"For sea turtles, fisheries bycatch is the most serious, acute threat to the persistence of their populations,"
"Anywhere from 5 to 20 pounds of bycatch -- turtles, fish, mammals, invertebrates, coral -- is removed from the ocean to catch enough for just a pound of shrimp,"
Read more about it here
We are taking this opportunity to urge you to help us in helping the turtles! Visit the Turtle Conservation Center today! You can help in buying the merchandise, or adopt one of the terrapins!
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