Atlantic Ocean

Sea Turtles Still Threatened by Trawls

Posted by Dustin Cranor | Thursday, July 10, 2008 at 2:19pm

Fact: All six sea turtle species in U.S. waters are threatened with, or in danger of, extinction. Fact: Bottom trawl fisheries are the single greatest threat to loggerhead sea turtles. This is where we come in...

Categories: Marine Life | Keywords: Atlantic Ocean, Bottom Trawls, Dustin Cranor, extinction, gulf of mexico, Loggerhead, national marine fisheries service, NMFS, oceana, President Bush, sea turtles, Trawl Fisheries, Trawls, Trouble for Turtles
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