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Barcoding Endangered Sea Turtles
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Conservation geneticists who study sea turtles have a new tool to help track this highly migratory and endangered group of marine animals: DNA barcodes.
Bahamas Officially Bans Harvesting Marine Turtles
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Five of the world’s seven sea turtle species inhabit the Bahamas. Prior to the decision to ban all turtle harvesting, which will take effect on Tuesday, September 1, 2009, it was perfectly legal to...
Mid-Atlantic Trawl Fisheries Catching Illegal Levels of Loggerhead Sea Turtles
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Oceana Calls on Fishery Management Council to Help Protect Threatened Turtle Species
Learning About Leatherbacks In South Africa
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Endangered leatherback turtles are being "hammered" worldwide with massive reductions of up to 90 percent in some populations, but South Africa's conservation efforts appear to be paying off and...
Turtle Protection In Vietnam
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Marine turtles are vanishing from Viet Nam’s waters and illegal trade is largely to blame says a new study by TRAFFIC, the wildlife trade monitoring network
5 Things You Can Do For Turtles On World Turtle Day
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The top 5 simple things that we can do to help the world's turtles
Animals Found Chesapeake 'Ghost Pots'
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A Virginia program to retrieve old crab traps recovered thousands of "ghost pots" containing a seafood platter of Chesapeake Bay marine life
World's Largest Nesting Population Of Leatherbacks Discovered
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An international team of scientists has identified a nesting population of leatherback sea turtles in Gabon, West Africa as the world's largest
US To Protect Sea Turtles By Banning Costa Rica Shrimp Imports
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The US Department of State's Bureau of Oceans, Environment, and Science imposed a trade embargo on all Costa Rican shrimp exports to the US, effective as of May 1
Mote Marine Aquarium's Red Tide Study Helps with Sea Turtle and Sea Bird Treatment
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An ongoing Mote Study about the effects of red tide on sea birds and sea turtles has uncovered new information that should lead to more refined treatment for animals exposed to Florida's red tide
Statistics Paint Grim Picture For Sea Turtles
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Sea turtles face a variety of perils, from fishing to loss of nesting habitat to collisions with boats
Ecuador To Track Endangered Turtle Via Satellite
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Ecuador is doing some interesting sea turtle research
Sea Turtle Hospital Is Packed This Week
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The Karen Beasley Sea Turtle Rescue and Rehabilitation Center on Topsail Island will be feeding a lot of mouths, in fact a record number, this Thanksgiving.
'Missing link' Turtle Was Swimming With Dinosaurs
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A previously unknown species of primitive turtle made the move from land to water 164 million years ago, fossils found on the Isle of Skye indicate.
Loggerhead Release To Provide Vital Information To Scientific Community
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Popular sea turtles 'Milton' and 'FeeBee' to strike out across Atlantic, provide valuable tracking data
Scientists Call For Protected 'Swimways' For Leatherbacks
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The International Union for the Conservation of Nature's (IUCN) World Conservation Congress this week adopted a resolution urging nations to protect the leatherback sea turtle and sharks by...
Study Finds High Mortality of Endangered Loggerhead Turtles in Baja California
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Along the southern coast of Baja California, Mexico, scientists have been counting the carcasses of endangered sea turtles for a decade as part of an effort to assess and eliminate threats to...
Three Dead Sea Turtles Wash Up On Massachusetts Shore
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Three dead sea turtles washed up on the shore of Massachusetts last week.
Sabah Parks To Start Coral Reef Monitoring Program
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Sabah Parks has put together a monitoring program to ensure the health of their reefs and sea turtles.
Turtle Nests Take A Hit By Storms
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Storms soaked turtle nests in Florida, causing the deaths of the embryos.
100 Hawkbill Turtles Slaughtered
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One hundred hawksbill turtles were discovered aboard a Vietnamese fishing boat in Malampaya
Turtles Off Fishing Lines and Hooks
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Recent studies suggest that fishing with circular hooks significantly reduces turtle bycatch and still ensures productive fishing
Sharks More Valuable Alive Then Dead
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A new study shows that divers are willing to pay 35 dollars more per dive for a better chance to see a shark-money that could go to marine conservation.
Deep Mystery: Why Sea Turtles Plumb The Depths
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Researchers say they have figured out why sea turtles that normally feed and breed in shallow water or on land will, very rarely, go deep sea diving: the reptiles are on reconnaissance.
Unusual Underwater Footage In New BBC Documentary
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DPG editor Matt Weiss urges you to watch BBC's Life in Cold Blood to see amazing underwater footage of many animals we don't associate with underwater videography
Reward Offered For Info On Sea Turtle Poaching
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Fisheries Service Office of Law Enforcement is offering up to $1,000 for information leading to the arrest and/or conviction of persons...
Call For Sea Turtles Artists
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The Child Guidance Center is excited to announce it will be producing the largest public art exhibit ever to hit northeast Florida-the area will serve as an urban habitat to 40 painted and...
Leatherback Turtles' Newly Discovered Migration Route May Be Roadmap To Salvation
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With a name like "Leatherback Turtle" you might think the sea turtles could stand up to just about anything the ocean can throw at them, and for more than a hundred million years
Leatherback Turtles' Newly Discovered Migration Route
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With a name like "Leatherback Turtle" you might think the sea turtles could stand up to just about anything the ocean can throw at them, and for more than a hundred million years, they have
Turtles Return Home After UK Stay
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Two loggerhead turtles, which were washed up on the south-west UK coast this winter, have been flown to Gran Canaria and released back into the sea
High-Tech Turtles Return to Sea
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Video- After being rescued by fishers in Italy, five sea turtles were equipped with mini-computers to help study behavior, then set free
The Great Turtle Race II
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International Race to Save 100-million-year-old Species from Extinction goes to China
American Tortoise Rescue Celebrates World Turtle Day May 23rd
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California Sanctuary Sponsors Day To Honor One of the World's Oldest Creatures
Bangkok - Illegal International Trade
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Thailand is a major hub for the international trade in illegal freshwater turtles and tortoises, finds a new report, Pet freshwater turtle and tortoise trade in Chatuchak Market, Bangkok, Thailand,...
Tighter Turtle Protections Eyed
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Loggerhead sea turtles of the southeastern United States might soon receive a higher level of protection
Fono Considering Ban On Plastic Bags
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Territorial government officials support a measure to ban fossil-fuel based plastic shopping bags from been distributed to customers by retail stores and markets in American Samoa.
Threatened Atlantic Leatherback Turtles Split Into Two Groups To Forage
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Analysis of leatherback turtles showed that the carbon and nitrogen isotrope ratios were different for each group, which suggests that the turtles had had a different diet before laying their eggs.
Chance Sighting Gets Fiji its First Satellite Tagged Turtle
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After unsuccessful attempts over the last 2 years, this was the final one during this nesting season to locate and satellite tag a hawksbill nester, a first for Fiji
Rare Leatherback Turtles Gain Protection in Costa Rica
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This Costa Rican beach, a 2-mile-long (3.2-kilometer-long) stretch of sand popular with surfers, is guarded around the clock by a small army of biologists and volunteers from the Leatherback Trust,...
Protest The Turtle Slaughter In Bali
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You may recognize the name Kurt Amsler as one of the foremost professional underwater photographers in Europe. Kurt needs your help to stop the turtle slaughter in Bali
U.S. Acknowledges Potential Risk of Extinction for Atlantic Loggerhead Sea Turtles
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The U.S. government announced it will conduct a detailed review of the loggerhead sea turtle population in the Atlantic Ocean to decide whether they should be declared "endangered" under the...
Fake Flipper Sought for Sea Turtle
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hen tourists found a 5-inch green sea turtle bloody and missing three of her flippers, the people who run a hospital for the endangered animals here gave her little chance of survival.Now, her...
Indonesian Government Moves to Regulate Turtle Trade
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The Indonesian government has moved against rampant illegal trade in threatened species of turtles and tortoises, tightening regulations and contacting countries where turtles and tortoises are...
Dead turtles in Kuala Terengganu
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Friends of Coral Bay File Emergency Motion Against Development In St. John
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The Friends, a non-profit group of residents primarily in the Calabash Boom area of St. John, have long opposed the scope of Reliance's proposed development, contending runoff from the project...
Olive Ridley Turtles Dying Due To Negligence
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A large number of endangered olive ridley turtles have died on the beaches bordering the Gahiramatha marine sanctuary due to government's failure to curb marine fishing.
