
Rule Proposed To Safeguard Sea Turtles From Entanglement
April 20, 2006 @ 08:47 AM (EST)
Source: Hamptonroads.com
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 turtles - mostly loggerheads, a federally protected species - have washed ashore in spring and early summer as they migrate toward the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay...
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