Fish and Wildlife Service Employee tagging Loggerhead Turtle

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Hollingsworth, John and Karen/USFWS

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FWS biologist tags an endangered Loggerhead Turtle. The Atlantic Loggerheads were listed as threatened on July 28, 1978. Their populations declined due to incidental capture in shrimp trawls, loss of habitat due to coastal development, artificial light o
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Resource management
Reptiles
Endangered and/or Threatened species