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1.Salt Marsh Citizen: The Diamondback Terrapin by Spence, Lundie Coastwatch Vol. Issue , Spring 1998
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3678
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Being a gourmet delicacy brought the diamondback turtle to near extinction by the beginning of the 20th-century. The turtle still faces and uncertain future at the century's end through habitat loss and death in gill nets and crab pots.
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4606
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The diamondback turtle has survived for thousands of years, but the 19th- and 20th centuries challenged its existence. In the 19th-century, over-harvesting depleted fisheries to satisfy gourmet tastes for turtle meat. In the 20th-century, lost crab pots entrap and kill the turtles, while sprawling coastal development destroys its habitat. It is this loss of habitat that threatens the diamondback most in the 21st-century.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 64 Issue 2, Feb 2000,
p10-15, il
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17735
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Managing fishery populations with increased demand for seafood often led to the near extinction of species. Specifically in the Pamlico Sound the diamondback terrapin was in such demand the animal was nearly driven to extinction by the early 20th-century. In northern cities of Philadelphia, Baltimore, and New York the meat was prized as a delicacy which drove profits for the state's fishermen and led to the near extinction before regulations restricted turtle harvesting.
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