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News - Turtles

Endangered status proposed for U.S. Loggerhead sea turtles

Wednesday, 10 March 2010 22:03

Government May Order New Protections for Loggerheads Worldwide The National Marine Fisheries Service and Fish and Wildlife Service issued a proposed rule today to change the status of U.S. North Pacific and Northwest Atlantic loggerhead sea turtles from threatened to endangered under the Endangered Species Act. The government also proposed listing loggerhead sea turtles around the globe as nine separate populat…

Sea turtles to hatch fewer males

Thursday, 04 March 2010 18:20

Global warming is likely to make marine turtles to hatch more females than males and may reduce nesting success, according to a review of the effects of increasing temperature on the turtles' biology. Sea-level rises will also affect sea turtles by reducing the beach area available for nesting. Marine turtles spend most of their lives at sea, hunting for prey. Females come ashore only every few years to lay th…

Tragedy as turtle caught in line mangle

Thursday, 18 February 2010 18:57

Fishing line might be thin and seem unsubstantial but it has proved deadly to a turtle in Sailors Bay. Sailors Bay Sea Scouts saw the devastating effects when they found a green sea turtle that had died a gruesome death last week. The 80cm turtle was overwhelmingly tangled with fishing lines and strapping. It had lost a flipper, suffered cuts to its neck and was cut to the bone on another flipper. Sea scout J…

Illegal gillnetters, shrimp boats, nest robbers threaten endangered Sea Turtles in Costa Rica

Monday, 08 February 2010 06:48

Rainsong Wildlife Sanctuary’s sea turtle protection project at Playa Manzanillo de Cobano on the Nicoya Peninsula has revealed the operation of up to 100 boats using illegal gillnets in the waters near Manzanillo. Most of these boats are gillnetting inside the 12 kilometers of strictly protected ocean that is part of the Caletas/Ario Wildlife Refuge. The gillnets entangle sea turtles attempting to reach the bea…

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