The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
(FWS) should develop a national plan to assess sea turtle populations, improve
the coordination of collecting data and sharing it with other organizations, and
establish an external review of the data and models used to estimate the current
sea turtle population and predict future population levels. Which we all need desperately. The biggest obstacle to assessing the status of sea turtle populations is that we know little about key characteristics of these creatures, such as what size
they are at different ages, the average proportion of turtles that will survive
through each year, and their growth rates. Long lifespans and wide-ranging migrations over different habitats make sea turtles difficult to monitor. But that info was from 3 years ago and the problem is still underway. We will just see in the future.
(FWS) should develop a national plan to assess sea turtle populations, improve
the coordination of collecting data and sharing it with other organizations, and
establish an external review of the data and models used to estimate the current
sea turtle population and predict future population levels. Which we all need desperately. The biggest obstacle to assessing the status of sea turtle populations is that we know little about key characteristics of these creatures, such as what size
they are at different ages, the average proportion of turtles that will survive
through each year, and their growth rates. Long lifespans and wide-ranging migrations over different habitats make sea turtles difficult to monitor. But that info was from 3 years ago and the problem is still underway. We will just see in the future.