Food, Crafts, and Cosmetics: Humans and the Sea Turtle
Significant Impacts On These Species Through Direct Use of Their Meat, Eggs, Skin, and Shells
Out of seven species of sea turtles, six are internationally listed as endangered, a fact credited to either direct or secondary environmental disturbances caused by human behavior. Notwithstanding, although threats to these creatures are currently largely ancillary in terms of by-catch, pollution etc, historically humans have had significant impacts on these species through direct use of their meat, eggs, skin, and shells – something which still takes place today across large geographical areas.