Conservation Status
The loggerhead coexists with people in some of the most urbanized areas of the world. The Atlantic Ocean is its stronghold, where the largest population of about 19,000 turtles chooses to nest in south Florida. Though it has become the world’s most well-known and most studied sea turtle, the loggerhead is still threatened. During their lifetime, they travel and live in the waters of several nations, facing many challenges and threats on their journey. Most loggerhead deaths are attributed to drowning in shrimp nets and being caught as bycatch in longline fishing, a sequence shown in the Turtle: The Incredible Journey.
The recovery of any species is a long process, but scientists say that due to their late age of maturity and the magnitude of the threats the loggerhead’s recovery will be one of the longest. It has become a symbol of the conflict between fishing activities and human development – and of all the sea turtle species around the world.
The loggerhead coexists with people in some of the most urbanized areas of the world. The Atlantic Ocean is its stronghold, where the largest population of about 19,000 turtles chooses to nest in south Florida. Though it has become the world’s most well-known and most studied sea turtle, the loggerhead is still threatened. During their lifetime, they travel and live in the waters of several nations, facing many challenges and threats on their journey. Most loggerhead deaths are attributed to drowning in shrimp nets and being caught as bycatch in longline fishing, a sequence shown in the Turtle: The Incredible Journey.
The recovery of any species is a long process, but scientists say that due to their late age of maturity and the magnitude of the threats the loggerhead’s recovery will be one of the longest. It has become a symbol of the conflict between fishing activities and human development – and of all the sea turtle species around the world.
- Listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
- Listed globally as threatened under the U.S. Endangered Species Act
- ONE in 10,000 hatchlings loggerheads survive their journey around the north Atlantic