Your support made the difference. Your support is still needed. This is why... We have reported on the plight of the sea turtles before. We have reported how they were being butchered by the thousands. And we have asked for your support and signatures on a petition to stop the slaughter of these ancient ocean citizens. It is now time to report back that your support has made a real difference. But the fight is not quite over yet.

Fish stocks are depleted world-wide. Over fishing, pollution and coastal development is putting the aquatic resources under strain. Eco-friendly tourism battles against the need for food. Scuba divers rage against dynamite fishing. The oceans struggle to sustain human activities. Many see fish farming as the solution to save the fish stocks and keep feeding people.

We have reported on the plight of the sea turtles before. We have reported how they were being butchered by the thousands. And we have asked for your support and signatures on a petition to stop the slaughter of these ancient ocean citizens. It is now time to report back that your support has made a real difference. But the fight is not quite over yet.

Utila is the smallest of the Bay Islands off the coast of Honduras, where divers go in search of whalesharks, but find much more. Being the Executive Director of The Manta Network, a global conservation organization, I was very interested in the local efforts to protect whalesharks. Patric Douglas, Director of SharkDiver.com, invited us to stay in Utila and write about his dive group’s whaleshark experiences.

(NOAA) issued a proposed rule to designate more than 70,000 square miles of critical habitat for endangered Pacific leatherback sea turtles in the waters off of California, Oregon and Washington.

The United States Atlantic fishery for spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthius) today entered full assessment in the Marine Stewardship Council’s (MSC) certification program for sustainable and well-managed fisheries.

Early Warning System for the WhalesOver the last few weeks, Sea Shepherd Conservation Society has maintained a presence in the Danish Protectorate of the Faeroe Islands.

EcoWeek Costa Rica will be host to the State of the Oceans Summit (SOS) in San Jose, on August 12th to the 14th. SOS will feature presentations from both the international and national marine environmental industry with subjects ranging from sharks to ocean plastics pollution.

Scuba divers, photographers and ocean enthusiasts called on to help conserve our ocean through imagery

An online petition to give Snapper Ledge off Tavernier the highest level of Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary protection drew 2,033 virtual signatures