Loggerhead sea turtle lawsuit

Conservation groups have sued the Obama administration in San Francisco to protect the habitat of the loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta), a long-migrating, 250-pound reptile that is being depleted by fishing and water pollution. The government placed the Pacific loggerhead on the endangered-species list in September 2011 and was legally required to designate critical habitat within a year, said the suit, filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court. The Pacific turtles swim 7,000 miles between nesting areas in Japan and feeding grounds off Southern California and Mexico, and occasionally venture into Bay Area waters. The suit also seeks habitat protection for the Atlantic loggerhead, which nests in Florida and is listed as a threatened species.

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