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U.S. commits to protecting loggerhead sea turtle habitat by 2014

May 8, 2013 14:36
By David Adams (Reuters) - The Obama administration has agreed by July 1 to map out areas to protect nesting beaches for endangered loggerhead sea turtles as part of a legal settlement with conservation groups. The U.S. Department of Commerce agreed to the deadline for a preliminary proposal on the critical habitat of loggerheads in the U.S. Atlantic and Pacific oceans and in the Gulf of Mexico, under an agreement filed on Thursday in U.S. District Court in California.

Four Seasons Resorts Maldives introduce a website dedicated to marine conservation projects

April 6, 2013 05:25
In response to guests’ wishes to be kept updated on its many ongoing marine conservation projects, Four Seasons Resorts Maldives has launched www.marinesavers.com - a website dedicated to the work of the Resorts’ marine conservation teams.The site features the history, progress and plans of all of the key marine projects at both Four Seasons Resort Landaa Giraavaru and Four Seasons Resort Kuda Huraa: from the Reefscapers coral reef regeneration project to The Maldivian Sea Turtle Conservation Programme, as well as details of The Manta Trust charity.Interactive components on

Study maps accidental killings of sea turtles

April 1, 2013 13:45
Sea turtles can get accidentally caught and killed in fishing operations, and new research out Monday seeks to map this phenomenon for the first time in a bid to save the endangered creatures. The study in the journal Ecosphere said sea turtles in the East Pacific, North Atlantic, Southwest Atlantic and Mediterranean face the highest bycatch mortality rates.

Experts warn Mexico of high sea turtle mortality rates

March 13, 2013 11:55
Mexico City, Mar 13 (EFE).- International experts have warned President Enrique Peña Nieto that Mexico is experiencing high mortality rates among sea turtles off the coast of the northwestern state of Baja California Sur, the Mexican Center for Environmental Law, or CEMDA, said. The Marine Turtle Specialist Group, or MTSG, sent a letter to Peña Nieto advising him that Baja California Sur has some of the highest sea turtle death rates in the world, CEMDA said in a statement.

Pacific leatherback turtle faces extinction in 20 years

February 27, 2013 12:46
* Numbers have fallen 78 percent in last three decades * Turtles nest in New Guinea and forage across the Pacific * The Atlantic leatherback is in better shape By Verna Gates BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Feb 27 (Reuters) - The giant Pacific leatherback turtle, known for its arduous 6,000-mile (10,000 km) ocean trek from the U.S. West Coast to breeding grounds in Indonesia, could go extinct within 20 years as its population continues to plummet, scientists say.

Sea turtles nursed back to health after record rescue from cold

February 23, 2013 09:15
By Harriet McLeod CHARLESTON, S.C., Feb 23 (Reuters) - A veterinarian punched a syringe into the tough, wrinkled neck of an endangered sea turtle named Crowe one day this week at the South Carolina Aquarium and drew dark, red blood to test whether the animal was ready to be sent back into the wild.

Aquarium fights to get disabled turtle swimming again

February 15, 2013 08:00
By Ruairidh Villar KOBE, Japan, Feb 15 (Reuters) - Life looked grim for Yu, a loggerhead turtle, when she washed up in a Japanese fishing net five years ago, her front flippers shredded after a brutal encounter with a shark. Now keepers at an aquarium in the western Japanese city of Kobe are looking for a high-tech solution that will allow the 25-year-old turtle to swim normally again after years of labour and 27 models of prosthetic fins behind them without achieving their goal.

Turtle power: Artificial legs boost limbless loggerhead

February 12, 2013 09:15
A sea turtle that lost her front legs to a shark attack was bidding to match "Blade Runner" Oscar Pistorius on Tuesday, as she donned the latest in artificial flipper technology in Japan. Yu, an approximately 25-year-old female loggerhead turtle, was test-driving her 27th pair of artificial front legs around her home aquarium near Kobe in western Japan, where she proves a draw for the crowds. The rubber limbs are attached to a vest slipped over her head, said the aquarium's curator, Naoki Kamezaki.

U.S. government sued over endangered sea turtles

January 8, 2013 21:15
* Complaint says deadlines for protection have not been met * Loggerheads among most imperiled sea turtles species Jan 8 (Reuters) - Three environmental groups sued the U.S. government on Tuesday for what they said was Washington's failure to take urgent steps to ensure the survival of endangered loggerhead sea turtles.
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