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Green Turtle
The green turtle is the world's largest species of hard-shelled sea turtle. They are unique among sea turtles in that they are herbivores, eating mostly seaweed, seagrasses, and algae. Learn more about these marine reptiles.
Recovery Plans for Green Sea Turtles
Recovery Plans for East Pacific, Pacific, and Atlantic populations of green sea turtles are available.
By the Numbers: The Annual Migration of Green Sea Turtles in Hawaiʻi
Many green sea turtles travel hundreds of miles across the Hawaiian archipelago from foraging to nesting habitat every year.
Green Turtle Nesting Sites and Sea Turtle Legislation Throughout Oceania
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.
Hawaiian Green Sea Turtle Brochure
Educational brochure that highlights the cultural history, population status, threats, and more of the Hawaiian green sea turtle.
Men Fined for Capturing a 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.
Listing Green Sea Turtles Under the Endangered Species Act
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.
Conservation Efforts for Florida, Pacific Coast Green Sea Turtles Working, Agencies Say
Two federal agencies issue a final rule revising the listing for green sea turtles under the Endangered Species Act.
Comment Period Extended for Proposal to Revise the ESA Listing of the Green Sea Turtle
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.
Trace Element Concentrations in Blood and Scute Tissues From Wild and Captive Hawaiian Green Sea Turtles (Chelonia mydas)
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.
Impact of Exceptional Growth Rates on Estimations of Life-Stage Duration in Hawaiian Green Sea Turtles
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.
Proposed Rule to Designate Critical Habitat for 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,
Additional Comment Period Extension for Proposal to Revise the ESA Listing of the Green Sea Turtle
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.
Successful Conservation Efforts Along Florida, Pacific Coasts Recognized in Revised ESA Listing of the Green Sea Turtle
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
Green Sea Turtles (Chelonia mydas) Accumulate Heavy Metals Near a Former Skeet Shooting Range in Kailua, O'ahu, Hawai'i
Determining levels of arsenic and antimony concentrations in green sea turtles resulting from lead deposition at a historic skeet shooting range.
Endangered Green Sea Turtles of the Northern Mariana Islands
Double trouble: fewer moms and warming temperatures imperil turtle population.