Key Loggerhead Habitat Areas

On November 15, 2007, Oceana and the Center for Biological Diversity  petitioned the federal government asking it to uplist loggerhead sea turtles from "threatened" to "endangered" under the Endangered Species Act and to protect the key habitat areas for these sea turtles from human impacts. Currently, the loggerhead is listed as threatened and does not have any critical habitat designated for protection under the Endangered Species Act. As demonstrated by the examples below, there are numerous locations along the Atlantic coast that are key habitat areas for this species and they need to be protected.