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Recovery Plan for Olive Ridley Sea Turtle
Recovery plan for U.S. Pacific populations of olive ridley sea turtles.
Listing Hawksbill Sea Turtle Under the ESA
Hawksbill sea turtles were protected in 1970 under the precursor to the Endangered Species Act.
Hawaiʻi Shallow-set Longline Fishery Interactions with Leatherback Sea Turtles
A summary of current and historical fishery interactions with leatherback sea turtles.
Shrimp Import Legislation for Sea Turtle Conservation
Shrimp harvested with commercial fishing technology that may adversely affect sea turtles may not be imported into the United States.
Frequent Questions: Northern Gulf of Mexico Sea Turtle Strandings
Frequently asked questions for sea turtle strandings in the Northern Gulf of Mexico.
NOAA Releases 79 Florida Loggerhead Sea Turtles into the Wild
Juvenile sea turtles returned to the wild after study to reduce bycatch.
NOAA Releases 85 Florida Loggerhead Sea Turtles into the Wild
Juvenile sea turtles returned to the wild after study to reduce bycatch.
Densities and Drivers of Sea Turtle Populations Across Pacific Coral Reef Ecosystems
We estimate sea turtle densities, and describe trends based on sea turtle observations from 13 years of towed-diver surveys covering 7,300+ linear km, and more than 3,400 green and hawksbill sea turtles.
Hawaiian Hawksbill Turtles: One of the World's Most Endangered Sea Turtle Population
See what scientists are discovering about the Hawaiian hawksbill sea turtle in their efforts to bring back the endangered population.
Sea Turtle Secrets: Necropsies Reveal Important Information
Once the sea turtle cold stun season is over, Wellfleet Audubon holds several necropsy sessions where all of the turtle carcasses, sometimes numbering into the hundreds, are examined and sampled.
Turtle Tweet Chat: Dive Deeper into Sea Turtle Biology, Science, and Conservation
Ask questions about sea turtles and learn more about our work to conserve them during a tweet chat on June 12, 2019.
Recovery Plans for Leatherback Sea Turtle
NOAA Fisheries has issued separate recovery plans for leatherback sea turtles for the U.S. Pacific and the U.S. Caribbean, Atlantic, and Gulf of Mexico.
Recovery Plans for Hawksbill Sea Turtle
NOAA Fisheries announces the availability of recovery plans for U.S. Pacific and U.S. Caribbean, Atlantic, and Gulf of Mexico populations of hawksbill sea turtles.
Illuminated Nets Could Provide A Brighter Future For Sea Turtles
Illuminated gillnets are helping reduce bycatch of protected species like sea turtles.
Faces of Sea Turtle Conservation: Jeff Seminoff, Marine Ecologist
A new technique developed by three NOAA Fisheries scientists is giving us more insight than ever before on sea turtle populations, extracting life history and other information from sea turtle bones. The technology combines bone dating, or “skeletochronol