Kemp's ridley sea turtles nest along a single stretch of the Mexican coast in the Gulf of Mexico.In the 1940s, more than 100,000 turtles came ashore to nest in a single day.In the 1980s, only a few hundred were left, and now they are critically endangered.Initially, Kemp's ridleys were hunted for meat and particularly for their eggs, almost all of which were taken.Today, survivors are caught in fishing nets and threatened by pollution.This suggests that the major reason the Kemp's ridley sea turtle is critically endangered is

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The passage states that Kemp's ridley sea turtles were initially hunted for meat and eggs, which led to the taking of almost all their eggs. This implies overharvesting as the major reason for their critical endangerment, as the number of turtles declined drastically from over 100,000 in the 1940s to only a few hundred by the 1980s. While the survivors are now threatened by fishing nets and pollution, it is clear that the overharvesting of the past has had the most significant impact on their current state of endangerment.

Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtles Nest Along a Single Stretch of the Mexican