Mastodawn

Why was the Leatherback downgraded to Vulnerable when populations are still dropping? The Pacific's reality is drowning in global averages. Are these rules protecting nature, or the economy? Unmonitored fishing relies on self-reporting. What captain actually confesses to killing a turtle? We need real structural change, not band-aids. (Open toggles in the blog for English!)

11年後のレッドリスト｜オサガメ：平均の影で、太平洋が沈む【IUCNレッドリスト比較】

今回は、オサガメ（学名：Dermochelys coriacea）を守るための「構造」と「仕組み」の話です。2014年の図鑑では、漂うプラスチックを食べてしまって消化不良になることなどが、世界中のオサガメの命を脅かす要因だとされていて、評価は「CR：深刻な危機」でした。ところが最新のレッドリストでは、個体数は減少中（Decreasing）と書かれているのに、ランクは「VU：危急」へ下がっています。だからオサガメは今も、「平均の影で、太平洋が沈む」そんな状態なんだと思います。この記事は短くて、5分で読めます。よかったら最後まで読んでください。

11年後のレッドリスト｜2014年→2025年：IUCNレッドリスト比較

UberZeitgeist Jul 11, 2025

New turtle sea-seeks
Hatchling finding its own way
Wide ocean awaits

#Haiku #OneHaikuADay #WritersCollective #writingcommunity #BackToHaiku #Seasons #Summer #July #Beach #Ocean #Atlantic #Coast #Carolina #Sun #Sand #Waves #Water #Sea #Seacoast #Vacation #Turtle #Leatherback #TurtleWatch #Edisto

July 11, 2025

Nevis Island Jun 5, 2025

On #Nevis, they return. #Hawksbill, Green, and #Leatherback #turtles, critically endangered, rise from the sea in the dead of night to lay the future into the earth. They’ve been doing it for millennia. And for seven weeks this summer, you can walk alongside them. https://www.caribjournal.com/2025/06/01/caribbean-luxury-resort-turtle-season/

Nevis Island Feb 22, 2025

Sea Turtle Species of Nevis. #SeaTurtles

#Leatherback Sea Turtle off the coast of #Nevis.

Nevis Island Feb 22, 2025

Sea Turtle Species of Nevis. #SeaTurtles

#Leatherback Sea Turtle hatchling on a #Nevis beach.

UberZeitgeist Jul 12, 2024

Avast, stormy seas
Leatherback turtles manage
Those eggs need nested

#Haiku #OneHaikuADay #WritersCollective #writingcommunity #BackToHaiku #Weather #Heat #Sun #Summer #Sand #Sandy #Beach #Hot #Sol #July #SouthCarolina #Edisto #Family #Turtle #TurtleWatch #Leatherback #LeatherbackTurtle #EdistoBeach #EdistoIsland #Cowpens #JeremyCay

July 12, 2024

Manly Blog Mar 20, 2024

Two endangered leatherback turtles were freed from shark nets off Sydney's Northern Beaches in one day.

"At least 51 beaches in NSW are meshed between September and April to protect swimmers from sharks. Councils have called for shark nets to be replaced with alternatives that do not harm marine life... Around 90 per cent of the animals caught in nets were not target species.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-20/two-leatherback-turtles-freed-from-nets-northern-beaches/
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#leatherback #turtles #entanglement #Manly #DeeWhy EndangeredSpecies #SharkNets #collateral

NeoRenfield Mar 16, 2024

Join me in speaking up for whale-safe fishing gear: tell NOAA Fisheries to support the widespread adoption of pop-up fishing gear, an alternative to commercial fishing gear that could save the lives of marine animals.
https://act.biologicaldiversity.org/YX7RovMuz0eLjH0trXrTWw2 (Center for Biological Diversity) #wildlife #conservation #biological #diversity #marine #MarineLife #ocean #life #whales #leatherback #SeaTurtles

Speak Up for Whale-Safe Fishing Gear

Each year hundreds of thousands of sea creatures get caught in commercial fishing gear lines, which can starve, wound, suffocate and even drown them. Thankfully, there’s a solution that will protect whales and sea turtles from getting tangled: pop-up fishing gear. Take action.

Ottermarie Dec 10, 2023

You know what can help the Eastern Pacific's leatherback #seaturtle ? Expanding conservation investments beyond places like Costa Rica. There is potential for impact in El Salvador. At one beach there, there have been 3 nests in the first month of the season. #conservation #leatherback