Recovery Plans for East Pacific, Pacific, and Atlantic populations of green sea turtles are available.

Many green sea turtles travel hundreds of miles across the Hawaiian archipelago from foraging to nesting habitat every year.

A literature review compiled by NOAA Fisheries to facilitate better understanding of green turtle nesting distribution in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean, including a summary of legal protections for sea turtles throughout the region.

Educational brochure that highlights the cultural history, population status, threats, and more of the Hawaiian green sea turtle.

In October 2017, two visitors from the continental U.S. sparked outrage when they posted a photo of themselves holding a green sea turtle (honu) on a Hawaiʻi Island beach. In the photo caption, they boasted about risking a fine to catch the turtle.

NOAA Fisheries and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issue a final rule to list 11 distinct population segments of the green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) under the Endangered Species Act.

Two federal agencies issue a final rule revising the listing for green sea turtles under the Endangered Species Act.

Reclassification into 11 Distinct Population Segments will provide more tailored conservation efforts globally, all green sea turtle populations will continue to be protected under the ESA.

The present study compares trace element concentrations in green turtles in captivity at Sea Life Park Hawaii to wild green turtles in Kapoho Bay, Hawaii, USA.

New information on growth spurts and the potential impact on estimates of lifetime growth rate and age at first reproduction for the Hawaiian population of green sea turtles.

We, NOAA Fisheries, are proposing to designate new areas of critical habitat and modify existing critical habitat for threatened and endangered distinct population segments (DPSs) of the green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas), in areas under U.S. jurisdiction,

Reclassification into 11 Distinct Population Segments will provide more tailored conservation efforts globally, all green sea turtle populations will continue to be protected under the ESA.

Reclassification into 11 Distinct Population Segments will provide more tailored conservation efforts globally, all green sea turtle populations will continue to be protected under the ESA

Determining levels of arsenic and antimony concentrations in green sea turtles resulting from lead deposition at a historic skeet shooting range. 

At three virtual and three in-person public hearings, we will accept comments on a proposed rule to designate critical habitat for six distinct population segments of the green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) under the Endangered Species Act.