Loggerhead Sea Turtle
(Caretta caretta)
Policy Actions
1975
1976
1978
- US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and NMFS list the loggerhead sea turtle as threatened throughout its range under the ESA (PDF 1,365 kB)
- NMFS proposes critical habitat for the loggerhead sea turtle (PDF 466 kB)
1996
- NMFS completes a status review of endangered and threatened sea turtles including the loggerhead sea turtle (PDF 306 kB)
2003
- NMFS issues a 12-month finding on a petition to reclassify the Northern and Florida Panhandle subpopulations of the loggerhead sea turtle as endangered under the ESA (PDF 68 kB) stating that the action is not warranted because the subpopulations are not distinct population segments
2007
- NMFS is petitioned to reclassify the North Pacific population of loggerhead as endangered under the ESA (PDF 165 kB)
- NMFS completes 5-year review for the loggerhead sea turtle (PDF 1,283 kB)
- NMFS is petitioned to reclassify the Western North Atlantic subpopulations of loggerhead as endangered under the ESA (PDF 259 kB)
- NMFS issues a 90-day finding on the petition to reclassify the North Pacific loggerhead population under the ESA stating that a reclassification may be warranted and initiating a status review (PDF 64 kB)
2008
2009
- NMFS completes status review for the loggerhead sea turtle (PDF 6,290 kB)