Sea turtle populations have shown remarkable recovery in regions where plastic waste reduction programmes and nesting site protections have been rigorously enforced. New tagging data from the Atlantic reveals juvenile loggerheads are now reaching maturity in greater numbers than at any point in the past three decades.

Yet the crisis is far from over. Single-use plastics continue to entangle and kill thousands of turtles annually. Hear from leading conservationists at OceanConf 2026 about what it takes to scale these successes globally.