NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service - Northwest Region

ESA-Listed Marine Turtles
Under the jurisdiction of NOAA Fisheries Service that may occur off Washington & Oregon:

  • Leatherback Sea Turtle (E), Dermochelys coriacea
  • Loggerhead Sea Turtle (T), Caretta caretta
  • Green Sea Turtle (E), Chelonia mydas
  • Olive Ridley Sea Turtle (E), Lepidochelys olivacea

Sightings and strandings of these animals are very rare, and there are no
breeding beaches in the Northwest Region.

(E) = Endangered
(T) = Threatened

 
 
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