By jhjanicki
on Monday,August 14th, 2017
in Art, Awareness, Conservation, Fisheries, Ghost nets, Marine Debris, Wildlife Trade,
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The Sea Turtle Art Show that took place at the Okinawa Brewing Mihama Cafe on August 12, 2017, was an extremely great success! A huge thanks to everyone who made it happen! Organizers: Julia Janicki & Hazel Cruzado Art Artists: Hazel Cruzado Art, Art Leo, Shawn Miller (Okinawa Nature Photography), Pete Leong (Foto Shisa), Rodel […]
By jhjanicki
on Monday,May 8th, 2017
in Awareness, Conservation, Fisheries, Ghost nets,
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Hundreds of thousands of sea turtles are accidentally caught in shrimp trawl nets, on longline hooks and in fishing gill nets every year. They become bycatch, non-targeted species, and is usually returned to the sea as discards, typically dead or injured to an extent that death is most likely. A simple action that seafood consumers […]
By jhjanicki
on Sunday,March 5th, 2017
in Awareness, Conservation, Ghost nets,
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The expansion of fishing activities in the ocean has contributed to the decline of some sea turtle populations. Sea turtles, among other creatures, can become entangled in gillnets (see video here), pound nets, purse seines (see video here) the lines associated with longline fishing (see video here) as well as traps and pots (see video […]
By jhjanicki
on Monday,January 30th, 2017
in Awareness, Conservation, Ghost nets,
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This new art piece created by the Okinawa-based artist Hazel Cruzado depicts a sea turtle entangled in a ghost net. Ghost nets are abandoned or discarded fishing nets, they can float in ocean currents for years or decades, traveling huge distances. Every year millions of marine animals including turtles, birds, sharks, rays, dugongs, dolphins, and […]