MASNA Administrator posted on March 11, 2010 20:46
Jay Lindsay
Source: The Associated Press
March 11, 2010
Boston, MA - The federal government on Wednesday recommended an endangered-species listing for the loggerhead turtles in U.S. waters, a decision that could lead to tighter restrictions on fishing and other maritime trades.
The massive, nomadic sea turtles have been listed since 1978 as threatened, a step below endangered, but federal scientists proposed ratcheting up the designation after reviewing the state of the species.
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