A leatherback turtle in Trinidad.AP Meanwhile ... Sea turtles were protected under the U.S. Endangered Species Act of 1973, and Mexico banned all captures of sea turtles in 1990.

Sea turtles were protected under the U.S. Endangered Species Act of 1973 ... by the Oceanic Society shows a leatherback turtle in Trinidad in 2007. Credit: Roderic Mast/Oceanic Society via ...