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News : News : Year : 2010

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• Gabon / Environnement : Les tortues vertes menac�es de disparition en voie d��tre prot�g� au Gabon - Libreville, 17 mars (Infosgabon) - Les ONG Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) et Aventure sans Frontiere sont determinees i� proteger les tortues marines, ... ^pop (Added: 17-Mar-2010 Hits: 2414)

• Missing hotel turtle sculpture returned - Milton, a sea turtle sculpture, had graced the entrance to the Boca Raton Bridge Hotel on East Camino Road. When it disappeared the hotel offered a $2000 ... ^pop (Added: 17-Mar-2010 Hits: 1865)

• PNG se pronuncia por circulacion de polemico correo - En Internet se difunden fotografi�as donde se muestra la recoleccion de huevos de tortugas marinas, supuestamente en las Islas Galapagos. ... ^pop (Added: 17-Mar-2010 Hits: 2407)

• Leary: Give plastic bags the sack - Many different plastics, including single-use plastic grocery bags, are lethal to sea turtles, whales and other marine life. The nonprofit Center for Marine ... ^pop (Added: 17-Mar-2010 Hits: 2255)

• Tortuga marina en peligro de extincion: estudio - La vida de la tortuga marina se conoce poco, quiza lo mas comun es cuando llega a la playa y desova. La mayor parte de su ciclo biologico ocurre en el mar, ... ^pop (Added: 18-Mar-2010 Hits: 2450)

• Hotels, including some in Florida, going green for Earth Day - ... ie Dolphin Mondays, Sea Turtle Tuesdays, etc. For instance: When sea turtles lay eggs, up to 100 at a time, the air temperature determines whether the ... ^pop (Added: 18-Mar-2010 Hits: 2151)

• Lighting seminar tomorrow as prep for turtle nesting season - At least one environmental group, Seaturtle.org, picked up on Limbaugh's comments and are starting their own “Lights out for Limbaugh” pledge. ... ^pop (Added: 18-Mar-2010 Hits: 2661)

• Program Rescues Stranded Sea Turtles Along Maui Shorelines - Hawaiian waters are home to several protected species of sea turtles, including the honu (green sea turtle), which provides underwater delight for residents ... ^pop (Added: 18-Mar-2010 Hits: 2258)

• Gabon : Les tortues "luttent" au Cap Esterias - Le Gabon heberge le long de ses ci�tes, cinq des huit especes mondiales de tortues marines, notamment la tortue Caouanne, la tortue verte, la tortue Luth, ... ^pop (Added: 18-Mar-2010 Hits: 2562)

• North Carolina Aquarium Sea Turtle Egg Hunt Includes Plastic Eggs Filled With ... - By CP "Buster" Nunemaker, III Manteo, NC - Join the North Carolina Aquarium on Roanoke Island during our Sea Turtle Egg Hunt to learn about one of our local ... ^pop (Added: 18-Mar-2010 Hits: 2209)

• Pacific Loggerheads to Get Endangered Listing - Loggerhead sea turtles in the North Pacific Ocean are among the most imperiled of any sea turtle population in any ocean basin on Earth. ... (Added: 10-Mar-2010 Hits: 75)

• Gourmet diners 'may spell extinction' for sea turtle - It estimated that 422000 eggs were traded in the northeastern state of Terengganu alone in 2007, more than twice the number of green turtle eggs laid in the ... (Added: 10-Mar-2010 Hits: 164)

• Endangered Status Sought For Atlantic Sea Turtles - The federal government has recommended an endangered-species listing for the loggerhead turtles swimming off the Atlantic Ocean coast, ... (Added: 10-Mar-2010 Hits: 196)

• Inquirer Southern Luzon Marinduque seeks 'pawikan' habitat - FREQUENT SIGHTings and efforts to rescue sea turtles or "pawikan" in Marinduque have prompted local environment officials and ... (Added: 10-Mar-2010 Hits: 175)

• Malaysian turtles face extinction - WWF - "One of the contributing factors to the leatherback turtles' disappearance from our shores is egg consumption. "We wouldn't want the same thing to happen to ... (Added: 10-Mar-2010 Hits: 224)

• Leatherback sea turtle found dead - Now its body is in the hands of state wildlife investigators The body of the six-foot, one thousand pound adult male leatherback sea turtle is in ... (Added: 10-Mar-2010 Hits: 191)

