Trump administration reopens dangerous 'longline' fishing off California
Source: raw story
Published 1 min ago July 16, 2019
The Pacific leatherback sea turtle, at up to 2,200 pounds the largest turtle on earth, could disappear from our oceans, yet Trump regulators have OK’d a type of fishing that could wipe out the massive animals.
Pacific leatherback sea turtles are one of eight turtle species the Fisheries Service has identified as most at risk of extinction. The number of West Pacific leatherback sea turtles declined about 6% a year from the 1980s through 2011.
An estimated 562 nesting female adults survive now. In 2040, that number is projected to drop to 260 adult females in 2040, so few that leatherbacks likely could not make a comeback.
Despite this, in April the National Marine Fisheries Service issued a two-year permit to allow two boats to fish for swordfish 50 to 200 miles off the coast of California and Oregon using fishing lines with hundreds of baited hooks. The lines, up to 62 miles long, also catch turtles, seals and birds. David Haworth, captain of the Pacific Horizon, and John Gibbs, captain of Southern Horizon, are named in the permit.
“Sea turtles could go extinct if deadly longline fisheries are expanded,” said Todd Steiner, executive director of Turtle Island Restoration Network............................................
Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/2019/07/trump-administration-reopens-dangerous-longline-fishing-off-california/
Just last week #racistTrump callled a press conference to give a long list of his so-called environmental good things he has done-to be used in his campaign (like everything)
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To catch a few swordfish---that can be procured elsewhere--he's going to wipe out an entire endangered species.
I truly hate this horror of a "human being". 
