Almost all spices of sea turtle are filed under endangered. Turtles are killed for their eggs, shells, skin and meat. Some times the skin and shell are used for jewelry, sunglasses, instruments and wall hangings. Statistics show that 4,600 are killed each year, come on people have you no shame! A big reason that helps that number grow is long line fishing and trawling. long line fishing is when boats cast out long lines in hope that they catch what they want but the problem is that other species get tangled in them and die. Trawling is when boats drag a net the size of 13 jumbo jets behind them and if they catch some thing that is not what they are looking for then they throw them over the side of the boat and are left to die.