Sea Turtle Bycatch Mitigation in U.S. Longline Fisheries

Sea Turtle Bycatch Mitigation in U.S. Longline Fisheries

Capture of sea turtles in longline fisheries has been implicated in population declines of loggerhead (Caretta caretta) and leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea) turtles. Since 2004, United States (U.S.) longline vessels targeting swordfish and tunas in the Pacific and regions in the Atlantic Ocean hav...

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Main Authors: Yonat Swimmer, Alexis Gutierrez, Keith Bigelow, Caren Barceló, Barbara Schroeder, Kenneth Keene, Keith Shattenkirk, Daniel G. Foster
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
Subjects:
sea turtles
longline fishing
observer data
statistical models
bycatch reduction
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmars.2017.00260/full

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