News and Announcements | NOAA Fisheries

Massachusetts Cold-stunned Sea Turtles: A Sign of Climate Change?

The number of cold-stunned turtles on Cape Cod are increasing, likely in part due to climate change. We are adapting our response and planning for the future to accommodate increasing numbers.

June 18, 2024 - Feature Story ,

New England/Mid-Atlantic

A responder rescues a cold-stunned sea turtle from a Cape Cod beach. Photo courtesy of Mass Audubon Wellfleet Bay.

Eyes in the Sky: Using Drones to Measure Sea Turtles

What do drones and toy turtles have in common? Scientists are using these tools to measure sea turtles in the wild without ever touching them.

June 17, 2024 - Feature Story ,

Southeast

An aerial photograph showing a boat and 3 small toy turtles circled in red in the water.

These toy sea turtles, circled in red, were photographed using a drone flying at 128 feet altitude. Credit: NOAA Fisheries

Swim into Sea Turtle Week

Sea turtles are a key part of marine ecosystems worldwide but face many threats today. NOAA works to protect and conserve six sea turtle species found in U.S. waters. All are threatened or endangered.

June 17, 2024 - Feature Story ,

National

Illustrated swimming sea turtles on banner for Sea Turtle Week

Sea Turtle Week 2024: Partners in Conservation

A message from Kim Damon-Randall, director of NOAA Fisheries Office of Protected Resources, for Sea Turtle Week, June 17–21.

June 17, 2024 - Feature Story ,

National

Green sea turtle foraging in the shallow waters off Kona, Hawai‘I Island.

A green sea turtle swims in the waters off O’ahu, Hawaii. These turtles are herbivores, eating mostly seagrasses and algae. This diet gives their fat a greenish color (not their shells), which is where their name comes from. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Ali Bayless

NOAA Enforcement Helps Protect Sea Turtles

NOAA’s Office of Law Enforcement partners with federal and state enforcement agencies to protect sea turtles in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.

May 14, 2024 - Feature Story ,

Southeast

Two men in vests and khakis stand on a commercial fishing boat with nets at their feet. They are inspecting a net hanging between them.

NOAA Office of Law Enforcement and Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation officers measuring a turtle excluder device on a commercial shrimp vessel. Credit, NOAA Fisheries

Protecting Species While Planning for Offshore Wind Development in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico

New study proposes a scoring method for evaluating risk to protected species with offshore wind development projects.

July 03, 2023 - Feature Story ,

Southeast

Rice's Whale. Credit: NOAA Fisheries

Celebrating Sea Turtle Conservation and Recovery Efforts

As we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Endangered Species Act, we are shining a spotlight on our recovery efforts to reduce bycatch to protect and conserve sea turtles.

June 29, 2023 - Feature Story ,

Southeast