Delisting the Honu
Our friends at the Sea Turtle Restoration Project join the opposition of the delisting of the Hawaiian green sea turtle: Turtles Face Premature Loss of Protections and Return of Hunting Hawaiian green sea turtle populations have increased steadily since their hunting was banned and they were given federal protections and listed as threatened under the ESA in 1978. However, the Hawaiian honu is far from reaching the official government recovery...