NEW REVIEW SUGGESTS THAT THE illegal exploitation of sea turtles has significantly declined in the past two decades. Drawing, estimates that over 1.1 million marine turtles – mostly greens and hawksbills – were hunted illegally between 1990 and 2020 for their meat, eggs, shells, skin and other bodyparts. However, the numbers taken per year have fallen from 61,000 in the 2000s to 44,000 in the 2010s, a decrease of 28 per cent.
