Conservationists suspect fishing nets, increased tourism for sea turtle deaths in Bangladesh - EnviroLink Network

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Conservationists suspect fishing nets, increased tourism for sea turtle deaths in Bangladesh - EnviroLink Network

Within only a couple of weeks during their breeding season, more than 100 olive ridley turtles were found dead at Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar Beach. Conservationists blame the indiscriminate use of fishing nets as one of the major reasons behind the incident. Bangladesh is host to five out of seven sea turtle species: olive ridley turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea), green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas), hawksbill turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata), loggerh