![]() | Conservation of Pacific Sea Turtles Subjects: Sea turtles -- Conservation -- Pacific Ocean; Sea turtles -- Effect of fishing on -- Pacific Ocean; Sea turtles -- Habitat -- Conservation -- Pacific Ocean; Leatherback turtle -- Conservation -- Pacific Ocean; Across the Pacific, populations of some species of sea turtles face extinction unless recent dramatic declines are reversed. The continuing decline of leatherbacks and loggerheads in particular illustrates the limitations of the current gradual and unilateral approach to conservation. Recovery requires instead a holistic solution that addresses all sources of mortality throughout the entire life history and habitat use of these transnational populations. |
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