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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 ...

which serve as an important refuge for manatees during the winter. "Federal and state agencies have made the effort to mitigate the loss of warm-water habitat in Florida by providing regulatory ...

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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.