Sea Turtle Restoration Project : Press Releases 2008

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Press Releases 2008 - 2007

NBC News reports on danger of eating mercury-laden tuna and fish

New Report Tells Mercury-in-Fish Poisoning Stories from 23 People

Federal Government Considers Ban on Imported Swordfish to Protect Marine Mammals
December 15th, 2008

Bush Plans to Kill Mercury in Fish Warnings to Mothers and Children
December 12th, 2008
Mothers and children would be encouraged to eat unsafe levels of toxic tuna and swordfish and never warned about high levels in mercury in fish under a last-minute effort to do away with public health advisories for mercury in fish by the Bush’s Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

21 California Congressional Members Sign Letter Opposing Longlines
December 12th, 2008

More Sea Turtles to Die on Longline Hooks
December 8th, 2008
A Deadly Trio of Fisheries Would Triple Endangered Sea Turtle Capture in Pacific from California to Hawaii

California Ocean Leaders Adopt Sea Turtle Protection and Oppose New Longline Fishery
California Ocean Protection Council Adopts Resolution Favoring Sea Turtles Over Harmful New Swordfish Fishery

Environmentalists To Sue State Department Over Deaths of Endangered Sea Turtles in Foreign Shrimp Nets
November 14th, 2008

IUCN calls for stronger measures to protect leatherback turtles, sharks, and whales
by Randall Arauz
Pretoma, TIRN's sister organization in Costa Rica, sponsors 3 resolutions at the IUCN World Conservation Congress to improve protection of leatherback turtles, hammerhead sharks and whales.

Seafood and Sushi Lovers Can Now Check Mercury Levels on the Go
October 20th, 2008
Mercury Rising to Top of Consumers Concerns About Seafood Consumption as new book Diagnosis: Mercury reveals

Scientists Call for Protected “Swimways” for the Endangered Leatherback Sea Turtle at International Environmental Meeting
October 17th, 2008

Scientists Call for Protected Ocean Corridors for Endangered Leatherback Sea Turtles and Sharks at International Environmental Meeting
October 15th, 2008

World Bank Report Slams Overfishing at World Environmental Meeting
October 13th, 2008

Rare Turtles Gorging on California’s Jellyfish Boom
September 19th, 2008

Galveston Turtle Barn Survives Hurricane
by Teri Shore
September 18th, 2008

New Hollywood Film Dramatizes Battle to Save Sea Turtles at the World Trade Organization in Seattle
September 12th, 2008
New Hollywood Film Dramatizes Battle to Save Sea Turtles at the World Trade Organization in Seattle - STRP's Todd Steiner Joined Protests and Today Carries on the Fight

Oscar Arias deceives Costa Ricans with the leatherback case.
by Randall Arauz, Bosques Nuestros
Oscar Arias deceives Costa Ricans with leatherback case

STRP asks Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission for more sea turtle protection
by Carole H. Allen
August 25th, 2008

Sea Turtle Protectors Call for Stronger Fishery Protections
August 7th, 2008

Raffle Announcement: Cocos Island Dive Expedition

Death Toll Mounts in Hawaii’s Longline Fisheries
August 1st, 2008

Federal Fishery Managers Suspected of Illegal Lobbying in California
August 1st, 2008

New Conservation Initiative Launched to Help Eastern Pacific Hawksbills
by Randall Arauz, www.tortugamarina.org
Sea turtle experts from the Eastern Pacific join efforts to protect and restore hawksbill sea turtle populations in the region

California Legislature Urges Sea Turtle Protection from New Swordfish Fishery
July 15th, 2008

Sea turtle nesting season breaks all records on the Texas coast!

Indigenous People in Papua New Guinea Petition Government to Suspend Seabed Mining in Territorial Seas
July 9th, 2008

Eleven Leatherback Turtles to Compete in the Great Turtle Race Across the Pacific Ocean
May 25th, 2008

Leno Legislation Urges Sea Turtle Protection
May 22nd, 2008

Court Orders Count of Marine Wildlife Vulnerable to Climate Change
May 21st, 2008

Costa Rica's Supreme Court orders expropriations in Leatherback National Park
by Randall Arauz
May 15th, 2008
After years of delay, the Constitutional Court of Costa Rica has ordered the Ministry of Environment to stop dragging its feet and proceed with the expropriation process

Federal Agency's Plan to Supersede California’s Historical Ban on Longlines Jeopardizes Endangered Sea Turtles
April 25th, 2008

KQED's Quest Radio Explores Sources of Mercury Pollution and Seafood
April 24th, 2008

Shrimp Trawling on trial in the Constitutional Court of Costa Rica
April 18th, 2008

New California Legislation Urges Stronger Mercury-in-Seafood Warning System
April 17th, 2008
Today Assemblymember Jared Huffman (D-San Rafael) introduced Assembly Joint Resolution 57 urging the federal Food and Drug Administration to reduce the public’s exposure to mercury in seafood.

