25-04-2025
Endangered sea turtles recovering, but leatherback still staring at extinction
Reduction of threats, ranging from hunting to climate change, has led to the recovery of the endangered sea turtle in the majority of areas of the world.A new study published in the journal Endangered Species Research was done by considering the populations of 48 sea turtles around the world, out of which, more than half of the areas studied depicted declining threats as a boon for their of the turtle populations have come back, though some haven't,' said Stuart Pimm, one of the researchers told the Associated Press. 'Overall, the sea turtle story is one of the real conservation success stories.'
Leatherback turtles and sea turtle populations in the Pacific Ocean are an exception to this. They are recovering more slowly compared to their to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), even though leatherbacks are considMred vulnerable to extinction, many groups are critically endangered.
More than half of the areas studied depicted declining threats as a boon for their survival. (Photo: Getty)
'All seven of the regions where leatherbacks are found face high environmental risks,' said study co-author Bryan Wallace, a wildlife ecologist at Ecolibrium in to their nature of swimming for long distances, as much as 5,955 kilometres, the leatherback turtles are exposed to unique even though the populations of green turtles show signs of recovery, they are still considered endangered globally.'By ending commercial harvests and allowing them time to rebound, their populations are now doing well in coastal waters off many regions of Mexico and the US,' said co-author Michelle Mara Early though sea turtles were protected under the US Endangered Species Act of 1973, and Mexico banned all captures of sea turtles in 1990, it took a few decades for the results of these though new technologies are being developed to spare sea turtles from becoming prey to the fish nets, they need wide acceptance by the fishing Reel
