Black sea turtle
Chelonia agassizii

Threats to survival:

Accidental capture by fishing activities	Animal predation	Human predation due to meat consumption

• The species is still reasonably common in Central America, and is no longer fished industrially since most countries are signatories of CITES.
• Accidentaly caught with Olive Ridley sea turtles in shrimping nets and shark nets.
• Still taken in traditional subsistence fisheries.

This section is dealt with in a later section under threats.