International Environmental Partnership Promotes Turtle Research
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Two leading environmental organizations, Earthwatch Institute and Ocean Conservancy, have partnered on the SEE Turtles project to promote conservation of the world's endangered sea turtle populations
Oceana Petitions for Critical Habitat Protection for Endangered Leatherback Sea Turtles
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Pacific leatherback sea turtles lived side by side with the dinosaurs more than 65 million years ago, but now, largely due to human impacts, these ancient and majestic creatures are in serious trouble
Endangered Turtle Makes Record 647-Day Journey
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A leatherback sea turtle recently completed the longest recorded migration of any sea vertebrate: 12,774 miles (20,558 kilometers) across the Pacific Ocean
Endangered Turtles Given Helping Hand in Cuba
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Cuba has banned the hunting of marine turtles endangered in the Caribbean by the illegal trade in shells used to make combs, an official said on Tuesday
Ocean Waters off California and Oregon on Track for Protection
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Today the National Marine Fisheries Service, the federal agency in charge of ocean species management, announced that it would examine in detail whether waters off the California and Oregon coasts...
Hawksbill- Focus of Climate Change Study
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The Hawksbill Sea Turtle, Antigua and Barbuda's national sea creature, has been identified by worldwide marine experts as an "indicator" species to show the effects of climate change.
Given...
Demand for Jellyfish Keeps Olive Ridleys Starving
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The rising demand for jellyfish in the overseas market is threatening the survival of the endangered Olive Ridley turtles in Orissa, experts say.
Extensive fishing for jellyfish along the Orissa...
Orissa Coast Littered with Dead Sea Turtles
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The tranquil Satabhaya coast along the Gahirmatha Marine Sanctuary has turned into a graveyard for Olive Ridley sea turtles with over a hundred decomposed bodies of these delicate marine species...
Sea turtle nests near 19-year low mark
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Loggerhead sea turtles dug their fewest nests in two decades on Florida beaches this year, their ninth straight year of decline, initial tallies show.
That is making some scientists worry about...
Green turtle nesting sites discovered in Senegal
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A WWF survey has discovered several marine turtle nesting sites on the beaches of Senegal, prompting calls from conservationists to improve protection of the endangered species.
The survey -...
Loggerhead Turtles Die By Thousands In Small Fishery
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Industrial fishing operations take most of the blame for collateral impacts to sea-turtle populations, but new research shows that small-scale fisheries--operated by hand from little open boats...
UCSC Researchers Helps Mexican Fishermen Save Endangered Sea Creature
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Seaweed Critical To Creatures' Survival
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Kelp is really the largest form of algae, known as brown algae, and it really isn't dangerous despite my reaction at the time. Other marine algae include green and red varieties, and all algae...
Tuna Fishing Kills Endangered Species
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Fishhooks meant to catch tuna in the southern Pacific and Indian Oceans are killing endangered seabirds, as well as sharks and turtles, the WWF conservation group said on Thursday.
It estimated...
An SOS- Save Our Seas
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BRITAIN'S seas need urgent legal protection to stop the destruction of underwater habitats and preserve biodiversity, conservationists warn today.
WWF-UK says seahorses, basking sharks, turtles...
Rare Soft-Shell Turtle Nesting
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One of the worldus largest and least studied freshwater turtles has been found in Cambodiaus Mekong River, raising hopes that the threatened species can be saved from extinction. Scientists from...
Fishing Ban Protects Largest Coral Reef In The Philippines
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Reef fish and other marine species can breathe easier with the introduction of a fishing ban around Apo Reef, the largest coral reef in the Philippines and the second largest contiguous reef in the...
'Ridge-to-Reef' Approach Conserves Dominican Republic Biodiversity
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Dominican Republic: On the northwest coast of the Dominican Republic, the Monte Cristi National Park has long enjoyed rich biodiversity and symbiotic natural balance. However, environmental studies...
Surf Exposes Hatchlings
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Heavy rain and surf continued to erode beaches Tuesday, threaten coastal structures and wash out the eggs of threatened and endangered sea turtles.
Brevard County officials plan to check area...
Global Seafood Industry Must Adapt To Demand For uA‹A“greeneru Fish, UN Official Says
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The $400-billion global seafood industry has no choice but to adapt to intensifying demand from retailers and consumers for environmentally friendly uA‹A“greeneru fish that are not taken from...
Shaun & Beth Tierney Release Christmas Island Guide Book
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Shaun & Beth Tierney compiled a fantastic travel guide for Christmas Island, a tiny dot in the Indian Ocean that is barely known and even less explored...Christmas Island is one of natures most...
Project Battles To Save Indonesia's Turtles
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Indonesian villagers in the province of Yogyakarta have released 200 baby Olive Ridley turtles in a bid to help save the species.
Under Indonesian law it is forbidden to hunt, capture or eat sea...
Federal Report Shows Sea Turtle Declines
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After encouraging gains in the 1990s, populations of loggerhead sea turtles are now dropping, primarily because of commercial fishing, according to a federal review.
The report stops short of...
Biologists Close In On Mystery Of Sea Turtlesu uA‹A“lost Yearsu
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Biologists have found a major clue in a 50-year-old mystery about what happens to green sea turtles after they crawl out of their sandy nests and vanish into the surf, only to reappear several...
Atienza To Call Envoys To Meet On Poaching
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Alarmed by reports of rampant poaching in Philippine waters, Environment Secretary Lito Atienza will call to meeting officials of the embassies of China and other countries to put a stop to what he...
Hawaii Seals, Reefs To Get Help From Above
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A kite-sized, unmanned airplane is joining the effort to protect endangered Hawaiian monk seals and coral reefs in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.
Managers of the Papahanaumokuakea Marine...
Marine Life Paying Price For Shark Netting
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THIS spring and summer, more than 100 dolphins, sea turtles, whales, rays - and even dugongs and sea lions - will be trapped in nets designed to protect NSW swimmers from sharks.
However,...
Atienza Declares War On Poachers
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Environment Secretary Lito Atienza yesterday ordered an aggressive fight against poachers by vigorously pursuing their prosecution in a bid to stop them from returning to Philippine waters.
In...
Tradition Versus Conservation
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THROUGHOUT the last two weeks, letter writers, heads of organisations like WWF, the Methodist Church, the Macuata Provincial Council, the Department of Fisheries and the chiefly household of...
Loggerhead Sea Turtles Threatened With Extinction
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All loggerhead sea turtle nesting subpopulations in the North Atlantic with trend data available are declining according to a new study released yesterday by the National Marine Fisheries Service...
Loggerhead Sea Turtles Threatened With Extinction: Federal Study Confirms Oceana's Concerns
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Tens of Thousands of Loggerheads Killed Annually By Destructive Fishing Gear
Washington (Sept 13, 2007) - All loggerhead sea turtle nesting subpopulations in the North Atlantic with trend data...
Record Number Of Endangered Turtle Nests Found On Texas Beaches
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Wildlife officials counted a record 128 Kemp's ridley sea turtle nests this summer on Texas beaches.
The majority were found in the Corpus Christi area, including 81 on North Padre Island and...
Shark Nets Shown To Trap More Than Sharks
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Shark nets lining the coast of Australia are doing more harm than good by killing dozens of other marine species, a conservationist study has found.
The 150-metre long shark nets, reaching all...
120 Hawksbill Turtles Rescued From Hurricane Dean
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The effects of Hurricane Dean were not only felt by humans, but by wild life as well.
Yesterday, about 120 critically endangered Hawksbill sea turtles were rescued at a Fitts Village, St James...
Marine Turtle Stamps Released In Papua New Guinea To Support Conservation
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WWF and Papua New Guineaus national postal service are issuing a new series of postal stamps featuring six species of endangered marine turtles found in the countryus waters u" leatherback, green,...
Texas Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtles Making Comeback
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Scientists say they are seeing the beginning of a resurgence of Kemp's ridley sea turtles, on the brink of extinction 20 years ago, along the upper Texas coast and particularly on Galveston Island....
Turtle Release Programme In Motion
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The ongoing Turtle Release Program, being run by Divetech in conjunction with marine artist Ron Steven uA…aˆ?RogestuA‚A? and Boatswainus Beach/ Cayman Turtle Farm is becoming the latest activity to...
Cayman Sea Turtles Face Extinction
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The Cayman Islandsu economy of the past was centred on the sea turtle. The turtle has become symbolic of the Islandsu past and culture, however the sea turtle population in the wild is growing...
Raja Empat's Newest Dive Resort- An Introduction to Misool Eco Resort
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A Place Like No Other
Raja Ampat is considered by many to have the greatest marine biodiversity of any place on the planet. Recent findings are mind blowing, with approximately 1,000 species of...
Oceana: Unique Eco-system Discovered
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OCEANA has captured the first images of "Seco de Palos", a seamount 35 miles from the coast of Murcia in Spain
The discovery was made during the project Oceana is undertaking in...
