BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. — The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is reporting a record population growth for many types of sea turtles, including an endangered species.
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The Kemp’s ridley sea turtle is listed as critically endangered.
It’s the rarest of all sea turtles and, so far this year, 22 have nested along Cape Canaveral.
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That’s up from 10 last year.
FWC estimates there are fewer than 1,000 Kemp’s ridley sea turtles nesting in the entire world.
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