Millions of Sea Turtles Killed Accidentally?

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Sea Turtle Hatchling

Photograph courtesy Russell A. Mittermeier, Conservation International

Most sea turtles in the world are hatchlings or juveniles, such as this olive ridley sea turtle seen on a beach in Indonesia in an undated photo.

Sea turtle infant mortality is very high, but that's due more to predation–both in and out of the water–than to fishing equipment.

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Home Stretch

Photograph courtesy Brian Hutchinson, Conservation International

A leatherback sea turtle returns to the sea in Trinidad and Tobago in an undated photo.

"Our generation has grown up to know sea turtles, and our kids should be able to," study leader Wallace said. But within the next couple of generations, the world may be bereft of the creatures, unless we learn to fish "as responsible stewards for the world," he said.

In addition to fisheries management, sea turtle conservation efforts need to be directed at other threats to the species, such as habitat destruction, the National Fisheries Institute's Gibbons said.