Adult and juvenile green turtles live are generally found nearshore as well as in bays and lagoons, on reefs, and especially in areas with seagrass beds
Yellow Tangs & Green Sea Turtles have a mutualistic relationship
Barnacles & Green Sea Turtles have a parasitic relationship
Anthropogenic Threats: fishing gear entanglement; illegal trade of eggs, meat, and shells; global warming; ocean pollution; plastic and other debris in the ocean
Environmental Threats: predators (raccoons, crabs, ants, birds, and sharks)
All green turtle populations are listed as either endangered or threatened under the Endangered Species Act
The Endangered Species Act- The listing of a species as endangered makes it illegal for any person under U.S. jurisdiction to "take" that species, meaning harass, pursue, hunt, shoot, wound, kill, trap, capture, collect, or attempt to harm a species...
... It is also illegal to import, export, or transport and sell endangered species
The Green Sea Turtles being placed under this act is benfical due to the fact that harming or killing them is illegal, but it still doesn't completely prevent them from being hurt