Record #:

3678

Author(s):

Spence, Lundie

Abstract:

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.

Source:

Coastwatch (NoCar QH 91 A1 N62x), Vol. Issue , Spring 1998, p32-33, il

Subject(s):

Diamondback terrapin