Sea Turtle Conservation And The Shrimp Industry

Looking at major regulations on endangered species, air pollution and fisheries conservation, this book determines which one the US has attempted to internationalize and how successful this has been. It underlines the importance of regulated industries in the creation of environmental policy.

This is the eBook version of the printed book. If the print book includes a CD-ROM, this content is not included within the eBook version. Inside one of this generation's greatest environmental wars: Can endangered turtles and endangered shrimpers both survive?The great ponderous sea turtle has become a symbol of the world's environmental conflict, of uncaring pollution and humans' disregard for other forms of life. They drown in our fishing nets, are sucked up by dredges, ground into turtle burger, chopped up by boat propellers, and blown to bits when obsolete oil rigs are detonated ... If you liked this Element, read more from Jack and Anne Rudloe, including Shrimp: The Endless Quest for Pink Gold (ISBN: 9780137009725). Available in print and digital formats.