Red List Assessments

Marine Turtle Red List Assessments

The seven sea turtle species are currently assessed as follows. You can learn more about the MTSG’s Red Listing process here.

Loggerhead (Caretta caretta)

• Global (Vulnerable)

  • Mediterranean Subpopulation: Least Concern

  • North East Atlantic Subpopulation: Endangered

  • North East Indian Ocean Subpopulation: Critically Endangered

  • North Pacific Ocean Subpopulation: Least Concern

  • North West Atlantic Ocean Subpopulation: Least Concern

  • North West Indian Ocean Subpopulation: Critically Endangered

  • South East Indian Ocean Subpopulation: Near Threatened

  • South Pacific Ocean Subpopulation: Critically Endangered

  • South West Atlantic Subpopulation: Least Concern

  • South West Indian Ocean Subpopulation: Near Threatened

Green (Chelonia mydas)

• Global: Endangered

  • Hawaiian (Central Pacific Ocean) Subpopulation: Least Concern

  • North Indian Ocean Subpopulation: Vulnerable

  • South Atlantic Ocean Subpopulation: Least Concern

Leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea)

• Global: Vulnerable

  • East Pacific Ocean Subpopulation: Critically Endangered 

  • Northeast Indian Ocean Subpopulation: Data Deficient

  • Northwest Atlantic Ocean Subpopulation: Endangered

  • Southeast Atlantic Ocean Subpopulation: Data Deficient

  • Southwest Atlantic Ocean Subpopulation: Critically Endangered

  • Southwest Indian Ocean Subpopulation: Critically Endangered

  • West Pacific Ocean Subpopulation: Critically Endangered

Hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricata)

• Global: Critically Endangered

Kemp’s Ridley (Lepidochelys kempii)

• Global: Critically Endangered 

Olive Ridley (Lepidochelys olivacea)

• Global: Vulnerable 

Flatback (Natator depressus)

• Global: Data Deficient