Sea Turtles

Tampa Bay’s Vibrant Marine Community: A Possible Home for the IAC Secretariat

The Tampa Bay area contains an outstanding assortment of agencies, universities, and organizations that are devoted to sea turtle protection and research.  In fact, St. Petersburg’s Bayboro Harbor Scientific Research District is the largest marine science community in the southeastern United States.  The bay itself is Florida’s largest open-water estuary, encompassing almost 400 square miles

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The Inter-American Convention for the Protection and Conservation of Sea Turtles

In 1994, understanding the threats to sea turtle life were ever increasing, a small group of representative countries decided to make an effort to protect and preserve sea turtles and this seminal group, named the IAC, knew they would require the cooperation of a variety of coastal American countries. In May of 2001, the Convention

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