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Book Fauna Palaestina 4 Year 2014 By Prof Dr Norman Ali Bassam Khalaf von Jaffa ISBN 978-9950-383-77-7

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the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans and the Mediterranean<br />

Sea (Wikipedia).<br />

In the Atlantic Ocean, the greatest concentration of loggerheads is<br />

along the southeastern coast of North America and in the Gulf of<br />

Mexico. Very few loggerheads are found along the European and<br />

African coastlines. Florida is the most popular nesting site, with<br />

more than 67,000 nests built per year. Nesting extends as far north<br />

as Virginia, as far south as Brazil, and as far east as the Cape<br />

Verde Islands. The Cape Verde Islands are the only significant<br />

nesting site on the eastern side of the Atlantic. Loggerheads found<br />

in the Atlantic Ocean feed from Canada to Brazil (Wikipedia).<br />

The Loggerhead Sea Turtle is caught in the fishing net on the coast of<br />

Gaza, State of Palestine. 28.08.2013. Photo by Ihab Fasfous (Dunya Al<br />

Watan, 2013).<br />

In the Indian Ocean, loggerheads feed along the coastlines of<br />

Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, and in the Arabian Sea. Along the<br />

African coastline, loggerheads nest from Mozambique's Bazaruto<br />

Archipelago to South Africa's St. Lucia estuary. The largest Indian<br />

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