New York Times: 4,600 Sea Turtles Killed Yearly by Fishing, Study Suggests
A loggerhead escaping from a net equipped with a turtle excluder device.
Photo Credit: NOAA
Some 4,600 sea turtles are killed each year by American fisheries, including many individuals of the four species found in New Jersey coastal waters, according to a new report published in the journal Biological Conservation.
Amazingly enough, that number, based on data from 2007, represents something of a triumph — it reflects a 90 percent reduction in death rates since 1990. New Jersey coastal waters hold green sea turtles, loggerheads, leatherbacks, and Kemp's ridley sea turtles.
Posted by WILDNEWJERSEY at 9/15/2011 10:00 AM 
Categories: Sea Life
Tags: sea turtles fishing loggerhead turtles Coastal Waters green sea turtles leatherback sea turtle
Categories: Sea Life
Tags: sea turtles fishing loggerhead turtles Coastal Waters green sea turtles leatherback sea turtle
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