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...
Main Authors: | Yonat Swimmer, Alexis Gutierrez, Keith Bigelow, Caren Barceló, Barbara Schroeder, Kenneth Keene, Keith Shattenkirk, Daniel G. Foster |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2017-08-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Marine Science |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmars.2017.00260/full |
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