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Species: Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta Caretta) Type: Carnivore Habitat: Atlantic, Pacific, Indian Oceans; bays lagoons, salt marshes, creeks, ship channels, and mouths of larger rivers. Status: Endangered Cause of Endangerment: Coastal development, tampering with eggs, pathogens, ** fishery **. Each year over 60,000 loggerheads are entangled or accidentally hooked on fishing long-lines intended for tuna and swordfish. Conservative Efforts: Endangered Species Act, moniter and protect nesting grounds in Turkey, Greece, Bonaire, Costa Rica and Sicily. The Loggerhead is covered under many national and international treaties. They are listed Appendix I in the Convention on International Trade in Endangered species of Wild Flora and Fauna. They are listed Appendices I and II in the Convention on Migratory Species. A projection for the future is the Recovery Plan for Northwest Atlantic Population of Loggerhead Sea Turtle. ACNWR is the most important nesting area for loggerhead turtles in the western hemisphere. Twenty-five percent of all loggerhead nesting in the U.S. occurs in the Refuge. Researchers have recorded nesting densities of 1,000 nests per mile (625 nests per km) within the ACNWR. Loggerheads are genetically designed for long distance travel. They have long flippers that allow a more powerful stride. A loggerhead that was tagged in Japan was found feeding off the coast of Baja, Mexico. Others have been known to travel from Chile to Alaska. Timeline: The Loggerhead was listed under the ESA on 28 July, 1978 A recovery plan in the Americas was published in September 1984. It was later revised in December 1991. There was a Pacific recovery plan that started on 22 May, 1998. On 16 November, 2007 there was a 90-day finding for a petition to reclassify the Loggerhead turtle in the North Pacific Ocean as a "DPS" with endangered status and to designate critical habitat.

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