Sentences with phrase «endangered sea turtle population»

This extraordinarily high level of bycatch can not be sustained and may ultimately drive this endangered sea turtle population to extinction.»

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Saba, who has conducted modeling studies on the impacts of climate change on endangered leatherback turtles in the eastern Pacific Ocean, says the Northwest Atlantic loggerhead study offers a new approach in understanding how climate variability affects sea turtle populations.

Twenty - mile castaway fishnets snare sea turtles, dolphins, and other animals, endangering their populations; birds mistake trash for food, eat it, and die; jellyfish get sick; gnarly junk washes back to shore — some of it hazardous waste.

She also participated in a Spay and Neuter program in Mazunte, Mexico; this program reduces the local pet population and promotes the survival of endangered sea turtles that nest on the coast.

Grupo Tortuguero is a grass - roots conservation organization working to protect and advocate for endangered populations of sea turtles.

Due to the intact connectivity of the extensive seagrass beds, desnse mangrove forests, and robust coral reefs, the remoteness of the area, and the history of protection from coastal development, the Gardens of the Queen represents a «baseline» for a nearly pristine Caribbean marine ecosystem; an ecosystem that includes healthy populations of apex predators like sharks and groupers, important grazers like Rainbow parrotfish and long - spine sea urchins, and recovering endangered species like elkhorn coral and hawksbill sea turtles.

The Kemp's Ridley sea turtle sets itself apart from other turtle populations in several ways: They're the smallest of all the Gulf of Mexico turtle species, measuring only about 2 feet when fully grown; they're the world's most endangered sea turtle; and they're known for their synchronized nesting activities, called arribadas, in which hundreds or thousands of females come ashore on the same day to lay their eggs.

«isolated from population centers, mostly uninhabited» and supporting «endemic, depleted, migratory, endangered and threatened species of fish, giant clams, crabs, marine mammals, sea turtles, seabirds, migratory shorebirds and corals that are rapidly vanishing elsewhere in the world.»

Sea Shepherd Conservation Society's Operation Jairo II campaign, defends endangered populations of turtles...

Today, the Arnavons are home to the South Pacific's largest rookery for endangered hawksbill sea turtles — a population that very nearly went extinct.