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It’s great to hear that 2008 was a great year for loggerhead turtle nest sightings – 3x better than 2004 sightings – but it’s still a far cry from previous highs. The Marine Turtle Conservation Program website has lots of data if you want more information.

Meanwhile, SeaTurtle.org shows Charleston County has the most stranded turtle nests in SC (possibly due to it’s long coastline), and most of those were loggerheads:

	Loggerhead	Green	Kemp’s Ridley	Leatherback	Hawksbill	No ID	Total
Beaufort	6	2	9	1	0	0	18
Charleston	37	3	11	2	0	0	53
Colleton	1	1	2	0	0	1	5
Georgetown	10	4	3	0	0	1	18
Horry	20	0	2	1	0	1	24
Jasper	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	74	10	27	4	0	3	118

The main threat to adult loggerhead turtles is shrimp trawls & crab fishing nets, and shrimp trawls threaten Kemp’s Ridley turtles too.

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