Turtle Experts Working To Prevent Extinction Of Shelled Species
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Close to 10 million turtles are traded each year in Asian food markets despite global efforts to stem the practice that many experts say is causing the rapid extinction of some species of the...
Tax Electricity To Save Sea Turtles
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After surveying 3,680 respondents across the region, the study shows that people are willing to pay only $0.02 to save marine turtles, even though they believe conservation is important. In...
A Matter Of Light And Death
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South Florida is one of the most important places in the world for nesting sea turtles. But in the last 30 years, their numbers have plummeted. Laws intended to protect them may not be doing the...
Texas Turtles Ending Up In China Soup Pots
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Growing up in East Texas, Dian Avriett loved to watch the turtles sunning on the banks of local rivers and lakes. But now she says it's rare to see them on those same waterways, and the reason is...
Turtles Creeping Closer To The Edge?
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Loggerhead turtle nests dot the beaches of the Carolinas, a welcome sight for turtle enthusiasts hoping to bring the threatened species back from the edge.
But the number of N.C. and S.C. nests...
Simple Strategies Could Save Malaysia Sea Turtles
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Leatherback turtles that survived the age of the dinosaurs face extinction across the Western Pacific today, although rescue strategies could be as simple as moving eggs out of the reach of...
The Silent Wail Of Our Marine Life
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A source of protein-rich fat, sometimes to feed the hungry fisher folk, and at times to grease their boats, or simply to be sold as curios. That is the plight of marine life. Mechanised trawlers...
Experts Seek To Save Rare Turtle
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Conservationists and scientists are meeting in Malaysia to hatch a plan to save one of the world's most critically endangered sea creatures.
Experts say there are fewer than 5,000 leatherback...
Endangered Status Sought For Imperiled Sea Turtles
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Conservation groups filed a formal petition today to increase protections for critically imperiled loggerhead sea turtles that occur off the U.S. West Coast and are caught and killed in industrial...
Turtles, Dolphins Continue To Wash Ashore In Phuket
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A green turtle weighing about 5.7 kilograms was found at Le Phang Beach at about 9 am Tuesday.
Kongkiat Kittiwattanawong, a biologist at the Phuket Marine Biological Center (PMBC), told the...
Loggerhead Turtles Might Be Deemed Endangered
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North Pacific loggerhead sea turtles should be listed as endangered under the federal Endangered Species Act, say two conservation groups.The Center for Biological Diversity and Turtle Island...
Dinos, Sharks Were Predators And Prey
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Sharks and dinosaurs in prehistoric Europe had a taste for each other, suggests a new review of vertebrate fossils found in the Galve region of Northeast Spain.
Diverse findings dating from the...
Malaysia May Clone Endangered Sea Turtles
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Malaysia is studying a plan to clone leatherback turtles, an endangered species that scientists believe once swam with dinosaurs, an official said Thursday.
But some biologists say the plan is...
How To Save The World's Oceans From Overfishing
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Global fishing stocks are in trouble. After expanding from 18 millions tons in 1950 to around 94 million tons in 2000, annual world fish catch has leveled off and may even be declining....
Between A Reef And A Hard Place: Tourist Chiefs Battle To Save World's Coral
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GREEN sea turtles, cascades of glittering reef fish, blooming coral pillars - countless travellers have come nose to nose with a thriving undersea universe while on holiday. But increasingly,...
The North Sulawesi Watersports Association Establishes Turtle Hatchery Programme
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The North Sulawesi Watersports Association (NSWA)has long been aware that the Sea Turtles, which are attracted to the long sandy beaches of Bunaken Marine Park on Indonesia's Siladen Island, are on...
What Is The Status Of Sea Turtle Protection Efforts?
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Given their tenuous existence, sea turtles are considered by many environmentalists as ambassadors for the worldus troubled oceans. They have graced the seas for more than 200 million years and...
Save the Turtles - Turtles for Sale
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Just thought this was kind of ironic and had to share it. This appeared on an online news site. Thier "Conservation Corner" column about Leatherback Turtles had an ad for "High quality live...
Endangered Sea Turtles Make Big Comeback In S. Florida This Year
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They outlived dinosaurs, only to wind up on the endangered species list. Now, leatherback turtles are poised to make something of a mild resurgence this year.
With a few weeks to go in the...
Saving Coral Reefs Becomes A Tourism Priority
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sea turtles, cascades of glittering reef fish, blooming coral pillars u" countless travelers have come nose to nose with a thriving undersea universe while on vacation. But increasingly, divers and...
Baby Sea Turtles Protected By Cutting Edge Lighting
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sea turtle nesting season up and down the east coast of Florida, and once again, the baby sea turtle population is at risk. Baby sea turtles are drawn into harm's way because they are attracted to...
Coral Reef Tourism Protects Its Pot Of Gold
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The destruction of nature's beautiful underwater kingdoms by coastal development, shore runoff and fishing techniques has seen the tourism industry increase conservation efforts. Green sea turtles,...
Leatherback Turtles Re-visited
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During the months of July and August, I and a select group of adventurers from Mexico, Australia, Germany, England, France, Spain, Singapore and the United States visited the nesting beaches of the...
SOS-Seaturtles Campaign to Stop the killing and trade on Bali, Indonesia
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The slaugther of Seaturtles in Bali
The Island of Bali in Indonesia has been the hub of the sea turtle trade for two decades. The buyers of turtle meat, shells and eggs are mainly found in the...
Volunteer Efforts Pay Off For Sea Turtles
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Earthwatch volunteers who joined the Black Sea Turtles of Baja expeditions in the late 90s can look back at all those long days of hauling uncooperative sea turtles aboard small boats to weigh and...
High Tide's Effects On Sea Turtle Nests
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Most beachgoers will sea see turtle nests roped off, but rarely do they actually see sea turtles.
Carol Vaughn has lived near the shore for years, and she still hasn't seen a sea turtle on the...
The Turtles Are Coming To Costa Rica
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The time of the turtle in Costa Rica is nearly upon us. This year will see over 200,000 turtles coming to lay their eggs on a 200 mile stretch of Caribbean Beaches from the Southern boarders with...
'No Netting Zones' Set Up On Shell Beach
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The Guyana Marine Turtle Conservation Society (GMTCS) has implemented 'No Netting Zones' along two areas at Shell Beach in order to curb incidental capture and drowning of sea turtles. The GMTCS...
Pacific Fishery Expansion Denied
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Responding to concerns by scientists and conservation groups, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) affirmed protections for critically endangered leatherback sea turtles in California...
Another Record Number Of Sea Turtles Nest In Texas
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Kemp's ridley sea turtles, the most endangered sea turtles in the world, have found their way back to Texas beaches in record numbers this year.
As of Tuesday, 118 nests had been found, breaking...
Caribbean Turtles Said Threatened By Catches, Trade
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Turtles in the Caribbean are under threat from over-fishing and illegal trade, with almost all eggs laid in Guatemala taken by humans, a wildlife trade monitoring network said on Tuesday....
More Nests Found Of Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtles In Texas
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Discovery of 20 Kemp's ridley sea turtle nests this week has broken by 16 last year's record nestings by the endangered species on Texas beaches, scientists said Friday.
In 2006, the total of...
Haven For Turtles & Sharks Discoverd In The Bahamas
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With warm waters and ideal natural habitats, the Bahamas are known as prime breeding grounds for a variety of marine species.
So Nature Conservancy scientists, partners, and volunteers were...
Climate Change Threatens Fragile Turtles
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The impact of global warming on plant and animal life is gradually becoming apparent; an unfortunate reality of this is that many of our most fragile species will have to bear the full force of the...
Sea Turtle Consumption ...also May Be Hazardous To Humans
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Sea turtles are frequently on the menu of coastal communities in countries where protein is a valuable commodity. Unfortunately, not only should sea turtle be discouraged because all 7 sea turtle...
Trinidad Turtles Nesting In Record Numbers
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Matura Beach is recording a very high increase in the numbers of turtle nesting nightly. Every night for the past month, staff and volunteers of Nature Seekers have been identifying estimates in...
Cyclones May Blast Turtles To Extinction
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More severe tropical cyclones expected as a result of climate change may lead to the extinction of the green sea turtle in some areas within 100 years, researchers say.
The cyclones are expected...
Kemp's Ridley Getting Help With Comeback
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Charlie Robertson has to admit he's hooked.
Last year the Sea Turtle Patrol volunteer was cruising along on his ATV, taking in the sparkling vista and looking for the Kemp's ridley sea turtle...
Sea Turtles Led To Deaths By Fishing Lights
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Endangered loggerhead turtles snared by longline fishermen may be inadvertently lured to the hooks because of an attraction to light sticks designed to attract tuna and swordfish, researchers said....
