Entangled leatherback sea turtle adds to commercial Dungeness crabbing fleet’s woes and delays season
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The recent loss of a critically endangered Pacific leatherback sea turtle found ensnared in derelict crabbing gear near the Farallon Islands is considered the “worst case scenario” for a collapsing turtle population and the Dungeness crab fishery.