The loggerhead sea turtle taken in by the Birch Aquarium at Scripps. Photo courtesy the aquarium Large-mesh drift gillnet fishing has been temporarily banned in a loggerhead turtle conservation area off the southern California coast in order to give the endangered species a chance to travel to the region to feed. The National Marine Fisheries Service announced the closure would run from June 1, 2024 through August 31, 2024, citing El Niño conditions affecting the Pacific Loggerhead Conservation Area in the Southern California Bight, which runs from Santa Barbara to just south of the U.S.-Mexico border. Warmer waters off the coast have created conditions favorable to pelagic red cr
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