• Travel Agent Meets with Le Meridien Bora Bora - For years the property has been a sea turtle sanctuary, rehabilitating injured sea turtles and breeding new ones to release into the wild. ... (Added: 10-Mar-2010 Hits: 149)

• Turtles face 'eggs-tinction', warns WWF-Malaysia - According to the study, 'Marine Turtle Egg Consumption and Trade in Malaysia', consumption was catching up as turtle eggs were widely sold at markets in ... (Added: 10-Mar-2010 Hits: 308)

• Saudi oil project raises environmental sensitivities - ... to such regionally important animal species as pearl oysters, the food-fish hamour, dolphins and sea turtles, including the endangered hawksbill turtle. ... (Added: 10-Mar-2010 Hits: 202)

• Malasia se quedara sin tortugas marinas si no detiene a furtivos ... - Malasia se arriesga a perder para siempre en sus aguas territoriales a las tortugas marinas si no pone freno a la actividad de los cazadores furtivos, ... (Added: 10-Mar-2010 Hits: 328)

• Limbaugh Wants to Shine Lights on Sea Turtles - Sea turtles don't like lights By TODD WRIGHT If you have ever listen to Rush Limbaugh, it would come as no surprise that he doesn't like a lot of things. ... (Added: 10-Mar-2010 Hits: 249)

• The 492 native species driven to extinction - The study also reveals that 943 English species, including the leatherback turtle and pine martin - are under threat. And it warns that while a few 'big, ... (Added: 10-Mar-2010 Hits: 196)

• US lobbied to inspect shrimp fisher fleet again - ... to export wild shrimp to that country in considering that it does not utilise protection measures for marine turtles during trawler fishing. ... (Added: 10-Mar-2010 Hits: 218)

• NOAA�s Fisheries Service and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Propose ESA Listing Changes for the Loggerhead Sea Turtle - Loggerhead sea turtles are currently listed as threatened throughout their range. In August 2007, the Services completed an ESA five-year review of the ... (Added: 10-Mar-2010 Hits: 228)

• Jimmy Buffet Visits Gulf Specimen Marine Lab - We hope you'll come and help support our work protecting endangered sea turtles, whooping cranes and marine life and their habitats. (Added: 10-Mar-2010 Hits: 195)

• Marco beach tilling to protect loggerhead sea turtles - This is done to lessen compaction of the sand for the maintenance and conservation of loggerhead sea turtle habitat and is a provision of the Environmental ... (Added: 10-Mar-2010 Hits: 172)

• Florida Pays Tribute to State's Seagrasses - Healthy seagrasses protect young fish and shellfish, coral reefs and other marine wildlife, including sea turtles, manatees and wading birds and contribute ... (Added: 10-Mar-2010 Hits: 136)

• 800 Pound Leatherback Turtle Found Off Juno Beach - A couple of fishermen made an amazing discovery off the coast of Juno Beach Tuesday afternoon; an 800 pound Leatherback sea turtle. ... (Added: 10-Mar-2010 Hits: 170)

• Holt, Amos to be honored for conservationism - Amos officially retired from the institute as a research fellow in 2003, but has continued to run the ARK, which rescues and cares for injured sea turtles, ... (Added: 10-Mar-2010 Hits: 175)

• Veracruz sera de los menos afectados con el bloque de Estados ... - ... a las tortugas marinas durante la pesca de arrastre de camaron silvestre no afectara en gran medida a Veracruz por su baja produccion en altamar. ... (Added: 10-Mar-2010 Hits: 217)

• Bar em Fernando de Noronha e fechado - O comercio fica localizado no local onde ocorre a desova de tartarugas marinhas em Fernando de Noronha. A decisao do tribunal acompanhou o parecer do ... (Added: 10-Mar-2010 Hits: 294)

• Traurige Realit�t: Lederschildkr�ten liegen verendet am Strand - Immer �fter zeichnet sich am Strand des namibischen Ki�stenstreifens ein ungewohnt trauriges Bild ab: Unbegreiflich viele ausgewachsene Meeresschildkr�ten ... (Added: 11-Mar-2010 Hits: 377)

• Hillsboro residents fear storm season as sand project is delayed - "This is one of the key nesting areas for Loggerhead sea turtles in the world," explained engineer John F. Studt, regional director of Coastal Systems ... (Added: 11-Mar-2010 Hits: 178)