West Coast Fishery Managers Vote To Open Sea Turtle Protection Zone To Harmful Longline Fishing
April 17th, 2008

California Salmon Fishery Closed, But Swordfish Open?
April 11th, 2008
Pacific fishery managers who closed the salmon season want to open longline fishery in protected sea turtle zone

Court confirms defficient shark management in Costa Rica
April 10th, 2008
Court orders INCOPESCA to abide by the law to protect sharks.

Adopt-A-Nest for Earth Day
April 8th, 2008
Support nesting beach protection in Costa Rica, Texas and Papa New Guinea by Adopting-A-Nest for Earth Day

Sea Turtle Public Service Announcement Makes History in Texas
March 25th, 2008
Texas beachgoers are asked to report sea turtle nesters and hatchlings.

New Report – Mercury in Seafood: No Fair Warning
March 17th, 2008
GotMercury.org gives restaurants poor grades for inadequate posting of public health advisories in California counties.

Conservation Groups Seek Ban on Imported Swordfish
March 4th, 2008

Loggerhead Sea Turtles May Gain Endangered Status
November 16th, 2007
Extinction Not Far Off for Turtles Threatened by Longline Fisheries and Global Warming

Costa Rica President Arias Acts to Protect Leatherback National Park
President Signs Legislation To Expropriate Park In-Holdings to Protect Critically Endangered Leatherback

Imperiled Bird Advances Toward Endangered Species Act Protection
October 9th, 2007
Black-Footed Albatross Threatened by Longline Fishing

Lawsuit Seeks Better Management of Marine Mammals Threatened By Global Warming
October 4th, 2007
Interior Department’s Failure to Prepare Stock Assessments for Polar Bears, Walruses, Sea Otters, and Manatees Violates Marine Mammal Protection Act

Habitat Protection Sought for World's Largest Turtle
September 26th, 2007
Petition Seeks Critical Habitat Designation off California and Oregon Coast for Endangered Leatherback Sea Turtle

Report: Sea Turtles Vulnerable to Climate Change
August 20th, 2007
Increased Protections from Fishery Impacts Need to be Coupled with Emissions Reductions

California Coastal Commission Votes Unanimous No to Longline Fishing
http://seaturtles.org
August 10th, 2007
Endangered Sea Turtles and Whales Receive Vital Protection

Beach lighting a big problem for sea turtle hatchlings
http://www.seaturtles.org
July 22nd, 2007
Texas builders and homeowners should learn from the mistakes made in Florida

Endangered Status Sought for Imperiled Sea Turtles
July 12th, 2007
Longline Fisheries and Global Warming Could Drive North Pacific Loggerhead Turtles Extinct

Tribal Villagers Demand Stop to Deep Sea Mining in Pacific
http://www.seaturtles.org/pdf/BAGABAGAd.pdf
July 3rd, 2007
Papua New Guinea a Testing Ground for Controversial Mining Method

Kemp's Ridleys Break A Record!
http://www.seaturtles.org
June 30th, 2007
More nests on the Texas coast than ever recorded!

United Nations Called Upon to Provide Urgent Protection to Sea Turtles
http://seaturtles.org
June 26th, 2007
Conservationists Propose New Pacific Wide Network of Marine Protected Areas

Endangered Sea Turtles Receive Vital Protections from Drift Gillnets
http://seaturtles.org
June 11th, 2007
Proposed Permit for Deadly Nets off California and Oregon Denied

Court Stops Tuna Farm in Costa Rica
http://www.tortugamarina.org
May 15th, 2007
Violation of Precautionary Principle

Sponsor our Humans in the Marin Human Race and help save sea turtles!
http://www.marinhumanrace.org
April 17th, 2007

US FDA Urged to Ban Mercury-Laden Fish from Store Shelves
http://gotmercury.org
March 29th, 2007

International Experts Call on Costa Rica's President to Save Leatherback Nesting Site
March 13th, 2007
Las Baulas National Marine Park Threatened by Unsustainable Infrastructure Development

Diverse Groups Challenge Bush Administration On Endangered Species Recovery And Climate Change
February 1st, 2007

Costa Rica Defends Regional Sea Turtle Conservation Plan at International Meeting
http://www.tortugamarina.org
October 4th, 2006
Environmentalist Urge Greater Cooperation to Protect Endangered Leatherbacks

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