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textSilky Sharks Singled Out as Species to Protect at International Conservation Meeting in Ha by Joanna McWilliams
This week, participants at an international conservation meeting in Hawaii set a new bar in the conservation of imperiled sharks by overwhelming voting in favor of a resolution to increase protections for silky sharks, a species facing dangerous declines due to industrial fishing practices. The resolution, advanced by Turtle Island Restoration Network, PRETOMA, and Nakawe Project at the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) World Conservation Congress, received 95 percent fav...
Posted: Thu, Sep 8, 2016 9:13am PDT
textNew Study Links Eating Shark Fins & Meat to Alzheimer’s Disease by Joanna McWilliams
A new study by scientists from the University of Miami has found high concentrations of toxins linked to the development of Alzheimer’s disease in the fins and muscles of 10 species of sharks....
Posted: Thu, Sep 1, 2016 8:45am PDT
textSenator Ben Allen Nominated for Presidential Champions of Change Award by Joanna McWilliams
Turtle Island nominated Senator Ben Allen (D – Santa Monica) for the prestigious White House Champions of Change Award....
Posted: Thu, Sep 1, 2016 8:33am PDT
imageConservationists Urge Increased Protections of Silky Sharks at International Meeting
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by JoannaMcWilliams
Turtle Island Restoration Network and partner organizations are calling on the delegates at an upcoming global conservation meeting to take action to reduce the killing of silky sharks. These sharks are targeted for their valuable fins, and are in dire need of greater protections....
Posted: Mon, Jul 25, 2016 10:19am PDT
textKiller whales remain protected in Washington by via OCEANA
Olympia, WA, June 10, 2016 – Today the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission voted unanimously to maintain killer whales on the state’s Endangered Species List. This vote follows the recommendation of Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife biologists who prepared a detailed review of the status of Washington’s southern resident killer whales. Oceana commends the Commission for its decision given the dire situation. Only eighty-three killer whales remain in the southern resident populati...
Posted: Wed, Jun 15, 2016 5:03pm PDT
imageMary Kay Henry - Members Demand Say Aside The Rigged Election Results In SEIU 1021!
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by Labor Video Project
Candidates and members of SEIU 1021 which has over 50,000 members discuss how their union's election was manipulated that ending up dis-enfranchize the members....
Posted: Sun, Mar 27, 2016 11:34pm PDT
textFeds Launch Review of Endangered West Coast Orcas by Center for Biological Diversity
SEATTLE, January 25, 2016 — The National Marine Fisheries Service today announced a five-year review of endangered southern resident killer whales, which are down to just 84 orcas, to assess whether they are properly protected under the Endangered Species Act. The Fisheries Service last year announced plans to expand existing critical habitat protections from the killer whales’ summer habitat in Puget Sound to include 9,000 square miles of their winter foraging habitat along the West Coast so...
Posted: Wed, Jan 27, 2016 5:18pm PST
imageCrowdsourcing to Spot Illegal Fishing Vessels at Cocos Island Marine Protected Area
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by Joanna Nasar
Turtle Island Restoration Network, SeaTurtles.org, has formed a partnership DigitalGlobe’s crowdsourcing platform Tomnod.com to create the first crowdsourced digital patrol of the Cocos Island Marine Protected Area in order to defend one of the Pacific Ocean’s most vibrant marine life habitats....
Posted: Thu, Aug 20, 2015 11:59am PDT
textFeds Propose New Rules to Protect Whales, Dolphins in Other Countries by Joanna Nasar
Regulations Will Prohibit Seafood Imports That Don’t Meet U.S. Standards for Marine Mammal Protection...
Posted: Mon, Aug 10, 2015 4:35pm PDT
imageUniversity of Denver Sturm College of Law Launches New Professorship in Animal Rights Law
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by via Animal Legal Defense Fund
DENVER, CO — The University of Denver Sturm College of Law is gratified to announce the creation of a new Professorship that will bolster students’ ability and interest in representing animal rights. Funded by a generous gift from the Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF) and appointed by the dean of Denver Law, the ALDF Professorship will provide support for a faculty member dedicated to advancing the interests of animals through the legal system and engaging students in this field of work. The A...