Light Sticks May Hold Deadly Attraction For Sea Turtles
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New research by University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill scientists suggests that for endangered sea turtles the lights may hold a fatal attraction. ...
Transmitter-equipped Turtles Disappear
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Two giant green sea turtles fitted with satellite transmitters have gone missing in the Arabian Sea, setting back Pakistani efforts to protect the endangered species, officials said.
The 1...
Rise In UK & French Turtle Sightings
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The number of sea turtles visiting waters off the coasts of Devon and Cornwall may have been boosted.
A study by biologists from the University of Exeter's Tremough Campus, in Cornwall has shown...
Glow Sticks May Lure Sea Turtles To Death
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The same glow sticks that lighten up raves and Halloween may be tempting thousands of sea turtles to their deaths, a new study says.
Used to attract fish to hooks on miles-long lines, the...
Sea Turtles Remember Favourite Feeding Sites
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Sea turtles remember their favourite feeding sites, according to a study that explains why the endangered animals travel hundreds of miles back to the 'foraging grounds', retracing the same route....
Turtles In Race To Beat Extinction
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The tortoise famously beat the hare, but now conservationists are turning to racing turtles in a bid to raise awareness and learn more about the plight of one of the planet's oldest species....
Photo Documentary For The Great Turtle Race
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Jason Bradley wrote in last week to let us know that he has posted images from a recent trip to Playa Grande, Costa Rica, to document Leatherback turtle research. His images are being used in part...
Newcomers Both Friends And Foes Of Mexico's Sea Turtles
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You may not have flippers or a shell, but if you are among the growing number of tourists and expatriates captivated by the beautiful Pacific coastline north of Puerto Vallarta, you do have...
8 Million Sharks Killed Accidentally Off Africa Yearly
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At least 7.8 million sharks are killed off southern Africa each year by hooks intended for other animals, a new study says.
Accidentally caught animals, or bycatch, also include some 34,000...
Tracking Sea Turtles From Home
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Seaturtle.org has a neat satelitte tracking monitoring system built into thier website. So if you ever want to watch the path of migration for tagged Sea Turtles, this would be the website...
Species Falling Victim To Benguela Butchery
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South African vessels account for about 500 of the estimated 33 850 seabirds killed a year during long-line fishing operations in the Benguela Current ecosystem.
About 200 of these are taken on...
Longline Fishing Kills Large Quantities Of Sharks, Sea Birds, Turtles
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More than seven million sharks and skates are killed every year as an unintended consequence of longline fishing off the west coasts of South Africa, Namibia and Angola, a report by environmental...
Project Sheds Light On Rare Turtles
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Massive and mysterious, they are dangerously near extinction, and researchers need to find out as much as they can.
Their identities are DC-10 and DC-14 and the two female leatherback turtles...
Long Lines Return To California Coast
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A recommendation that a single longline swordfishing boat be allowed to operate off the California and Oregon coasts next fall has drawn criticism from a conservation group that believes longline...
Efforts To Trace Olive Ridley Turtles Movement
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Where do the famous Olive Ridley sea turtles, who visit the Orissa coast twice every year for mass nesting, come from? And where do they go after laying eggs?
Nobody knows for sure.
But a...
Oman Govt Gives Special Attention To Preservation Of Marine Life
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Ali bin Amer Al Kiyomi, director-general of Conservation of Nature and Natural Life at the Ministry or Regional Municipalities, Environment and Water Resources said that the government was exerting...
The North Sulawesi Watersports Association Establishes Turtle Program
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The North Sulawesi Watersports Association (NSWA)has long been aware that the Sea Turtles, which are attracted to the long sandy beaches of Bunaken Marine Park on Indonesia's Siladen Island, are on...
Survival Of Orissa's Sea Turtles At Stake
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The scattered carcasses of dead turtles bake on the hot sand. Scraps of the white shells of turtle eggs surround a hole where stray dogs have dug up a nest.
Until a decade ago, this beach on...
Thousands Of Sea Turtles Thrown Into The Easter Fire
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Every year thousands of sea turtles die during Holy Week in Latin America. One of the responsible factors for this massacre is the cock-and-bull story the endangered reptiles are a member of the...
Sea Turtle Advocates Appeal To The Vatican
NEWS
Did you ever want to write a letter to the Pope, but you didn't know what to say? Well, here's your chance to write that letter. Sea turtle advocates did all the work for you, and they vastly...
Littering With New Plastic Might Not Harm Dolphins, Sea Turtles
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A new environmentally friendly plastic that degrades in seawater may make it possible to toss plastic waste overboard without killing turtles, dolphins and other marine life, according to research...
Malaysian Cops Seize 71 Turtles Bound For China
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Malaysian marine police have detained 15 men believed to be from China's Hainan island after they found 71 sea turtles - almost all dead and preserved - on board their boat in waters off the...
China's Turtle Farms Threaten Rare Species
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China's hunger for turtle meat, which has sparked a conservation crisis across Asia since the 1980s, is increasingly being met by farm-raised animals.
But the rapid expansion of commercial...
Chasing Turtles In South Florida
NEWS
Step through the rustic doors of Gumbo Limbo Nature Center in Boca Raton's Red Reef Park, and you find a world seemingly far removed from the temporal and commercial concerns symbolized by A1A just...
Protectorate Planned For Endangered Turtles
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Photos taken by Dutch tourists of the slaughter of two sea turtles threatened with extinction have prompted the government to make plans for a natural protectorate to keep the turtles safe from...
Sea Life Nuclear Warning
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PORT Adelaide's dolphins or Spencer Gulf's cuttlefish would be in danger of being sucked into a nuclear power station and killed en masse if a facility was built in SA.
That was one of the...
Save The Turtles - Turtles For Sale
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Just thought this was kind of ironic and had to share it. This appeared on an online news site. Thier "Conservation Corner" column about Leatherback Turtles had an ad for "High...
A Second Chance For Bali's Marine Turtles
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The tropical Indonesian island of Bali has long been a mecca for tourists in search of fine white beaches and the warm waters of the Indian Ocean.
But there is a dark side to paradise. Following...
Bacalar Chico Gets Cleaned Up!
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The Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System(MBRS) stretches from the tip of the Yucatun Peninsula down to the Bay Islands of Honduras; this reef structure is the largest coral reef in the Western...
Moreton Bay Under Threat
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IT'S A haven for turtles and dugongs, an angler's paradise and a natural tourism drawcard just minutes from one of Australia's major cities.
But scientists are warning Brisbane's Moreton Bay may...
Experts Call On Costa Rica's President To Save Leatherbacks
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Over 200 sea turtle scientists and conservationists are adding their voices to the international call urging the President of Costa Rica, Oscar Arias S?nchez, to save critical leatherback sea...
Taiping Island To Be Refuge For Turtles
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The Kaohsiung city government declared yesterday that Taiping Island -- the largest island in the Nansha (Spratly) island group -- has become a conservation area for the endangered green sea...
Greenpeace Appeals Orissa Legislators To Save Sea Turtles
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In order to check the killing of thousands of endangered Olive sea turtles on the Orissa coast every year, international conservation organisation Greenpeace on Wednesday urged the State Government...
Optimism High For Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtles
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Scientists who chart the Kemp's ridley sea turtles along the Texas coast are hoping for another successful season following last year's record breaking number of nestings.
"At Padre Island...
Sea Turtles Use Earth's Magnetic Field To Return To Nesting Beaches
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New research suggests that sea turtles use a "relatively simple navigation system" involving the Earth's magnetic field to return to the same beaches to lay their eggs, even after...
Authorities Check Fishing Vessels In Suriname, Japan
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Under the auspices of the US Food and Drugs Administration (FDA), Suriname's Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Fisheries has conducted inspections on fishing trawlers. The vessels were...
Sea Turtles Shocked By Frigid Gulf Waters
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Nearly 90 sea turtles rescued after a cold snap left them comatose have been returned to the Gulf of Mexico. Jeff George, curator at Sea Turtle Inc., a nonprofit turtle rescue group on South Padre...
National Marine Fisheries Service Has The Power To Save Turtles, But Will They?
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These Leatherback Turtles continue to be slaughtered by the Asian Long Line Fishing Fleets every hour of every day. NO one has any control on the operations of these boats. Here in U.S.A. The...
Scientists Warn Of Climate Change Risk To Marine Turtles
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An increase in temperatures of just one degree Celsius could completely eliminate the birth of male turtles from some beaches. A rise of three degrees Celsius would lead to extreme levels of infant...
Twenty Turtles Found Dead, Beaten On Mexican Beach
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Twenty sea turtles were found dead on a beach in south-western Mexico and an investigation is ongoing to determine whether tuna ships were responsible for their fate, the authorities said Friday....
