Species/Hawksbill sea turtle
Hawksbill sea turtle
Eretmochelys imbricata
CRCritically Endangered
- Range
- Tropical oceans worldwide
- Population
- Populations down more than 80% over three generations
- Trend
- decreasing
- Last assessed
- 2008
Hunted for jewelry. The shell is still sold, legally in some places, illegally in most.
A personal ornament should not be a species.
Threats
- Tortoiseshell trade
- Bycatch
- Nest-beach development
- Climate on sex ratios
What you can do
Refuse tortoiseshell, always
If it looks like amber plastic with mottling, ask. Then don’t.