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Select Facts About Sea Turtles Hawaii Sea Turtles Snorkeling with Hawaiian Green Sea Turtles Green Sea Turtles Hawksbill Sea Turtles Leatherback Sea Turtles Olive Ridley Sea Turtles Loggerhead Sea Turtles Sea Turtle History Sea Turtle Protection Threats Currently Facing Sea Turtles Sea Turtles References and Links

Threats currently facing sea turtles include: • destruction of coral reef • loss of nesting beaches through human development activities • pollution of the oceans by chemicals and garbage • harvesting of turtles for their shells, leather, and meat • poaching of turtle eggs • death in driftnets, gillnets, longline fishing gear, shrimp trawling nets, and other fishing gear • a mysterious and fatal disease called fibropapilloma, whose cause and cure are still unknown, and which is at epidemic levels in parts of Hawaii and Florida, and other areas of the world. Sea Turtles References and Links Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center National Marine Fisheries Service - Library http://www.pifsc.noaa.gov/library/greenseaturtle.html NOAA The Kid's Times: Green Sea Turtle http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/pdfs/education/kids_times_turtle_green.pdf NOAA Fisheries - Office of Protected Resources - Green Sea Turtle http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/species/turtles/green.htm World Turtle Trust http://world-turtle-trust.org/turtleinfo.html Caribbean Conservation Corporation & Sea Turtle Survival Leaque http://cccturtle.org/species_world.htm Earthtrust - Green Sea Turtles http://www.earthtrust.org/wlcurric/turtles.html