2007 Pew Fellows In Marine Conservation
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How will climate change alter life for those dependent on Alaska's Bering Sea and Australia's Pacific Ocean for their food, traditions and incomes? How can marine protected areas safeguard...
India's Turtle Tracking System Faces Problems
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The much-awaited telemetry tracking of Olive ridley project to monitor the itinerant path of millions of these marine species has run into rough weather with alleged lack of coordination by...
Sea Creatures To Be Tracked Electronically
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In a modern update of "fish and chips," researchers are planning a worldwide effort to track the movement of sea creatures tagged with tiny electronic devices.
Following pilot testing...
Help Save Endangered Sea Turtles At Padre Island
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In spite of lawsuits and objections by thousands of conservationists in 2002.
an exploration company was given permission to drill for gas at the Padre
Island National Seashore (Texas). The small...
Announcing: Byron Underwater Festival '07
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The 2007 Byron Underwater Festival will be held from Thursday the 10th to Sunday the 13th of May in Byron Bay, the most easterly point of the Australian mainland.
Julian Rocks is part of the new...
Protected Turtles Killed With Machetes In Mexico
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Mexican poachers bludgeoned and chopped about 80 protected Olive Ridley sea turtles to death for their eggs, believed to be an aphrodisiac, and left their shells scattered on a Pacific beach....
Sea Turtles Bobbing Back From Brink
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In the life of nearly every Hawaiian green sea turtle hatched at Sea Life Park, a day like yesterday arrives. It's the day they are set free to roam the ocean.
One by one, 16 turtles flippered...
Hundreds Of Dead Sea Turtles Wash Up In South Asia
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Nearly a thousand large sea turtles have washed up dead on Bangladeshi and Indian beaches in the Bay of Bengal in recent weeks, officials and activists said on Monday, blaming the deaths on fishing...
Turtles And Birdlife At Risk From Long-line Fishing
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Wildlife campaigners are calling for measures to protect sea turtles, cahows and other creatures potentially at risk from long-line fishing vessels.
The Ministry of Environment is currently...
Dogs Sterilized To Save Endangered Turtles
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Stray dogs are being sterilized to protect many thousands of endangered Olive Ridley turtles that come to Orissa's beaches every winter for mass nesting and breeding. Dogs destroy several turtle...
Leatherback Sea Turtles Feeling Pressure In Indonesia
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The population of Belimbing turtles (Dermochelys Coriacea) in Bangka Belitung Province has fallen to 1,000 due to rampant hunting of the rear species for traditional medicines and leather-made...
Governments Fail To Stop Tuna Plunder
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Government members of the world's five tuna regional management organizations, meeting this week in Japan, have failed to agree on an action plan to help reverse the decline in tuna stocks and to...
Cold Weather Deadly To Sea Turtles
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Under the rays of a warm heating lamp, the green sea turtles were slowing beginning to swim around again in some tank after being discovered nearly lifeless.
"Sea turtles are...
After Months In Captivity, Great White Shark Freed
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A second great white shark was released into the ocean after exceeding expectations for survival in captivity and delighting aquarium visitors and officials.
The Monterey Bay Aquarium said the...
2006 Sea Turtle Strandings Set Grim Record
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Collier County sea turtle monitors found 109 stranded turtles last year, more than double the number from the previous year and the most recorded since counting began in 1996. Of those, 49, or...
Sea Turtle Conservation And Shrimp Imports
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On January 10, 2007, the Department of State certified Madagascar and re-certified Nigeria as meeting the requirements set by Section 609 of P.L. 101-162 for continued importation of shrimp into...
Sea Turtle Tracking Reveals Migration Routes
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After a winter of rehab, it's back into the surf for this cold-stranded sea turtle. This time, though, satellites are watching where it's going.
In the summer of 2006, 14 healthy sea turtles...
Brussels Sprouts Cause Turtle Fart Alarm
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A turtle given a Christmas treat of Brussels sprouts caused a Boxing Day emergency when it set off an alarm at a sea life centre - by passing wind.
Its bubbles in the water tank were sent up a...
Leatherback Lays Eggs At Karon Beach, Phuket
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A giant leatherback turtle laid a nest of 103 eggs yesterday on Karon Beach, where a sea turtle has not been sighted laying eggs for more than 10 years.
Karon Municipality officials had the task...
550 Olive Ridleys Found Dead In Orissa, India
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The Gahirmatha beach has been one of the favourite destinations of Olive Ridleys for their annual mass nesting for years together.
However, with the recent recovery of nearly 550 dead sea...
Turtle Rescuer Keeps Steady Hours Even During The Winter
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Jean Beasley never thought that at her age she'd have to learn the electrical and plumbing trades.
"If anyone told me I'd be doing this at age 71, I'd have told them they were crazy,"...
Loving Our Islands To Death
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Ever since the first batch of tourists set foot on the paradise islands, the conservationists have been worried. More so these days as the authorities are trying to maintain a balance between...
Protecting China's Yellow Sea
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In an attempt to protect the Yellow Sea's rich biodiversity from pollution, WWF is pushing for a joint marine protected area in the shared waters between China and the Republic of Korea.
The...
Though Sturdy Survivors, Turtles Prove To Be Ill Equipped For Human Threat
NEWS
Turtles are an ancient and pan-planetary clan, found in nearly every habitat at hand - including hostile locales like bogs and deserts that few other animals will set foot in. Paradoxically,...
Leatherback Turtles Revisited
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During the months of July and August, Larry McKenna and a select group of adventurers from Mexico, Australia, Germany, England, France, Spain, Singapore and the United States visited the nesting...
Sea Turtle Preservation In Mexico On The Rise
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As part of an ongoing national effort to protect the environment and sea life, Estrella del Mar Golf and Beach Resort in Mazatlan, Mexico is pleased to announce that it collected over 71,000 sea...
SOS-Seaturtles Campaign To Stop The Killing And Trade On Bali,Indonesia
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The Island of Bali in Indonesia has been the hub of the sea turtle trade for two decades. The buyers of turtle meat, shells and eggs are mainly found in the Asian markets as well as in Indonesia...
Red Tide May Threaten Turtles
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The remarkable reptiles known as loggerhead turtles may be in trouble.
These sea turtles live 60 years or longer and can swim across the Atlantic Ocean and back. Females return to the precise...
Palau Sea Turtles Travel As Far As Indonesia
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Palau's sea turtles travel as far as Indonesia or perhaps even farther according to the latest report from local conservationists who had been using satellite transmitters that are mounted into the...
Endangered Sea Turtles And Coral Reefs Of The Gulf
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The Gulf provides habitat for five of the planet's seven marine turtle species. It also supports coral reefs, West Asia accounting for eight per cent of the world's mapped reefs. While these...
Vietnam Protects Sea Turtles By Satellite
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Three blue turtles on Con Dao Island have been affixed with special equipment which can send signals to satellites, which can help scientists follow the movements of the turtles.
"After one...
Increase In Disoriented Sea Turtles In Florida
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A disturbing rise in the number of sea turtle hatchlings getting lost on their way from Collier County beaches is prompting the city of Naples and the county to take action.
More artificial...
Endangered Whales And Sea Turtles Off California And Oregon Remain Protected
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Environmental groups this week successfully fought off a Bush Administration proposal to allow drift-gillnet fishing into protected areas off the Northern California and Southern Oregon coasts in...
Mauricio Handler Galapagos Underwater Photography Expedition And Workshop
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The Galapagos Islands continue to be the holly grail for the land and underwater adventurer and at some point in once life a journey there is a must.
Mauricio will be leading this 10 day Photo...
Cayman Turtle Release Set For Thursday
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Boatswain's Beach, the new home of the Cayman Turtle Farm, will host the annual turtle release on Thursday at Seven Mile Beach, Public Beach location, next to Calico Jack's.
The event is set to...
Saving Threatened Turtles In The Caribbean
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Ecology and conservation experts from the University of Exeter are urging international governments to work together to protect threatened Caribbean sea turtle populations. The Cayman Islands, a UK...
10,000 Sea Turtles Authorized For Kills
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The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) allows commercial fishermen to kill almost 10,000 sea turtles annually and injure 334,000 more, according to a report released last week by Oceana, an...
Governments Should Act Now To Save Threatened Caribbean Turtles
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Ecology and conservation experts from the University of Exeter today urge international governments to work together to protect threatened Caribbean sea turtle populations.
The Cayman Islands,...
UNESCO Names New World Biosphere Reserve In Vietnam
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The Kien Giang Biosphere Reserve covers an area of more than 1.1 million hectares, consisting of three core areas - the U Minh Thuong National Park, the Phu Quoc National Park, and a mangrove...
