Article from Sea Turtles Restoration Project at seaturtles.org
Sign the Petition - Stop Loggerhead Drownings from the Gulf Bottom Longline Fishery
Our collective Action closed the deadly Bottom Longline Fishery last year, but now the US Fisheries Service is proposing to re-open it. The horrible drowning deaths of loggerhead sea turtles on longline hooks in the Gulf of Mexico could being again, even as their nesting populations continue a major decline. NOAA Proposes MORE Loggerhead Deaths They will accept 1,152 loggerhead incidental takes and 631 dead loggerheads over the next three years, but we will not! Florida loggerhead nesting populations have declined more than 40 percent over the past decade, and 2009 was the fourth lowest nesting year on record, even with the emergency closure of the bottom longline fishery Action must be taken NOW! Comments are due before March 1, 2010. Click the PETITION link and sign and then Magnify YOUR Impact by sharing this Action Alert on Facebook and telling your friends to join our campaign!PETITION TO STOP DROWNING OF LOGGERHEAD SEA TURTLES Never seen a Loggerhead Sea Turtle in action? Take a look at this great video by reef-rescue.org
Our collective Action closed the deadly Bottom Longline Fishery last year, but now the US Fisheries Service is proposing to re-open it. The horrible drowning deaths of loggerhead sea turtles on longline hooks in the Gulf of Mexico could being again, even as their nesting populations continue a major decline. NOAA Proposes MORE Loggerhead Deaths They will accept 1,152 loggerhead incidental takes and 631 dead loggerheads over the next three years, but we will not! Florida loggerhead nesting populations have declined more than 40 percent over the past decade, and 2009 was the fourth lowest nesting year on record, even with the emergency closure of the bottom longline fishery Action must be taken NOW! Comments are due before March 1, 2010. Click the PETITION link and sign and then Magnify YOUR Impact by sharing this Action Alert on Facebook and telling your friends to join our campaign! PETITION TO STOP DROWNING OF LOGGERHEAD SEA TURTLES Never seen a Loggerhead Sea Turtle in action? Take a look at this great video by reef-rescue.org 