PRESS RELEASES

October 24, 2012 – Citizens And Conservation Groups File Suit to Protect Hawaii's Reef Ecosystems

October 17, 2012 – False Killer Whales to Receive Protection From Death in Hawaiian Longlines

September 6, 2012 – Lawsuit Launched to Save Whales, Sea Turtles From California's Deadly Fishing Nets

May 8, 2012 – Settlement Will Help Prevent Sea Turtles From Drowning in Fishing Nets

May 31, 2011 – Lawsuit Launched to Protect Sea Turtles From Drowning in Shrimp Trawls

February 7, 2011 – Endangered Sea Turtles Saved From Capture in Hawaii Swordfish Fishery

February 4, 2011 – Lawsuit Launched to Protect Pacific Waters for Endangered Leatherback Sea Turtles Threatened by Fishing Gear, Climate Change

April 30, 2010 – Federal Government Takes First Step Toward Banning Imported Swordfish to Protect Marine Mammals

December 16, 2009 – Suit Filed to Stop Hawaii Longline Fishery From Tripling Sea Turtle Kill

April 29, 2009 – Emergency Action Taken for Threatened and Endangered Sea Turtles: Six-month Closure Ordered for Gulf of Mexico Fishery

April 15, 2009 – Groups Sue National Marine Fisheries Service to Protect Sea Turtles

March 4, 2008 – Ban Sought on Imported Swordfish: Foreign Swordfish Fleets Kill More Marine Mammals Than U.S. Law Permits

January 11, 2008 – Black Abalone Proposed as Endangered Species: Threatened by Overharvesting, Disease, and Global Warming

December 28, 2007 – Ocean Waters off California and Oregon on Track for Protection; Federal Fisheries Service to Study Critical Habitat Designation for Endangered Leatherback Sea Turtle

November 16, 2007 – Loggerhead Sea Turtles May Gain Endangered Status: Extinction Not Far Off for Turtles Threatened by Longline Fisheries and Global Warming

November 15, 2007 – Conservation Groups Petition for Added Loggerhead Sea Turtle Protection: Commercial Fishing and Climate Could Drive Prehistoric Species Extinct

October 9, 2007 – Imperiled Bird Advances Toward Endangered Species Act Protection: Black-Footed Albatross Threatened by Longline Fishing

July 12, 2007 – Endangered Status Sought for Imperiled Sea Turtles

June 11, 2007 – Endangered Sea Turtles Receive Vital Protection From Drift Gillnets

December 21, 2006 – Atlantic White Marlin Swims Toward Endangered Species Listing

December 21, 2006 – Protection Sought for Endangered Abalone

October 24, 2005 – Judge Approves Settlement To Protect Atlantic White Marlin From Longline Fishing

January 14, 2004 – Lawsuit Filed to Protect Atlantic White Marlin From Longline Fishing; Popular Sport Fish Threatened With Extinction Due to Agency Mismanagement

August 22, 2003 – Federal Appeals Court Rules California-based Longline Fishery Violates Endangered Species Act: Ruling Will Likely Result in Restrictions on Swordfish Fishery to Protect Endangered Sea Turtles

November 14, 2002 – Federal Fisheries Service Denies Petition to Protect Imperiled Rockfish

August 14, 2002 – Bush Administration Fails to Uphold Marine Mammal Protection Law, Groups Say: Conservation Groups Sue to Stop the Unnecessary Killing of Marine Mammals in Fishing

August 2, 2001 – Bush Administration Delays Rules to Protect Endangered Sea Turtles and Whales: Environmentalists File Notice Against Fisheries Service Over California Drift-gillnet Fishery

May 2, 2001 – Case Filed to Protect Sea Turtles and Marine Mammals Off California From Longline Fishing