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Sea Turtle Glossary

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Dredging

The activity of any of various machines equipped with scooping or suction devices and used to deepen harbors and waterways and in underwater mining. Sea turtles can sometimes be accidentally injured by dredging operations.

WWW References:

• Dredges used in the US
• Turtle deflector

Entered by: Michael Coyne
Modified by: Matthew Godfrey
Entered: 2004-12-13 23:58:51
Last modified: 2005-05-05 19:03:26