The Catch Conservation Fund

The International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources recently published this very detailed report about how climate change is affecting animal species around the globe. The chapter about Leatherbacks is a wake-up call for us all.

Tracking ocean plastic from that storm drain down the street all the way to your grocer’s freezer. CNN’s coverage of Annie Crawley’s mission to the North Pacific Gyre with Project Kaisei and the New Horizon.

Marine Investigators Diego Amorocho and Randall Arauz make history in Colombia - satellite tagging 4 Eastern Pacific Green Sea Turtles! Check out the official press release below, and follow this link to track them across the Pacific.

The CCF’s exclusive interview with Marine Investigator Todd Steiner about satellite tagging endangered Sea Turtles and news from the Cocos Island Project.

One of the biggest threats to shark and sea turtle survival is plastic pollution in our oceans. CCF Partner Annie Crawley just returned from Project Kaisei’s expedition to the North Pacific Gyre, and you’ll be shocked by what she found.

Official Stats on the Cocos Island Project and New Information about the migratory patterns of Sharks and Sea Turtles tagged there.

Hundreds of  turtle lovers take to the San Jose streets in defense of the Leatherback Sea Turtle! Check out these pictures and video highlights of the demonstration.

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The Catch Conservation Fund is partnering with PRETOMA, TIRN and StandOff Studios to document the Cocos Island Project.

Annie joins the crew of the Kaisei on an expedition to the North Pacific Garbage Patch seeking solutions for plastic pollution in our oceans.

Fishermen in Costa Rica getting away with bloody murder:

Shark finning and drug running

Why bags of groceries can’t satisfy a sea turtle’s insatiable appetite:

http://www.seabirdrescue.org/sea-turtles.html

Will tow-time loggers come to the rescue of the world’s endangered sea turtles?

http://www.wavy.com/dpp/search/news_wavy_BOURNE_Sea_Turtle_timer_20090619

Ever wonder where that flip flop floated off to?

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/06/08/ocean.trash.report

http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/the-worlds-rubbish-dump-a-garbage-tip-that-stretches-from-hawaii-to-japan-778016.html

Live Baby Sea Turtles - Unleashed!

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/unleashed/2009/05/baby-sea-turtles-released-in-mexico.html

Why Costa Rican shrimpers would be better off TED:

United States bans shrimp from Costa Rica to protect sea turtles

Tracking the elusive Leatherback Sea Turtle. Scientists in a race against time to save these gentle giants of the deep:

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2009/05/leatherback-turtles/appenzeller-text

Patagonia’s Lindsey Jensen takes you to the front lines in the battle over Costa Rica’s endangered sea turtles:

http://www.thecleanestline.com/2009/02/turtle-patrol.html

Why a decline in sea turtle populations is turning our oceans into big puddles of goo: