Officials Say Sea Turtles Declining
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Despite a federal rule changing the type of hooks that longline fishermen may use, the sea turtle population is declining, officials say.
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By Anonymous  In a new report, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA's) National Center for Coastal Ocean Sciences has found a continuing decrease in toxic organic chemicals in mollusks, specifically mussels and oysters, collected at more than 230 sites nationwide.
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Declining populations of common birds could be the harbinger of bigger environmental problems, a study by the National Audubon Society concludes.
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The UK government says that the severe decline in Britain's farmland bird populations is slowing down.
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By DAN JOLING ANCHORAGE, Alaska - America's northern fur seal pup population continues a marked decline this decade, federal biologists reported Friday.
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Hurricane Jeanne destroyed many of the sea turtle nests on Florida's central Atlantic beaches that had survived Charley and Frances, officials said.
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Research shows piranhas are much less aggressive than previously thought, scientists in the UK announce.
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The number of loggerhead turtle nests was substantially lower in 2007 than in past years, according to preliminary numbers from scientists statewide.
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A fresh study indicates that underwater visibility in the Baltic Sea has sharply declined in the past 100 years.
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State conservation officials have proposed setting a 10-week hunting season for snapping turtles, while establishing both size and bag limits to protect the reptile that was named the state turtle last year.
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A report released recently by the National Audubon Society indicates a number of bird species are decreasing in number all over the country.
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The marbled murrelet, a threatened sea bird whose rare trait of nesting in old-growth forests made it a factor in logging battles in the U.S. Northwest, is also declining dramatically in Alaska and Canada, where most of the birds live, according to a U.S. government review.
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The risk a power cut is posing to exotic species at Birmingham's National Sea Life centre has receded, say managers.
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By David Fleshler, South Florida Sun-Sentinel  Jun. 14--MELBOURNE -- The state wildlife commission voted Wednesday to stop issuing permits to developers to bury gopher tortoises alive, ending a 16-year policy that had been criticized as both cruel and a cause of the species' decline.
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The diamondback terrapin, a turtle species that lives on the U.S. east coast, is under siege from Asian gourmets and American developers, but now officials and lawmakers are coming to its rescue.
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Urgent action is needed to prevent further declines in albatross and petrel populations, wildlife groups recommend.
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Wildlife officials should hold off before deciding whether to downgrade the manatee's status from endangered to threatened, Gov. Charlie Crist said Tuesday.