Leatherback sea turtle populations are declining in the Pacific Ocean but recovering in the Atlantic Ocean.
Notes on verification
Confirmed by IUCN Red List, NOAA Fisheries, and peer-reviewed studies (PNAS) showing consistent regional divergence in leatherback turtle population trends between Pacific and Atlantic Oceans.
Sources
- 5 Winners and Losers on New “Red List” of World's Rarest ... (nationalgeographic.com)
- https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/species/leatherback-turtle (fisheries.noaa.gov)
- https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/46967827/46967830 (iucnredlist.org)
- https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2001525118 (pnas.org)