NOAA Fisheries and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Announce Decision Concerning the Listing of Loggerhead Sea Turtles

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NOAA Fisheries) and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today that the Northern and Florida Panhandle subpopulations of loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) do not warrant reclassification as Distinct Population Segments (DPS) under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).