Articles tagged as: turtle populations
Loggerhead Sea Turtle Deaths Prompt Lawsuit Threat
January 24, 2009
GAINESVILLE, Florida, January 23, 2009 (ENS) – A coalition of conservation groups has notified the National Marine Fisheries Service of its intent to file a lawsuit as early as March if the agency does not act immediately to protect imperiled sea turtles in the Gulf of Mexico. The action comes after fisheries observer data showed [...]
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Wild Turtles Containing Mercury and Pesticides Sold as Food
April 1, 2008
TUCSON, Arizona, March 30, 2008 (ENS) – Turtles collected in four southern states and sold as food are often contaminated with mercury, pesticides andpolychlorinated biphenyls, PCBs, according to a coalition of conservation and health groups seeking to stop the export of contaminated turtles to international food markets. The Center for Biological Diversity Thursday filed emergency [...]
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