Loggerhead Turtles

Loggerhead Turtles

Loggerhead Turtles have been around since the time of the dinosaurs, yet now, it seems as though they are about to become extinct. One of the eight species has already died out. Hopefully soon, people will become more aware of the risk... [more]

Loggerhead Turtles have been around since the time of the dinosaurs, yet now, it seems as though they are about to become extinct. One of the eight species has already died out.
Hopefully soon, people will become more aware of the risk Loggerhead Turtles are at, and will try to help more. If you have any information on Loggerhead Turtles, and how they can be saved, please share it here. Please try and make more people aware of the plight of the Loggerhead Turtle.

RSS
Articles
Sorted by: Top Picks
+ write article

Feds changing Hawaii swordfish fishery regulations

From:   www.ap.org
The federal government said it will loosen regulations on Hawaii-based longline swordfish fishermen that are designed to protect sea turtles. The revisions, announced Thursday and due to take effect next month, allow longline fishing boats to deploy more gear to fish for swordfish. They also allow the fishery to accidentally hook or entangle more than 46 loggerhead sea turtles — a threatened species — each year, up from 17 currently. The annual allowed bycatch for leatherback sea turtles — an endangered species — will remain unchanged at 16. Longline boats must stop fishing for swordfish when these annual limits are reached. The National Marine ... Read Full Story

Report: Loggerhead turtles at risk of extinction

From:   www.ap.org
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. Biologists like Matthew Godfrey say one or two such takings can happen every day among fishing fleets off the Southeast coast. Those numbers can add up to thousands annually for a turtle species that has traveled the oceans for 200 million years but now faces a growing array of threats. Godfrey is among the authors of the latest federal report on loggerheads that says most groups of the ancient reptile ... Read Full Story

Natural Summer Spectacle - Turtles at Rocktail Bay

Written by ClaireDinnie on
The far northern Kwazulu Natal coast of South Africa hosts an annual natural spectacle that has remained unchanged for thousands of years. Every summer, hundreds of Leatherback and Loggerhead turtles complete their breeding cycle and emerge from the Indian Ocean to lay their eggs on this stretch of coastline – incredibly most returning to the exact beach on which they themselves hatched! Rocktail Bay Lodge - Loggerhead Turtle adult Witnessing a 250kg to 750kg Leatherback Turtle, averaging 1 ½ to 2 metres in length, heave herself with great effort up the beach to above the high tide mark, to watch her dig a hole ... Read Full Story

Loggerhead Turtles: proposal to protect them from bottom longlines in Gulf

Written by RTSea on
The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council , a U.S. regional council established by the Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 1976, is considering a proposal to request that the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) issue an emergency rule prohibiting the use of bottom longlines at a depth of 50 fathoms or less. The primary purpose of the prohibition is to limit the negative impact on loggerhead turtles that are often caught in the nets as they drag across the bottom to catch snapper and grouper. Loggerhead turtles are listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Ac t. Nearly 1,000 turtles were caught in ... Read Full Story

Sea turtle-nesting season begins in Florida

From:   www.ap.org
Florida's sea-turtle nesting season has begun, and thousands of the creatures will return to their home beaches to lay eggs. The young hatchlings will break out of their shells several weeks later and head for the water, according to the Orlando Sentinel. Florida beaches are one of the primary nesting grounds for loggerhead turtles, but the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission reports that loggerhead-nest totals dropped 41 percent at the key beaches tracked for long-term trends. Last year's totals showed a slight rise from the 2007 record low. Programs with organized beach walks at night to observe nesting turtles are offered by various ... Read Full Story
more »
News
/ edit news
Fertile Turtles
Turtle watchers at the Marine Park of Zakynthos report a good year for the hatching of baby turtles - it's believed that over 60,000 babies from just 763 nests successfully hatched this year. The turtle moms were really working overtime this year. Unfortunately, a very high mortality rate for young turtles will pare that number down substantially, leaving only a few to grow up and breed. More on Greek Loggerhead Turtles: Archelon...  
From z.about.com ()
More perspectives...
SW Mo. man fined for selling protected turtles
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — A Strafford turtle breeder has been fined $5,000 for selling a protected Missouri turtle species to Japan. Prosecutors say 51-year-old John F. Richards is the owner of Loggerhead Acres Turtle Farm. He was sentenced Monday in U.S. District Court in Springfield for unlawful exportation of protected turtles. In 2004, federal and state investigators found Richards was commercially raising Missouri native species such as...  
From pets.kansascity.com ()
More perspectives...
Endangered status sought for loggerhead sea turtles
Loggerhead sea turtles are in a ``dire state,'' with a 40 percent decline in the number of nests counted over the past decade, experts say.

Florida, home to 90 percent of loggerhead nests in the U.S., saw the fourth-worst nesting season on record in 2009, when the number dropped 15 percent, according to the environmental group Oceana.  

From miamiherald.com ()
More perspectives...
Strafford man fined for selling protected turtles
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — A Strafford turtle breeder has been fined $5,000 for selling a protected Missouri turtle species to Japan. Prosecutors say 51-year-old John F. Richards is the owner of Loggerhead Acres Turtle Farm. He was sentenced Monday in ...  
From search.msn.com ()
More perspectives...
Loggerhead Sea Turtles in Danger of Extinction
Commercial Fishing, Coastal Development, Marine Pollution to Blame © Cathy Sunshine Loggerhead sea turtle populations are declining, a new scientific report warns. Their status under U.S. law could change from threatened to endangered in 2010. The  
From p.moreover.com ()
More perspectives...
Loggerhead Sea Turtles at Risk of Extinction
Commercial Fishing, Coastal Development, Marine Pollution to Blame © Cathy Sunshine The loggerhead sea turtle faces severe future declines, a new scientific report warns. Some populations of loggerheads could be listed as endangered in 2010. The  
From p.moreover.com ()
More perspectives...
Sea turtle loses marathon, still raises awareness
An extended vacation in the Bahamas kept carefree Bree Varda from winning a three-month-long sea turtle marathon that ended this month. A 330-pound female loggerhead, Bree Varda, also known as "Bree," was one of 11 sea turtles to compete in the Tour ...  
From search.msn.com ()
More perspectives...
SC, GA arrival of 3 injured sea turtles postponed
South Carolina and Georgia will have to wait a little longer to welcome three endangered sea turtles that were stunned in cold waters off the New England coast. The South Carolina Aquarium said Monday the arrival of the loggerhead sea turtle and two ...  
From search.msn.com ()
More perspectives...
more »
Video Playlist
Sorted by: Top Rated
+ add
Click to play video
more »
Member Pictures
Sorted by: Top Rated
+ add

Loggerhead_01

Loggerhead_01

more »
Links
Sorted by: Top Rated
+ add
No entries yet.
more »
More From Zimbio
HomeTerms & PoliciesHelpCompany WikizineFor BloggersAdvertiseSitemapAbout Us
Copyright © 2009 - Zimbio, Inc. Some rights reserved.