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More Minamata mercury cases uncovered decades after exposure
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Environmentalists To Sue State Department Over Deaths of Endangered Sea Turtles in Foreign Shrimp Nets
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Seafood and Sushi Lovers Can Now Check Mercury Levels on the Go
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World Bank Report Slams Overfishing at World Environmental Meeting
Rare Turtles Gorging on California’s Jellyfish Boom
Galveston Turtle Barn Survives Hurricane
New Hollywood Film Dramatizes Battle to Save Sea Turtles at the World Trade Organization in Seattle
Oscar Arias deceives Costa Ricans with the leatherback case.
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Atlantic White Marlin Swim Toward Endangered Species Listing
Health and Environmental Groups Call for Accurate Federal Mercury Advisory Signs
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GotMercury.Org & Bon Appetit Launch Food Service Industry's First Mercury Education Campaign
Turtle Island Benefit Picnic By the Creek
Why Not Texas? Why Not Now?
Toxic Mercury Taints Tuna in Chicago Sushi Restaurants
New Wildlife Refuge for Leatherback Sea Turtles in Costa Rica
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UN Calls for Closures to Protect Sea Turtles
New San Francisco Law Protects Latina and Chinese Women from Mercury in Fish
Se Hace Pública Calculadora de Mercurio en Mariscos en Español
Permit to Kill Pacific Sea Turtles and Whales Requested by Seafood Company
Texas Science Teachers Want More Protection for Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtles!
Judge Approves Settlement To Protect Atlantic White Marlin From Longline Fishing
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Environmentalists Ask Court to Close Longline Fishery
Sea Turtles Take to the Streets to Protest Mercury in Swordfish
Costa Rican Biologists Call for Suspension of New Shark Finning Regulation
Red Lobster Restaurants Remove Swordfish from Menu
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Leatherbacks Noshing on Jellyfish along California Coast
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Marine mammal officials consider Kodiak waters as part of sea otter recovery plan
Marine mammal officials consider Kodiak waters as part of sea otter recovery plan
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Turtles Imperiled, Biologists Say
Big Tuna is the New Big Tobacco: Op-Ed
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Sea Turtle Savior: Profile of Todd Steiner, Director
Ban on Long-Line Commercial Fishing May be Lifted: Styled Hook Won't Spare Sea Turtles, Opponents Contend
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8,000+ Scientists, Officials, & Environmental NGOs Endorse our Leatherback Biological Corridor Proposal at International Environmental Meeting
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Federal Fisheries Service to Study Critical Habitat Designation for Endangered Leatherback Sea Turtle
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Loggerhead Sea Turtles May Gain Endangered Status
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Globalization is Selling Off Our Future!
WTO: The WTO versus Democracy
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WTO: The Story of the WTO versus the Sea Turtles
Say No to the WTO: Stop the Privatization of the Ocean
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New Hollywood Film Dramatizes Battle to Save Sea Turtles at the World Trade Organization in Seattle
CITES: 2000 Ad Opposing Downlisting of Hawksbill
WTO: Statement of Scientists to the WTO
WTO: 3/98 The Four Fatal Flaws of the WTO Shrimp/Turtle Ruling - A Briefing on the Interim Ruling on International TED Use
WTO: May 1998 NGO Sign-On Letter
WTO: June 1998 Clinton's Failed Ocean Policies - Seven Reasons to Question the National Oceans Conference
WTO: August 28, 1998 STRP's Analysis Of U.S. Department Of State Guidelines
WTO: 11/24/98 Analysis of the WTO's Final Ruling Against the United States Sea Turtle Law
WTO: Federal Register Notice: Australian Shrimp Imports 10/99
WTO: 1999 Billboard at Battle of Seattle
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