Rule would triple the number of imperiled sea turtles allowed caught in Hawai’i swordfish longline fishery

Ruling requires a new biological opinion and analysis of environmental impacts of bottom longline fishing in the Gulf of Mexico

Seek emergency action to correct violation of Endangered Species Act

Six-month closure ordered of Gulf of Mexico fishery

Scientific weaknesses in the new biological opinion undermine turtle protection

Environmental and scientific communities denounce decision made in Geneva by the World Trade Organization which threatens to overturn a law designed to protect endangered sea turtles.

Praise for California longline ban, opposition to reopening Hawai`i fishery

Too many turtles still in harm’s way

Political pressure from members of Congress may thwart a plan to prevent the extinction of the world’s largest sea lion.

Conservation groups seek common-sense measures to reduce turtle bycatch

A new report documents how people have been left in harm’s way, as the Trump administration attempts to block the Chemical Disaster Rule.

The Center for Marine Conservation and the Sea Turtle Restoration Project, represented by Earthjustice, filed a lawsuit in federal court for the district of Hawai`i to stop the ongoing killing of endangered sea turtles by Hawai`i’s longline fishery.

Government must require turtle excluder devices on all shrimp boats

Environmental groups sued the National Marine Fisheries Service, the Department of Commerce, and Donald L. Evans, Secretary of Commerce, challenging the decision to authorize continued killing of endangered leatherback and green sea turtles by the Hawai`i-based longline fishery.

Turtle advocates dismiss “techno-fixes” that don’t protect turtles

Deadly longline hooks also snag whales, sea birds and sharks

County proposal protects numerous endangered sea turtle species and could serve as a model for future sea wall construction in Florida

Settlement means fewer loggerheads will be hooked by deadly longlines