Save Shark Week’s Stars
Great white sharks keep the oceans healthy and balanced ©NOAA Whether you fear them or admire them, most people have an instant reaction when they hear great white shark. Intrigue, mystery, and...
View ArticleCreature Feature: Great White Shark
Great whites have earned a bad reputation, but they don't deserve it ©Discovery Channel They’re the stars of Shark Week, one of the most iconic creatures in the ocean. But how well do you really know...
View ArticleLeatherback Declared New CA State Symbol
Leatherback joins ranks of purple needlegrass, west coast swing dancing and benitoite as California state symbol ©Oceana It's been a leatherback-heavy news week and for all the right reasons. First a...
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Oceana CEO: A Shocking Seafood Report on Your Seafood
Do you know what you're serving? Photo © Oceana Do you know what you are serving your family tonight? If it’s fish there’s a good chance that you don’t. Today Oceana unveiled its landmark national...
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Great Whites Now Have Endangered Species Protections
The man in the gray suit now protected by law. Photo: Jim Agronick It’s official; as of today, California’s great white sharks are now fully protected under the California Endangered Species Act! As...
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Removing Walls of Death: Saving Sea Turtles from Drift Nets
The leatherback, a common victim of drift gillnets. Photo: NOAA An endangered Pacific leatherback sea turtle swims through the cold, nutrient-rich waters off California where it has made an impressive...
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Drift Gillnets Kept at Bay . . . For Now
A frequent victim of drift gillnets © Jose Alejandro Alvarez/Marine Photobank We can breathe a momentary sigh of relief. This Monday, the Pacific Fishery Management Council voted unanimously to...
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Action Camp to Defend Little Lake Valley!
The California Department of Transportation (CalTrans) is attempting to construct a four-lane superhighway through Little Lake Valley, otherwise known as Willits. This project would destroy some...
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New Treesit Goes Up in Willits, CA
Cross Posted from Save Little Lake Valley Early on Friday morning, a new tree sit began in the path of Caltrans’ proposed Willits Bypass route. A contingent of roughly 20 Save Our Little Lake Valley...
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Will Lead Bullets Finally Kill Off the California Condor?
by Ted Williams, Cross Posted from Yale Environment 360 It was almost like watching wooly mammoths parting tusk-high savannah. In the gusty air above the Grand Canyon relicts from the Ice Age wheeled...
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The Dying Glaciers of California Threaten Biodiversity and Water Supply
by Jeremy Miller / Earth Island In August 1872, a 34-year-old John Muir climbed the snow and ice of Mount Lyell and Mount Maclure into the highest reaches of what is today Yosemite National Park. The...
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“Acid Jobs” – A Hip New Alternative to Fracking
by Rabb!t / Earth First! Newswire I seem to remember a time when sucking oil out of the ground and burning it into the atmosphere was all that climate change activists really had to worry about. But as...
View ArticleCalifornia’s Shark Fin Ban Officially in Effect! The Catch Is…
California has banned shark fins within the state...for now Let's start with the good news: As of yesterday, July 1, California's shark fin ban (passed in 2011) officially came into effect! California...
View ArticleFuture of Great Whites in the Hands of California Leaders
Great white sharks like this one risk extinction unless we move to award them the protections they so desperately need. Photo: Sharkdiver.com We are alarmed by the recent decision by the National...
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California and Indonesia Urged to Build Relationships to Save Leatherback Sea...
A cooperative relationship between the U.S. and the Western Pacific island nations, where Pacific leatherback sea turtles return from California to nest, could help save the endangered leatherback sea...
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Fracking in the Ocean Off the California Coast
The following report is the result of a six-month investigation. To support Truthout’s independent investigative journalism and fund more stories like this, click here. by Mike Ludwig / Truthout The...
View ArticleMore Than Just an Agreement
Leatherback sea turtles could be lost to us in 20 years if we don't take aggressive steps for their survival. lPhoto: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA Pacific leatherbacks need...
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California Bill Would Ban Deadly Drift Gillnets
(Photo: Oceana / NOAA) On November 18, 2013, our team in the Pacific sent a letter to NOAA Fisheries requesting photos of marine life drowned in drift gillnets off the coast of California. We already...
View ArticleFracking Waste Injection Wells Increases Risk of Earthquakes in California
“This isn’t rocket science. We’ve known for decades that wastewater injection increases earthquake risk,” said report co-author Jhon Arbelaez
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CEO Note: Drift Gillnets Must Go
(Photo: Oceana) Here’s a very simple way to protect marine life—keep drift gillnets out of California waters. Fishermen use this fishing gear to target swordfish and thresher sharks, but they also...
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