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Reducing Bycatch Helps Restore Sea Turtle Populations

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Bycatch—animals accidentally caught while people are fishing for other species—is the biggest threat to sea turtles in the ocean. This project is helping reduce sea turtle bycatch and restoring their populations after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

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Sea Turtles: Is the Future Female?

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Reducing Bycatch Helps Restore Sea Turtle Populations

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