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====Additional threats==== Manatees can also be crushed and isolated in water control structures ([[Navigation lock|navigation locks]], [[floodgate]]s, etc.) and are occasionally killed by entanglement in fishing gear, such as [[crab pot]] float lines, box traps, and shark nets.<ref name=iucnWA/> While humans are allowed to swim with manatees in one area of Florida,<ref>[http://www.savethemanatee.org/ta_harassment.htm Help End Manatee Harassment in Citrus County, Florida!] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070430191437/http://www.savethemanatee.org/ta_harassment.htm |date=2007-04-30 }}. Savethemanatee.org. Retrieved on 2011-12-03.</ref> there have been numerous charges of people harassing and disturbing the manatees.<ref>[http://www.sptimes.com/2007/02/11/Citrus/Manatee_abuse_caught_.shtml St. Petersburg Times β Manatee Abuse Caught on Tape] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090601161308/http://www.sptimes.com/2007/02/11/Citrus/Manatee_abuse_caught_.shtml |date=2009-06-01 }}. Sptimes.com. Retrieved on 2011-12-03.</ref> According to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, approximately 99 manatee deaths each year are related to human activities.<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-monarch-butterflies-manatees-populations-20160229-story.html | title = Monarch butterfly, manatee populations are on a big rebound | last = Tribune | first = Chicago | website = chicagotribune.com | date = 29 February 2016 | access-date = 2016-03-01 }}</ref> In January 2016, there were 43 manatee deaths in Florida alone.<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://myfwc.com/media/3401133/January.pdf | title = January 2016 Preliminary Manatee Mortality Table by County | date = January 2016 | access-date = February 20, 2016 | archive-date = March 6, 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160306043012/http://myfwc.com/media/3401133/January.pdf | url-status = dead }}</ref>
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