EU Looks Over Turtle Measures
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European Commission officials will be keeping a close eye on the Ionian island of Zakynthos until the end of November to determine whether Greece is breaching EU rules by not taking care of the...
Red Tide Outbreak Kills Dozens Of Florida Turtles
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Red tide is suspected of killing at least 20 sea turtles near Naples in the past three weeks.
Four others have been sickened.
Scientists aren't completely sure if that's the cause, but they...
Red Tide Suspected In Sea Turtle Deaths
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Red tide is suspected of killing at least two 20 sea turtles and sickening four others during the last three weeks in the waters off Collier County.
The exact cause won't be known until...
Video: 25 Turtles Return To The Ocean
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Colombian biologists release 25 sea turtles into the ocean...
Malaysia Turtle Egg Plan 'crazy'
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Environmentalists have branded a plan to protect turtles in Malaysia by licensing turtle egg collection in a key breeding areas as "crazy".
The authorities in Terengganu state say the...
Beach Lights Wreak Havoc On South Florida Sea Turtles
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It's just after 7 a.m., and the sun is peeking over the horizon on Fort Lauderdale beach. Mary Wonzy and Michele Blackburn, regular early-risers, pull over their ATVs and make their first stop....
Revealing Sea Turtles' Journeys
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Four captive-bred green sea turtles were scheduled for a first experience of the deep sea yesterday.
The 2-year-old animals were brought on board the NCL Pride of Hawai'i, which was scheduled to...
The Turtle War
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If people were not allowed to own chickens and if chicken eggs and meat could not be legally sold, how many chickens would there be? The reason chickens, cattle, catfish, and goldfish are not...
Costa Rica Defends Regional Sea Turtle Conservation Plan At International Meeting
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In a show of environmental leadership, Costa Rica led an international effort that secured the inclusion of fishery guidelines that directly favor the regional conservation of leatherback sea...
Hundreds Of Disoriented Turtle Hatchlings Die In Florida Due To Ban On Moving Nests
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Along the beaches of Broward County, this year's sea turtle nesting season brought a sharp increase in the number of newly hatched turtles mistakenly crawling inland, ending up dead in parking lots...
Turtles Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of Illegal Trade
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Marine turtles in the Carribean region continue to be exploited at an alarming rate through the trade - both legal and illegal - of their shells, meat and eggs, according to a new report.
The...
Agency Considers Allowing Gill Nets In Turtle Sanctuary
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The National Marine Fisheries Service is considering whether to allow gill net fishing until Nov. 15 in the leatherback sea turtle conservation area off the California and Oregon coasts.
The...
Sea Turtles Seek Refuge In Western Cuba
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Guanahacabibes Peninsula, in Cuba's westernmost Pinar del Rio Province, has turned into one of the few world havens for sea turtles.
The 62.75 mile-long natural reservation (extends from...
Leatherbacks Visit The San Francisco Bay
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Sea turtles the size of sports cars are swimming off the Marin County coast, chowing down on jellyfish and thrilling boaters lucky enough to spot them.
Leatherback turtles typically visit the...
South Carolina Aquarium Takes Care Of Sick Turtle
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Cumberland was found lying on his back on the beach, his head in the sand. The Cumberland Island, Ga., turtle patrol thought the loggerhead was dead. But when a volunteer turned the turtle over, it...
Balinese Sea Turtle Conservationist To Receive 2006 Seacology Prize
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Seacology is pleased to announce that Ketut Sarjana Putra has been selected to receive the 2006 Seacology Prize for his efforts to protect endangered sea turtles in his native Indonesia. The Prize...
Video: Creative Solutions To Environmental Problems
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The Imaging Foundation is proud to present our first educational video. In this video we discuss the Cayman Islands Turtle farm and how they are educating Cayman citizens and visitors on sea turtle...
Video: Sick Sea Turtles Washing Up On Beaches
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An illness that is baffling scientists is afflicting Loggerhead sea turtles along the North and Central Florida coast.
Ten have washed up dead along Jacksonville-area beaches and eight were...
Sea Turtles Washing Up On First Coast Beaches
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JACKSONVILLE, FL -- In the early morning the beaches are crowded with joggers and fishers.
But for the last few days something new has been showing up there almost every morning: sea turtles....
Top Experts To Participate In Middle East's First Joint Marine Conservation Initiative
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Over eighty experts including biologists, conservationists, researchers and government officials from the region will take part in a historic initiative to formulate the region's first joint marine...
Is Tide Turning For Turtle Protection?
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Endangered sea turtles have long fascinated people. For years, the United States has played a lead role globally in the protection of these graceful creatures.
But the tide could be turning. The...
For Hawaiian Sea Turtles, A Last Resort?
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On the Big Island of Hawaii, the black sand beach at Punalu'u in the rural district of Kau is renowned as much for its dramatic beauty as it is for the giant sea turtles that return each year to...
Scientists Plumb The Secrets Of Elusive Leatherbacks
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Scientists are searching the Monterey Bay for elusive leatherback sea turtles.
The turtles, the heaviest reptiles in the world - weighing as much as 2,000 pounds - swim from their Indonesian...
Sea Water Temperature Peaks; Dead Fish Litter Qatar's Coastal Region
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With Qatar's open sea water temperature touching a high 37 degree Celsius, its coastal lines have turned into a graveyard of fish and invertebrates. Fish and endangered sea turtles are washing up...
Bali Turtle Slaughter
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The deliberate killing of 3,000 turtles a year on the island of Bali, and the horrific way in which they are slaughtered, has prompted calls for a boycott of the island until this trade has ended....
Turtles Continue To Hatch In The Outer Banks
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The annual summer monitoring of turtle nests ended Aug. 15 for the volunteer organization, Network for Endangered Sea Turtles (NEST).
Now, the National Park Service Cape Hatteras Group continues...
AUDIO: Government Weighs Turtles' Habitat Vs. Fishing
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AUDIO: Federal fisheries managers are considering whether to allow gill-netting in the habitat of Pacific leatherback turtles. The endangered turtles live off the coasts of Northern Californian and...
Indonesia, PNG, Solomon Islands Agree To Conserve Leatherback Turtles
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Indonesia, Papua New Guinea (PNG) and Solomon Islands have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on conservation and management of western Pacific leatherback turtle nesting sites, feeding...
All The Eggs In One Basket: Conserving Too Few Sea Turtle Nesting Sites
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Current conservation assessments of endangered Caribbean sea turtles are too optimistic, according to Loren McClenachan and colleagues from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. McClenachan,...
Methods Enable Longline Swordfish Fishery To Minimize Sea Turtle Interactions
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Action is urgently needed to prevent the loss of leatherback and loggerhead sea turtles from the Pacific Ocean. Reducing bycatch of sea turtles in pelagic longline fisheries, in parallel with...
Green Turtle Slaughter In Costa Rica
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Illegal fishing may have caused the accidental deaths of about 200 green turtles in the protected area of Playa Ostional, in Costa Rica s Pacific coast, Gilbert Rojas, from the area s Association...
Rescued Turtles Return To Sea
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Set down on the sand a stone's throw from the ocean, the turtles seemed to pause to sniff the salty air of freedom. Then the smallest one lurched toward the water, as a cheer went up from hundreds...
Sea Turtles And A Tale Of Survival In Lebanon
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It takes more than a war to keep two women away from Mansouri beach and their true calling. Not about to abandon their posts, Mona Khalil and Habiba Sayed continued their work on Mansouri beach for...
Sarawak Releases Baby Turtles Into The Sea
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Sarawak releases between 100,000 and 200,000 baby turtles a year into the sea under a turtle conservation programme, but the survival rate was a mere 0.01% to 1%.
"So, we are trying to produce...
Jellyfish Numbers Rising As Other Sea Life Dwindles
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Jellyfish populations are growing because they can. The fish that used to compete with them for food have become scarce because of overfishing. The sea turtles that once preyed on them are nearly...
RM10mil To Build Reefs For Turtles
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The Terengganu government has allocated RM10mil to build giant artificial coral reefs in several designated costal areas in the state in an effort to protect the leatherback turtle...
Searchers Find Missing UCF Student's Body
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The body of a graduate student who disappeared in the ocean Thursday while trying to capture a 300-pound green sea turtle was found floating Monday near Sebastian Inlet, about a half-mile south of...
Turtles And Trade Program
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The Trade and Turtles Program is a grassroots campaign to educate and involve the public in efforts to protect endangered sea turtles from the effects of international trade and economic...
Leatherback Turtle Declines In Number
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The endangered leatherback turtle population is effectively extinct in Malaysia and has deprived the country one of its most charismatic tourist lures, says a United Nations Environment Programme...