Posted: Wed, Jun 24, 2015 5:34pm PDT
imageAmerican Airlines Announces on Twitter Shark Fin Shipment Ban
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by Joanna Nasar
American Airlines sent out tweets today announcing that they will no longer be shipping shark fins....
Posted: Tue, Apr 7, 2015 12:38pm PDT
textEndangered Hammerhead Shark Fins Exported from Costa Rica, Touch Down Illegally in U.S. by Joanna Nasar
Conservation groups PRETOMA and Turtle Island Restoration Network and have found evidence that hammerhead sharks (Sphyrna lewini) are being exported from Costa Rican ports and flown to plates in Hong Kong by way of stop-overs on U.S. soil....
Posted: Mon, Apr 6, 2015 11:18am PDT
textEndangered Gulf of Mexico Sea Turtles Splash into Jindal’s Presidential Bid by Joanna Nasar
Conservation groups are taking a hard look at Gov. Bobby Jindal’s environmental record in advance of his expected campaign announcement in June. Turtle Island Restoration Network published an op-ed this week in the Houston Chronicle highlighting how Jindal has failed to protect the endangered sea turtles in his home state of Louisiana....
Posted: Thu, Mar 26, 2015 11:45am PDT
textHawaii Green Sea Turtles Remain ‘Threatened’ Despite Petitioners Efforts to Delist by Joanna Nasar
Climate Change, Development & Hawaii Longline Fishery Listed as Threats to Population...
Posted: Fri, Mar 20, 2015 2:53pm PDT
imageJuvenile Green Sea Turtle ‘Gina’ Migrates Over 310 Miles from Cocos Island to Golfo Dulce
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by Joanna Nasar
First evidence of habitat connectivity accomplished by collaborative tagging efforts (Photos and Map Available)....
Posted: Fri, Mar 20, 2015 10:46am PDT
textFacebook Racially Profiles Native American Traditional Last Names by Mike Raccoon Eyes Kinney
Native Advocate Mike Raccoon Eyes Kinney discusses the racial profiling by Facebook against Native Americans, who use their traditional Native last names on Facebook and then deactivate their accounts claiming that are NOT Natives and are using phony, bogus last names....
Posted: Sat, Feb 28, 2015 4:49pm PST
textIt Is Time For Native People To Resolve Our Own Issues And Problems-By Mike Raccoon Eyes by Mike Raccoon Eyes
It Is Time For Native People To Resolve Our Own Issues And Problems....
Posted: Fri, Feb 20, 2015 11:51pm PST
textTechnology and More Than 32,000 Square Miles of Area Closures Will Safeguard Atlantic Blue by Joanna Nasar
After five years of work by Turtle Island, the Pew Charitable Trusts, and our partners, NOAA Fisheries officially announced new, stricter regulations for the U.S. Atlantic bluefin tuna fishery....
Posted: Thu, Dec 11, 2014 9:42am PST
textInternational Conservation Movement Calls on Chile & Peru to Protect Silky Sharks by Joanna Nasar
This year a record number of threatened shark species will be granted greater international protections at the United Nation's 11th Meeting of the Conference of Parties, but silky sharks (Carcharhinus falciformis) could be left out of this historic global movement if Chile and Peru continue to oppose their protection....
Posted: Fri, Nov 7, 2014 5:42pm PST
textTurtle Island Helps Gain Protections for a Record Number of Sharks Through the Convention by Joanna Nasar
Banner Day for Shark Conservation: A record number of threatened shark species, including scalloped hammerhead sharks and thresher sharks, will be granted greater international protections in part due to Turtle Island Restoration Network’s efforts at the 11th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties in Quito, Ecuador....
Posted: Fri, Nov 7, 2014 7:34am PST
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