• Piden a Federacion resolver demanda de camaroneros - A pesar de que Mexico ha mostrado una poli�tica estricta en cuanto a la proteccion de la tortuga marina, con periodos de veda del camaron en la etapa de ... (Added: 11-Mar-2010 Hits: 286)

• Sifting sand for marine life - As many as 1 million sea birds die each year and up to 100000 sea turtles die from the consumption of plastic, that inanimate object that has frustrated ... (Added: 11-Mar-2010 Hits: 147)

• Restored shrimp fisher certification slated for September - ... to export wild shrimp to that country in considering that it does not utilise protection measures for marine turtles during trawler fishing. ... (Added: 11-Mar-2010 Hits: 277)

• Tartarugas marinhas deixam cerca de 100 ovos em dunas no RN - Biologos do Aqusrio de Natal e do Projeto Tamar encontraram cerca de 100 ovos de tartarugas marinhas nas dunas de Genipabu, em Natal, nesta quinta-feira ... (Added: 11-Mar-2010 Hits: 248)

• Our Urban Forest: Litter showing no sign of slowing down soon - The presentation showed photos of sea turtles and birds strangled from plastic bags and bottles, debris-laden beaches, and other scenes she found on the ... (Added: 11-Mar-2010 Hits: 155)

• Poli�ticas ambientales en retroceso - Segun Randall Arauz, fundador y director del no gubernamental Programa Restauracion de Tortugas Marinas (PRETOMA), proteger las tortugas en suelo ... (Added: 11-Mar-2010 Hits: 272)

• M�xico cuenta con informaci�n cient�fica s�lida para evitar embargos injustos - ... con el argumento de que los pescadores de alta mar aun usan tecnicas de arrastre que provocan la muerte de tortugas marinas, el ex rector de la UNAM ... (Added: 11-Mar-2010 Hits: 232)

• Coyote numbers rising in South Florida, but trapping sporadic at best - Even sea turtles are in harm's way. Charlie Pelizza, manager of the Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge complex in east-central Florida, says he lost 70 ... (Added: 11-Mar-2010 Hits: 126)

• Oreo the sea turtle finally goes home - Florida Fish and Wildlife tells 10 Connects about 4800 cold stunned sea turtles were recovered in Florida this winter. That's the most anyone can ever ... (Added: 11-Mar-2010 Hits: 195)

• M�s de 600 familias ser�n afectadas por el desplome del precio al camar�n de exportaci�n - Rechazo que en el pai�s no se cuente con medidas comparables en eficacia a las de ese pai�s para proteger a las tortugas marinas durante las operaciones de ... (Added: 12-Mar-2010 Hits: 206)

• Tartaruga escala duna de 40 metros para chocar os ovos - O local onde os ovos foram depositados js ests protegido pelo Projeto Tamar, que cuida da preservacao das tartarugas marinhas. A previsao e de que no final ... (Added: 12-Mar-2010 Hits: 388)

• Was Sea Turtle Also Served at the Hump? - (I don't even know if that turtle was legal since I see quite a few sea turtles are protected.) It was served in its very large shell (polished up and ... (Added: 12-Mar-2010 Hits: 120)

• Ordinance to halt nightly beach clutter - Goodin told commissioners that beaches have been cluttered at night and in order to make way for nesting sea turtles and emergency vehicles, ... (Added: 12-Mar-2010 Hits: 148)

• Neighborhood notes: Shenandoah - Heather Landes will attend the junior internship program at the Karen Beasley Sea Turtle and Rehabilitation Center at Topsail Island, NC, July 18-31. ... (Added: 12-Mar-2010 Hits: 173)

• Tartarugas da Costa Rica - Verdade A Costa Rica tem enorme tradicao de conservacao das tartarugas marinhas. O pesquisador americano Archier Car, pioneiro na conservacao de tartarugas ... (Added: 12-Mar-2010 Hits: 320)

• Four-Wheelin' Forever? - Wildlife and park visitation numbers have risen since the restrictions went into effect in 2008, with record numbers of sea turtle nests and nesting piping ... (Added: 12-Mar-2010 Hits: 173)

• Unearthed This Week - Light pollution can mean lights out for many animals such as seabirds and sea turtles, who often make the fatal mistake of confusing artificial lights with ... (Added: 12-Mar-2010 Hits: 126)

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