Hungry Turtles Can Mistake Plastic For Food
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The big old leatherback turtle can boast many things. It's the largest living marine turtle in the world, reaching lengths of two metres. Its evolution dates back more than 100 million years. It...
Fresh Strategy To Save Turtles
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BAHRAIN is taking part in the planning of a new strategy to preserve endangered marine turtles and coral reefs in the Gulf.
It will be developed at a regional conference to be held in Abu Dhabi...
11 Endangered Sea Turtles To Be Released, Tracked
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A batch of captive turtles on the endangered species list is being shipped from Singapore to the South China Sea where they will be released.
Nanyang Technological University's scientists have...
Stop The Killing Of Sea Turtles In Gillnets
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Pacific Leatherbacks are the most endangered of the world's sea turtle species. The primary threat to the species is drowning in gillnet and longline fisheries. In 2000 the federal government...
Strategy Sought For Protecting Endangered Sea Turtles, Coral Reefs In The Gulf Region
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Region-wide cooperation in the conservation of endangered marine turtles and coral reefs in the Gulf will be the focus of a regional conference to be held in Abu Dhabi in September this year...
Loggerheads Lagging
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Midway through sea turtle nesting season, several Florida scientists are wondering much the same thing: Where are all the loggerheads? The number of loggerhead turtle nests on Treasure Coast...
Turtle Rescuers Guide Island's First Two Leatherback Babies Into Ocean
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A duo of tiny leatherback sea turtles were plucked from their nest early Wednesday morning, saved from a certain death, unlike dozens of their ill-fated brothers and sisters.
Buried beneath...
Savior Of The Shelled
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Highland Beach A‚A· The footprints of Jose Echeverria are ingrained in the sand along this town's three-mile coastline.
His fingerprints are invisibly etched on the wooden stakes that mark the...
Tourism And Turtles In Turf War
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Endangered sea turtles on the Greek island of Zakynthos are battling for a place in the sand alongside more than one million tourists in a conflict of conservation versus cash.
Zakynthos is the...
NGO's Collaborate For The Protection Of Sea Turtles In Canary Islands
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There has been an agreement between Fundaciun Neotrupico (NGO dedicated to the conservation and rescue of endangered species within the Canary Islands) and the Cabildo, through its environmental...
Litter: A Death Trap For Turtles
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Just a few weeks ago, a dead rare Kemp's Ridley sea turtle washed ashore that appeared to be in perfect health - no injuries or seeming signs of illness. The cause of death: a drinking straw found...
Stop The Killing & Trading Of Sea Turtles On Bali
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The Island of Bali in Indonesia has been the turntable for the sea turtle trade for two decades. The buyers of meat, tortoiseshells and eggs are mainly found on the Asian markets as well as in the...
Dominica Moves To Protect Endangered Sea Turtles
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The Ministry of Tourism and the Ministry of Agriculture are collaborating to protect sea turtles in Dominica, which are now on the verge of extinction...
Rehabbing Sea Turtles Making Strides
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The three endangered Kemp's Ridley turtles, which stranded on the beaches of Cape Cod last fall, have been nursed back to health at the National Marine Life Center on Main Street. Along with their...
Toyohashi Clears Way For Turtle-breeding
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The city of Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture, began removing concrete breakwater tetrapods from its shores Monday so sea turtles will be able to come ashore to lay their eggs, municipal officials said....
A Dichotomy In Migration Patterns Found For Sea Turtles In East Atlantic
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Studying members of a large population of loggerhead sea turtles that nest on the Cape Verde islands off of West Africa, researchers have found an unexpected dichotomy in turtle behavior: While...
Vanuatu Commemorates Year Of The Sea Turtle
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Sea turtles are a common delicacy for many ni-Vanuatu, but the bigger the population of the country grows the riskier the existence of the sea animals become. Accordingly the country has taken heed...
Coral Reefs Wiped Out At Sipadan
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Hundreds of meters of coral and turtles have been wiped out at Sipadan in a tragic accident involving a large barge and the local irresponsibility of whoever is managing the island. It is...
Caribbean Leatherback Sea Turtles Stage Comeback
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Earthwatch teams working on St. Croix, Virgin Islands report this year's first leatherback hatchlings emerging from protected nests at Sandy Point National Wildlife Reserve. Scientists have...
Marshall Islands And USAKA Support Turtle Conservation
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With the aid of many volunteers, environmentalists at the Reagan Test Site on Kwajalein Atoll released four sea turtles back into the ocean near Kwajalein Atoll on April 20, 2006.
The turtles...
Leatherback Sea Turtle Slaughter Continues Unabated
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The United Nations General Assembly resolution A/RES/60/31, enacted on November 29, 2005, REQUIRES all Member Nations to close or suspend fishing activities along documented Leatherback Turtle...
San Padre National Park Finds Record Number Of Turtle Nests
NEWS
Ten Kemps-Ridley turtle nests were found in the area Wednesday, 6 News was there when scientists released some of the turtles back into the sea. This is a very exciting time for the folks at the...
Florida Turtles Toddling Ashore To Nest
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The big mamas are coming, flippers flapping, with egg payloads ready to plop down on a beach near you.
That means, starting tonight, it's lights out at the beach...
International Sea Turtle Swimway Proposed In Gulf Of Mexico
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The world's top sea turtle experts are calling on both the United States and Mexico to provide more protection for the Kemp's ridley sea turtles in the Gulf of Mexico. A resolution passed in Crete...
Turtles Released In Brunei
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One of the ongoing activities under the National Turtle Conservation and Management Programme is the release of baby and adult sea turtles, which was carried out yesterday at Meragang Beach...
Sponsors Invited To Name A Turtle And Follow Its Progress
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You can name her Britney for your daughter or Cody after your son, or even Tiger for the local little league team. Regardless, you might just find yourself holding back a tear as your sponsored sea...
Rule Proposed To Safeguard Sea Turtles From Entanglement
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Federal marine officials proposed a new rule Tuesday designed to safeguard sea turtles from entangling in fishing gear and drowning in Virginia waters.
In recent years, hundreds of dead sea...
Turtle Bycatch Causes Fishery Closure
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A Hawaii-based swordfish fishery faces closure for a second time following an unacceptable level of bycatch of endangered loggerhead sea turtles, it has been announced. The Western Pacific...
Tsunami Wall Adds To Turtle Extinction Crisis
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Turtle populations in the Andaman Sea are at dire levels, with some species hovering on the brink of extinction because of natural and human causes such as tsunami walls.
Wildlife experts...
Greenpeace Blames Orissa Chief Minister For Genocide Of Olive Ridleys
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Greenpeace campaigners this morning laid out flower-bedecked carcasses, skulls, bones and shells of Olive Ridley sea turtles in front of Orissa chief minister Naveen Patnaik's private residence...
Mass Hatching Of Olive Ridley Turtles Begins In India
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Mass hatching of the olive ridley sea turtles has begun at the Rushikulya beach in Orissa since April 9.
In February, 1,21,000 turtles nested here.
The hatchlings normally emerge between...
Conservationists Condem Shipment Of Cayman Islands Green Turtles
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With the convention of sea turtle scientists and conservationists in Europe recently a diverse coalition of international NGOs are condemning the UK government for approving what many contend to be...
Authorities Investigate Deaths Of Sea Turtles In Sarasota Area
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State wildlife officials are investigating the deaths of several sea turtles in the Sarasota area.
One loggerhead sea turtle was found dead at Coquina Beach yesterday. The exact cause of death...
Until Next Year: Your Checklist For Saving Sea Turtles
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The most important part of coming together at international meetings is walking away from them with clear, measurable, and united action plans. As the 26th Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle...
Strictly Prohibited, Sea Turtle Hunting And Trade Persist
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Oceans are tough environments for sea turtles. As quickly as hatchlings scurry to sea, they face myriad natural and manmade hazards - some lethal. Over the course of their lifetimes, sea turtles...
Sea Turtle Conservation With A Global Perspective
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Sea turtles are in peril. Extraordinarily adaptable throughout the ages, they have persisted for more than 100 million years through global environmental shifts that brought contemporary species to...
Hatching A Leatherback Plan In Malaysia
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There is still a glimmer of hope for the leatherback turtles, which are close to disappearing from the beaches of Terengganu.
For the first time, the authorities are planning to buy leatherback...
The Great Sea Turtles, Their Struggle To Survive
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If you are looking for examples of how concerned people have mobilized to help a species, the worldwide efforts to save the Great Sea Turtles is a good place to start. If it weren't for individuals...
El Salvador Turtle Die-off Linked To "Red Tide"
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A lethal algal bloom dubbed "Red Tide" by scientists caused a mysterious mass die-off of sea turtles on the Pacific shores of El Salvador, a U.S. conservation group said on Friday....
