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ECO-PROS - Endangered Species
The female nesting population of the 100 million year old Pacific leatherback sea turtle has collapsed by 95 percent since 1980. The Pacific Leatherback is listed as Critically Endangered, and it is feared it ... action is taken to remove the threats that are endangering the species. Photo of dead Leatherback on fishing vessel deck Dead Sea Turtle Photo credit: South Florida Water Management District ...
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Endangered Species-Leatherback Sea Turtle-Pictures,Links,Conservation,Information,Facts,Books
Pacific Leatherback Sea Turtle Distribution Map Pacific Leatherback Sea Turtle Behaviour Pacific Leatherback Sea Turtle Conservation Pacific Leatherback Sea Turtle Dermochelys coriacea Leatherback Task Force Nova Scotia Leatherback Turtle Working Group SEA TURTLE CONSERVATION PROGRAM Turtle Trax Caribbean Conservation Corporation Pacific Leatherback ...
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SoundNet - Ocean Crisis Caused by Destructive Fishing
Leatherback Turtle May Face Extinction Among the marine species most threatened by longlining and gill netting is the Pacific leatherback sea turtle, the scientists wrote. "Tragic declines of leatherback and loggerhead sea turtles have been well documented in the Pacific," said Dr. Larry Crowder ...
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National Coalition for Marine Conservation's position statements on current fishery management issues such as longline fisheries, offshore aquaculture, marine protected areas and ecosystem-based management
Act. Request more information about this issue. MORATORIUM ON PACIFIC LONGLINING In February 2004 NOAA Fisheries approved the Pacific Fishery Management Council's management plan for west ... indiscriminate fishing gear is further depleting populations of endangered sea turtles – like the Pacific leatherback, which is bordering on extinction – not to mention unintentionally killing marlin, sharks and ...
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NCMC Conservation News - Drift Gillnetters Denied Access To Leatherback Conservation Area to fish for swordfish and thresher sharks
Pacific Leatherback Conservation Area (Conservation Area). Enacted in 2001 by NMFS to protect endangered leatherback sea turtles and marine mammals, the Conservation Area ... estimate that Pacific leatherback sea turtles face an annual mortality of 30 percent every year and may be extinct in the next decade. In the letter to the Pacific Council rejecting ...
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Leatherback News
WHEREAS the Pacific leatherback turtle nesting population has plummeted from 91,000 in 1980 to less than 5,000 in 2002; WHEREAS the Pacific leatherback ... IT RESOLVED: The undersigned Pacific Leatherback Survival Conferees: Request that the governments of all nations where Pacific leatherback turtles nest immediately ...
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WWF - Marine Turtle Conservation in the Asia Pacific region
Solutions by Programme > Marine Turtles Marine Turtles Background Threats Challenges Our Solutions Pan Pacific Initiative Turtle Trade Bycatch Protected Areas Coastal Communities Governments How you can ... Asia Pacific Region - making this region a critical set of habitats for the survival of these ancient mariners. Marine turtle species found in Asia-Pacific Leatherback turtle (Dermochelys ...
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Monterey Bay Aquarium: Conservation Research - Tagging of Pacific Predators
(TOPP) An Animal's Eye View of its Ecosystem The Tagging of Pacific Predators (TOPP) research project explores the Pacific Ocean, using a carefully selected group of animals to gather data ... that will help policy makers and resource managers make wise decisions about ocean use. Tagged leatherback returning to sea. (photo courtesy G. Shillinger, Stanford University) Humboldt squid with pop-up ...
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WWF - Endangered Species
Facts that speak for themselves In the Pacific, leatherback turtles face extinction. Giant pandas have lost half their habitat in the past few decades ...
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The Leatherback Trust @ leatherback.org
Save the Leatherback Campaign More than 1,000 scientists call for U.N. ban on longlining in the Pacific – U.N. General Assembly ... research and management on leatherback nesting beaches in Costa Rica. Leatherback Trust scientists were instrumental in founding Parque Marino Las Baulas, a national park, on Costa Rica's Pacific coast. News from ...
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