News
Lawsuit Launched to Stop Deaths and Injuries to Whales from California Drift Gillnet Fishery
June 22, 2017
In response to the Trump Administration killing a rule last week that would protect whales, Turtle Island Restoration Network filed a formal notice o...
New Threat to West Coast Whales, Dolphins, and Sea Turtles
June 12, 2017
"The Trump administration has declared war on whales, dolphins and turtles off the coast of California,” said Todd Steiner
Trump Names BP Oil Spill Lawyer as Top Environmental Attorney
June 7, 2017
According to several news sources, including Law360.com and Inside Climate News, President Trump has named Jeffrey Bossert Clark, the lawyer who re...
Sea Birds & Mammals Resources
CA Drift Gillnet Resources
CA Drift Gillnet Resources Photographs
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Infographic: The Economic Argument Against the California Driftnet Fishery
Visually see the economic impact of the deadly California driftnet fishery.