DVD To Enhance Sea Turtle Lectures In Schools
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The Cayman Department of Environmental Health (DOE) is singing the praises of CIBC, which provided funding for an interactive DVD "The Journey of the Loggerhead", which will be used by schools in...
Hawaiian Swordfish Fishery To Close Over High Sea Turtle Catch
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In an unprecedented but legally mandated action, the Western Pacific Fisheries Management Council requested the Secretary of Commerce to shut down the swordfish fishery before it exceeds its...
Relax Rules Protecting Sea Turtles From Nets?
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Federal fish managers are proposing to relax rules designed to protect endangered leatherback sea turtles and allow some fishing off the West Coast under strict government supervision. The changes,...
Endangered Baby Turtles Follow The Sun To Survive
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They followed the sun.
Feeling the rough sand for only the second time since they were hatched on this resort island, a dozen marine turtles inched their way toward the waters off the coast,...
A Buildup Of Discarded Fishing Line In Waterways Entangles And Endangers Marine Animals
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Wayne Newberry tosses a mullet up in the air to lure the injured pelican to the stern of his boat.
In a flash, he snatches its beak and yanks the flapping bird on board. His wife, Mary, covers...
Human Apathy Threatens Turtles
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General ignorance and apathy amongst people is the greatest threat to sea turtles in Fiji waters.
Speaking at the 2006-Year of the Sea Turtle Launch last Thursday, the Minister for Fisheries,...
This Is Serious! No More Gillnets And Longline Fishing!
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More than 130 scientists from 24 countries have written to the Pacific Fisheries Management Council, urging it not to allow drift gillnets and longlines fishing in protected areas of the Pacific...
Public Outraged At Assault On Sea Turtle Protections
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Public comments received by the Pacific Fisheries Management Council about its March 9th final vote to allow drift gillnets, also known as "curtains of death," and longlines back into...
Film Festival Designed To Spark Interest In Oceans
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Butch Allen's official title with the Alaska Center for the Environment is Oceans Organizer.
"That always makes me laugh," Allen said. "I have this visual of me at the bottom of the sea, saying,...
Year Of The Turtle Inspires Country To Conserve Ancient Species
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An international campaign to conserve sea turtles in the Indian Ocean - South-East Asia region was launched today in Bangkok, and a parallel campaign was launched in countries across the Pacific...
India's Sea Turtles Lose Out In Tourism Battle
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From the tracks they discovered on the sands of Morjim Bay later that morning, forestry officials in Goa knew the endangered turtle had a traumatic nocturnal homecoming...
Bid To Reinstate Longline Fishing Ban Rejected
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An environmental group waited too long to seek a ban on fishermen who sometimes catch birds and turtles with swordfish lines, a federal appeals court said yesterday in dismissing the case...
Review: IMAX Deep Sea 3D
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Deep Sea 3D is a 40 minute total immersion into the underwater world. With charismatic stars including Green Turtles, Giant Pacific Octopus, Mola mola, Mantas, sharks and even a Bowhead Whale, the...
Oil Project Puts Sea Turtles In Danger
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The annual mass nesting, of the endangered Olive Ridley sea turtles has started at the Rushikulya beach at Gokharkuda village in Orissa's Ganjam district.
Over 33,000 Olive Ridley turtles have...
Mass Nesting Of Olive Ridleys Commence At Rushikulya Beach
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The ''Arribada'' or mass nesting of the endangered Olive Ridley sea turtles commenced at Rushikulya nesting beach at Gokharkuda village in Orissa's Ganjam district.
According to preliminary...
UN Sea Turtle Recommendations Ignored By Fisheries; Extinctions Or A Longlining Moratorium
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This week, the United Nations General Assembly will convene a high level working group to address the biological diversity crisis on the high seas. Despite the General Assembly's November 2005...
Deep Concern: Port Everglades Dredging Plan Threatens Coral Reef
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A coral reef stands between Port Everglades and the booming export markets of Asia.
Anticipating more trade with the Far East, the port and the federal government plan to deepen and extend the...
Protections For Sea Turtles Are Under Attack
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Your Help is Needed to Urge the Pacific Fisheries Council Not to Strip Protections for Sea Turtles
Hundreds Of Dead Turtles Off El Salvador Coast; Mass Deaths Unexplained
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More dead turtles were found yesterday in San Juan of the Joy, Jiquilisco, Usulutun, a finding that was verified by technicians of the Ministry of Medioambiente and Recursos Naturales (MARN)....
2005 Took A Toll On Turtles
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Poor lighting enforcement, savage storms and red tide challenged sea turtles of every age.
In the sea turtle world, size doesn't seem to matter very much.
WWF Launches 2006 Competition For Fishing Gear That Reduces Accidental Marine Life Deaths
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World Wildlife Fund today announced the launch of the second WWF International Smart Gear Competition. The contest seeks innovative fishing gear that reduces marine bycatch-the accidental catch and...
Australian Delegates Seeking Whale Deal
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An Australian delegation is in the Kenyan capital seeking tougher international protection for sharks, turtles, dugongs and whales.
The Nairobi talks this week are part of the eighth Conference...
Increasing Coral Reef Danger
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UP to half of the world's coral reefs may disappear by 2045 unless urgent measures are taken to protect them against environmental hazards, particularly climate change, says the World Conservation...
Hawaii creates state marine refuge in Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, bans fishing
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Hawaii has banned fishing around the tiny islands and atolls of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, home to endangered Hawaiian monk seals and sea turtles.
Gov. Linda Lingle signed the new rules...
Volunteers Clean Up Turtle Beaches
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Volunteers clean up turtle beaches
2005/9/19
KUALA LUMPUR, AFP
More than 3,000 volunteers cleaned up rubbish-strewn beaches in Malaysia's eastern Terengganu state used by nesting...
Tagged Atlantic Sea Turtles Trace Journeys Online
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Aitkanti the sea turtle has already braved fishing nets and shark infested waters in her swim from breeding grounds in South America but is only half way to the rich feeding waters off the coast of...
Sea Turtle Nesting Numbers Better Than Scientists Thought
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With few exceptions, sea turtle nesting numbers are higher than last year, and some scientists say it might even be a record season for green turtles...
Thriving Coral Reef Thrills Marine Research Group
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Marine scientists sailing the central Pacific to study its remote coral reefs have reached an underwater Eden even more pristine than they had hoped for, according to e-mail dispatches they sent...
Katrina's Waves Shell-shock Many Newborn Turtles
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With Hurricane Katrina pounding the waves, hundreds of loggerhead turtle hatchlings in Palm Beach County tried but failed to make it into the water, experts said.
80 Sea Turtles Chopped To Death In Mexico
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Mexican poachers bludgeoned and chopped some 80 protected Olive Ridley sea turtles to death for their eggs, believed to be an aphrodisiac, and left their shells scattered on a Pacific beach. The...
Mozambique's Bazaruto Archipelago Lives Up To Those Travel Brochure Cliches
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The archipelago's animal species read like a zoologist's directory: whales, marine turtles, rays and dolphins. (Although dugongs feature prominently in promotional literature, spotting them is...
New Fishing Hooks Save Sea Turtles
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Preliminary results from the first large-scale test of specially designed fishing hooks indicate they can reduce the number of endangered sea turtles killed in long line fishing operations by as...
Hurricane Dennis Takes A Toll On Turtle Nests
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Although the Tampa Bay area was largely spared the wrath of Hurricane Dennis, threatened loggerhead sea turtles and least terns that nest in our area did suffer negative impacts from the storm....
Tsunami A Boon For Endangered Ridley Turtles
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The highly endangered Olive Ridley turtles have had a safe breeding season this year along the coast of the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
Large numbers of the Lepidochelys oliveacea turtles...
New Solutions That Reduce The Accidental Death Of Marine Life Reeled In By International Smart Gear Competition
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Accidental Deaths of Hundreds of Thousands of Sea Turtles, Whales, Dolphins and Juvenile Fish Could Be Prevented...
Indonesia Signs Iosea-mou: Important Step For Marine Turtles
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Indonesia has taken an important step to protect marine turtles by signing a key regional agreement at the third meeting of IOSEA Signatory States held in Bangkok from March 29-31, 2005. IOSEA...
Sea Turtles Return To Sri Lanka
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Many turtle conservation sites and hatcheries along Sri Lanka's southern and western coasts were wiped out in last December's tsunami. But according to the latest official study, marine turtles...
Post-tsunami Coral Reef Assessment Done In Thailand
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Bangkok, Thailand - Two new surveys of Thailand's coral reefs show the impact of the Asian tsunami was highly varied, but with most damage identified within the country's national marine parks....
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