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On one of our visits to Florida, we saw areas of the beach staked out with caution ribbon and signs that read, ‘Sea Turtle Nest’. After speaking to one of the volunteers from the Sea Turtle Conservation, we were told that only one in a thousand hatchlings survive. The turtle’s lay their nest from May to October and 90% of all sea turtle nesting’s take place in Florida. These nests are protected by state and federal law.There are several species of turtles that are classified as threatened or endangered. Over the centuries the demand for turtle meat, eggs, shell, leather and oil has greatly reduced their numbers. Thousands of sea turtles drown in shrimp trawls and other fishing gear and others die from pollutants or from swallowing trash mistaken for food.