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Study: Loggerhead turtles put at risk by fishing
Sep 03, 2009 |
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(AP) -- It's a scene that scientists say is all too common: A commercial fishing boat pulls in a net full of shrimp or tuna and finds a loggerhead sea turtle mixed in with the catch.
Study finds high mortality of endangered loggerhead sea turtles in Baja California
Oct 14, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- 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 ...
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Loggerhead turtles on decline in Florida
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Apr 20, 2008 |
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The number of loggerhead sea turtle nests is on the decline throughout Florida, indicating a potential threat to the animals, wildlife experts say.
Revealing the evolutionary history of threatened sea turtles
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Oct 15, 2008 |
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It's confirmed: Even though flatback turtles dine on fish, shrimp, and mollusks, they are closely related to primarily herbivorous green sea turtles. New genetic research carried out by Eugenia Naro-Maciel, ...
Remotely Operated Vehicles and Satellite Tags Aid Turtle Studies
Oct 28, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers are using a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) and satellite-linked data loggers to learn more about turtle behavior in commercial fishing areas and to develop new ways to avoid catching ...
Turtle studies suggest health risks from environmental contaminants
Feb 19, 2008 |
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The same chemicals that keep food from sticking to our frying pans and stains from setting in our carpets are damaging the livers and impairing the immune systems of loggerhead turtles—an environmental health ...
How satellite tracking revealed the migratory mysteries of endangered Atlantic loggerhead turtles
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May 22, 2006 |
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Their journeys are among the longest in the animal kingdom and until now they have largely remained a mystery. But now an international team of scientists led by the University of Exeter have uncovered the migratory secrets ...
Light sticks may lure turtles to fishing lines
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May 04, 2007 |
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Thousands of loggerhead turtles die every year when they get tangled or hooked in commercial fishing longlines meant for tuna or swordfish. New research suggests a possible reason why turtles swim into the ...
Turtles are loyal in feeding as well as in breeding
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Apr 25, 2007 |
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A research team led by the Dr Annette Broderick of the University of Exeter’s School of Biosciences has discovered that, after laying their eggs, sea turtles travel hundreds of miles to feed at exactly the same sites. The ...
Staghorn and elkhorn corals now protected
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Jun 09, 2006 |
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Caribbean elkhorn and staghorn corals Thursday were placed under the protection of the U.S. Endangered Species Act.
US conservation efforts bring more marine turtles to UK
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Apr 30, 2007 |
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US and Mexican conservation efforts may have boosted the number of marine turtles visiting UK waters, according to a team from the University of Exeter’s School of Biosciences.
New net timer could save sea turtles from drowning
Jun 20, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Fishery managers trying to protect rare sea turtles from dying in fishing nets have tapped a Cape Cod company to build a device they think can help balance turtle protection with profitable fishing.
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