In 2016, NOAA Fisheries and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service divided green sea turtles into 11 distinct population segments and reclassified two endangered breeding populations, in Florida and along the Pacific Coast of Mexico.
Notes on verification
Confirmed by NOAA, FWS, and Federal Register documentation of the 2016 rule dividing green sea turtles into 11 distinct population segments and downgrading Florida and Pacific Mexico breeding populations from endangered to threatened. [tier=bronze indep_score=0.539 clusters=2 claim_tier=notable]
Sources
- Recovery of Endangered and Threatened Species | NOAA Fisheries (seed:environment_and_wildlife)
- https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2016/04/06/2016-07587/endangered-and-threatened-wildlife-and-plants-final-rule-to-list-eleven-distinct-population-segments (corroboration)
- https://www.fws.gov/press-release/2016-04/conservation-efforts-florida-pacific-coast-green-sea-turtles-working-agencies (corroboration)