Ocean Conservation

25 Jun

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For Immediate Release, June 24, 2020 ContactTodd Steiner, Executive Director, tsteiner@seaturtles.org, 415-488-7652Joanie Steinhaus, Gulf Program Director, joanie@seaturtles.org, 512-417-7741 75 Percent of Public Comments to NOAA Plan for Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary Support Expansion Proposal represents smallest expansion despite public favoring greatest GALVESTON, Texas — As NOAA accepts...

19 Jun

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A leatherback sea turtle swims off the coast of California. | Photo by Pete Winch For Immediate Release, June 18, 2020 Contact:Todd Steiner, Turtle Island Restoration Network, (415) 488-8752, TSteiner@SeaTurtles.org Catherine Kilduff, Center for Biological Diversity, (202) 780-8862, CKilduff@BiologicalDiversity.org  California Agency: Protection for Leatherback Sea Turtles May Be Needed Prehistoric...

19 Jun

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Turtle Island Restoration Network’s Executive Director Todd Steiner recently joined Dr. Sylvia Earle, legendary oceanographer and founder of Mission Blue, for a conservation roundtable on what it will take to create the Cocos-Galapagos Swimway Hope Spot, a 120,000-kilometer migratory underwater highway that will...

17 Jun

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A critically endangered Kemp’s ridley sea turtle tries to nest on a beach in Surfside, Texas. | Photo by Turtle Island Restoration Network For Immediate Release, June 16, 2020 Contact: Joanie Steinhaus, Gulf Program Director, joanie@seaturtles.org   After Covid-19 Closures, Gulf Beaches Reopen as Sea Turtles Nest GALVESTON, Texas...

09 Jun

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For Immediate Release, June 8, 2020 Contacts:Joanie Steinhaus, Turtle Island Restoration Network, joanie@seaturtles.orgAnna Farrell-Sherman, Environment Texas, afarrell-sherman@environmenttexas.org Lacey McCormick, National Wildlife Federation, mccormick@nwf.org  Proposed Rule Could Triple Size of Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary Public is invited to comment on proposed boundaries, potential for fishing exemptions AUSTIN, Texas —...

05 Jun

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For Immediate Release, June 5, 2020 Press ContactsTodd Steiner, Turtle Island Restoration Network, tsteiner@seaturtles.org Brad Nahill, SEE Turtles, brad@seeturtles.orgSudipta Dasgupta, ESO, sudipta.dasgupta@traccs.net Euclides Resende, Fundação Tartaruga, resende@turtle-foundation.org  To Ease COVID-19 Impact, Groups Award Emergency Funding to Protect Nesting Sea Turtles  SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — From the loss of volunteers to...