Scuba Diver Girl Anna | September 7, 2010
By Sea Turtle Restoration Project, seaturtles.org Leatherback Sea Turtle Leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea)—Critically Endangered © Doug Perrine/Seapics.com The leatherback is the largest of all sea turtles, growing to over six feet in length and weighing over 2,000 lbs. Leatherbacks routinely swim great distances across ocean basins and can dive to depths greater than [...]
Scuba Diver Girl Anna | September 2, 2010
By Sea Turtle Restoration Project, Seaturtles.org A lawsuit threatened by the Sea Turtle Restoration Project (STRP) has brought action from the National Marine Fisheries Service to stop the killing of sea turtles across the Gulf of Mexico. Their Southeast Regional Office has announced it will reinitiate Section 7 consultation on shrimp trawling under the Endangered [...]
Scuba Diver Girl Anna | September 1, 2010
By Sea Turtle Restoration Project, seaturtles.org Send strong message to your California Senator to end wasteful plastic bags that harm sea turtles and ocean wildlife. The California Senate is set to vote on AB 1998 before the end of the month. Take action below and share this web page to ensure we win this battle [...]
Scuba Diver Girl Anna | August 31, 2010
By Ben Murray, Takepart.com Why are people convinced that parts of exotic and endangered animals are aphrodisiacs? Ask Kenneth Coleman, a Palm Beach, Florida, man arrested Friday for allegedly digging up and stealing 120 sea turtle eggs, as reported by the Palm Beach Post News. You’ll have to have to call the Palm Beach County [...]
Scuba Diver Girl Anna | August 26, 2010
By Teri Shore, Sea Turtle Restoration Project More than 2,800 sea turtle advocates and 17 ocean conservation groups so far are opposing the eco-labeling of the Florida longline fishery for tuna and swordfish. Letters and petitions were submitted by Sea Turtle Restoration Project to the first stakeholder meeting in the Marine Stewardship Council certification process [...]
Scuba Diver Girl Anna | August 23, 2010
By Sea Turtle Restoratoin Project Ship strikes, vessel noise and pollution can harm sea turtles SHIPPING AND TURTLES Where ports and shipping traffic intersect with sea turtle nesting beaches, nearshore habitat and ocean migration paths, the potential for harm to or disruption of sea turtle life cycle arises. The existence of ports and shipping traffic [...]
Scuba Diver Girl Anna | August 6, 2010
By Cole Chassy, Sea Turtle Restoration Project While interning at STRP this summer I aquired a great deal of knowledge concering local and global issuse that are vital to the preservation of sea turtles and endangered marine mammals. The vast array of duties I performed throughout my internship at STRP provided me with an invaluable professional [...]
Scuba Diver Girl Anna | July 26, 2010
By Sea Turtle Restoration Project, seaturtles.org Make a Difference Today ORDER NOW! You can become a steward of the environment by adopting a nest of sea turtle hatchlings! The Adopt A Nest Program is tax deductible, and makes a wonderful gift or classroom project. $45 for addresses within the U.S., $55 outside the [...]
Scuba Diver Girl Anna | July 20, 2010
By Sea Turtle Restoration Project We are all starting to feel the effects of global warming with increased hurricanes in the South, heat waves in the West and just more intense and crazier weather patterns around the globe. Due to the unique natural history of sea turtles, the impacts of global warming are likely to [...]
Scuba Diver Girl Anna | July 13, 2010
By Sea Turtle Restoration Project Contact: Carole Allen, Gulf Director, 281-444-0564, Carole@seaturtles.org Chris Pincetich, Campaigner and marine biologist, 530-220-3687 chris@seaturtles.org Shrimp season opening in Texas on July 15 – Enforcement of Turtle Excluder Devices in shrimp boats critical to protecting Kemp’s ridleys from capture Galveston, Texas Sea Turtle Restoration Project has announced that a [...]
