Report Finds 42,000 Turtles Harvested Each Year by Legal Fisheries

ENN
Feb 21, 2014, 10:05 am30 pts
Conservation awareness for sea turtles has made great progress recently, however the species are still under threat. Not only are hundreds of thousands of sea turtles killed each year from bycatch and illegal fishing but, in many coastal communities, sea turtles are considered a food source. Despite having…

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