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A record 154 young Florida manatees died before reaching one year of age in 2024, including more than half of the 100 ...

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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed to maintain the "threatened" classification for Florida manatees, rejecting calls from environmental groups to reclassify them as "endangered.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has decided not to reclassify Florida manatees as endangered, despite ongoing high mortality rates caused by starvation, boat strikes and habitat loss.

A record 1,100 Florida manatees died in 2021 ... Monday's proposal did not sufficiently take into account long-term risks to habitat, Rose said. The federal government lists species as endangered ...

The federal agency said seagrasses in the Indian River Lagoon are rebounding, and that gains in the Florida manatee’s population and habitat meant it did not fit the definition of endangered.

Normally found around Florida, manatees migrate along the East Coast ... Along with boat strikes, loss of habitat along waterways to development and declining water quality, especially algal ...

Florida manatees are typically larger and heavier ... Both species face significant threats including seagrass and habitat loss, watercraft collisions, coastal development, human interactions ...