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October 28, 2015 | Press Release

Palau Creates National Marine Sanctuary

This action establishes one of the world's largest marine protected areas

October 5, 2015 | Letter

Catch Caps for River Herring and Shad in FY2016-2018

Letter to Regional Administrator John Bullard, NMFS, Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office, on behalf of Earthjustice's clients in Flaherty v. Bryson, urging him to reject the New England Council’s recommendation for the river herring and shad (RH/S) catch caps in the proposed 2016-2018 Atlantic herring specifications.

June 12, 2015 | Article

To Save the Whales, You Must First Save the Sardines

Sardines are in need of protections like those the menhaden, a similar species, received after their population reached the verge of collapse.

June 11, 2015 | Article

Climate Change Leaves Fish and Crabs Gasping for Breath

Rising water temperatures and falling oxygen levels are forcing Atlantic cod, rock crab and other species to make for the North and South Poles, stressing the ocean food chain to the breaking point.

February 10, 2015 | Press Release

Groups Go To Court to Protect Blueback Herring from Extinction

Challenge flawed decision not to list imperiled river herring as a “threatened species”

February 9, 2015 | Legal Document

Legal Document: Groups Go To Court to Protect Blueback Herring from Extinction

Earthjustice, NRDC and a coalition of fishing and watershed protection groups filed a complaint today in federal court seeking to reverse a decision by the National Marine Fisheries Service not to list the blueback herring as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act.

January 21, 2015 | Article

Industrial Fishing Leaves Steller Sea Lions Searching for Lunch

The government’s plan to allow industrial fishing fleets into protected waters threatens the endangered Steller sea lion, but there is a better way.

October 17, 2014 | Legal Document

River Herring - Notice of Intent to Sue

Earthjustice and NRDC Join Fishing and Watershed Groups to File Notice to Sue to Protect Imperiled River Herring

October 17, 2014 | Article

Earthjustice, NRDC, Fishing & Watershed Groups File Notice to Sue for ESA Protection of Imperiled River Herring

The Endangered Species Act is clear. Given the imperiled status of blueback herring and the lack of sufficient action by regulators to stem the decline of river herring, a threatened designation for blueback herring is now necessary to jump start recovery.

August 13, 2014 | Article

A Rejuvenating Display of Ocean Abundance

In the fight to protect the health of our planet and of our communities, we all need sweet moments of inspiration to refuel and rejuvenate us. I’ve just had one in Monterey Bay, California.

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