Nichols, W.J. and C.Safina. 2004. Lunch with a Turtle Poacher. Conservation Magazine 5: 30-36. By Wallace J. Nichols and Carl SafinaFall 2004 (Vol. 5, No. 4) San Ignacio, Baja California Sur, Mexico, April 2003 We are sitting on the outdoor deck of a little village restaurant across from a man…
Friends, September 22nd, 2004 is the one year anniversary of the completion of our 1,200-mile trek from Oregon to Mexico. Many of you participated in that expedition in one way or another, which is why I'm writing to you. With a year to think on the experience I understand more…
S. Delgado and W.J. Nichols. 2005. Saving Sea Turtles from the Ground Up: Awakening Sea Turtle Conservation in Northwestern Mexico. MAST 3(2) and 4(1): 89–104. Abstract Sea turtles have held important, diverse, and evolving values for the peoples of northwestern Mexico for centuries. Today all five sea turtle species inhabiting…
CATCH FISH, Not Turtles, USING LONGLINES Protecting Sea Turtles, Saving Your Livelihood Sea turtles are valued by people around the world. They are a symbol of longevity, fertility, strength, and protection from harm. They are often a valuable eco-tourism attraction. In spite of this, sea turtle populations are declining due…
Presented to the 2004 Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), and the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). As marine scientists and conservation biologists, we are profoundly concerned that human activities, particularly bottom trawling, are causing unprecedented damage to the deep-sea coral and…
