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What is known as "bycatch" is a large contributor to sea turtle deaths, as seen in Baja California. [29] Longline, trawl, [30] and gillnet fishing are three types of fishing with the most sea turtle accidents. Deaths occur often because of drowning, where the sea turtle was ensnared and could not come up for air. [31]
The southern South Asia region has recorded 89 deaths from (primarily hawksbill and green) sea turtle poisoning from 1840 to 1983, mainly in Tamil Nadu and northern and western Sri Lanka. [2] Chelonitoxism can be deadly, and supportive treatment is the only treatment available; there is no known antidote.
Sea turtles tend to live long lives, greater than 70 years, so barnacles do not have to worry about host death. However, mortality in sea turtle barnacles is often driven by their host shedding the scutes on which the barnacle is attached, rather than the death of the sea turtle itself. [161] Secondly, barnacles are suspension feeders. Sea ...
Hundreds of dead, vulnerable sea turtles washed up on South Asian beaches last week near the city of Chennai, India. These turtles were identified as olive ridley turtles, an endangered species ...
Highest turtle deaths in the last two decades. Environmentalists and forest department officials have been seeing at least ten dead turtles every day for the past few days, sometimes much more. It's the highest number officials have seen since 2014, more than 900 olive ridley turtles were found dead along the southern Indian coast.
Government officials on and off the coast say they have intensified their monitoring of illegal fishing since high amounts of dead turtles started washing up onshore. It’s the biggest number of sea turtle deaths since 2014, when over 900 olive ridley turtles were found dead on India’s southern shores. Fishers blame warmer, choppier waters
Sea turtles hit hardest by BP's Gulf of Mexico oil spill will be released today, as BP makes plans to permanently plug its leaking well starting next week. More than 500 sea turtle deaths among ...
The Beebe, Arkansas bird deaths were repeated again on New Year's Eve of the following year, 2011, with the reported number of dead birds being 5,000. [ 14 ] On 3 January 2011, more than five hundred starlings, red-winged blackbirds, and sparrows fell dead in Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana .