Distribution and population:

• Rookeries (FAO )
  1. Florida, Georgia and South Carolina, USA
  2. Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico and Columbia
  3. Cuba
  4. Brazil
  5. Mediterranean:
     • Greece
     • Turkey
     • Syria
     • Libya
     • Tunisia
  6. Masirah, Oman
  7. Tongaland, South Africa
  8. Ryukyu and Japan Archipelago
  9. Western Australia:
     • Shark Bay and Barrow Island
  10. Eastern Australia:
      • Queensland
      • Crab and Swain Reef Islands
      • Mon Repos-Bundaberg Island
      • Capricorn Island
      • Wreck Island
• Range:(FAO)
  • Widely distributed in coastal and subtropical waters.
  • Wanders into temperate waters.
  • One specimen captured in Barents sea.
• Population:(Ripple)
  • Masirah, Oman has 30,000 females
  • According to the Website - Turtle Trax, a 1990 study showed that the S.E. of the US recorded 50-70,000 nests which they estimate is 30-40% of the world population of loggerehads.
  • Decline in Australian rookeries (Limpus and Reimer 1994)
  • Florida populations stable.
  • South African doubled since early 1960s (Hughes 1989).

References used in distribution maps and population estimations. Agardy, T., Last Voyage of the Ancient Mariner p30-37, BBC Wildlife December 1992, Bjorndal, Karen A. (Editor), Biology and Conservation of Sea Turtles - (Smithsonian) 1995. (ISBN 1-56098-619-0) The FAO Species , Catalogue Vol.11. Sea Turtles of the World, 1990. (ISBN 92-5-102891-5) Lutz , P. L. and Musick, J. A., The Biology of Sea Turtles - (Marine Science Series )1996. (ISBN 0-8493-8422-2) National Research Council, Decline of the Sea Turtles , 1990. (ISBN 1-900455-005) Proceedings of the 15th Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, 1995. Proceedings of the 18th Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, 1998. Ripples, Jeff Sea Turtles: (World Life Library) 1996. (ISBN 0-309-04247-X