In 2016, NOAA Fisheries and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service divided green sea turtles into 11 distinct population segments and reclassified two endangered breeding populations, in Florida and along the Pacific Coast of Mexico.
Sources
- Recovery of Endangered and Threatened Species | NOAA Fisheries (fisheries.noaa.gov)
- https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2016/04/06/2016-07587/endangered-and-threatened-wildlife-and-plants-final-rule-to-list-eleven-distinct-population-segments (federalregister.gov)
- https://www.fws.gov/press-release/2016-04/conservation-efforts-florida-pacific-coast-green-sea-turtles-working-agencies (fws.gov)
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