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Report of the Workshop on Marine Turtle Longline Post-Interaction Mortality



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  • Personal Author:
    Ryder, Cheryl E. ; Conant, Therese A. ; Schroeder, Barbara A.
  • Corporate Authors:
    United States. National Marine Fisheries Service. Office of Protected Resources
  • NOAA Program & Office:
    NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service) ; NEFSC (Northeast Fisheries Science Center)
  • Description:
    The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Office of Protected Resources (OPR), was charged with conducting a review of the NMFS post-hooking mortality criteria, established in February 2001, and determining whether, and if so, how, those criteria should be modified. As part of this review, OPR convened a Workshop on Marine Turtle Longline Post-Interaction Mortality (Workshop) in Bethesda, Maryland on 15-16 January 2004. Seventeen experts in the areas of sea turtle biology, sea turtle anatomy/physiology, sea turtle veterinary medicine, sea turtle satellite telemetry, and longline gear deployment participated in the workshop. Consideration of the workshop discussion, along with a comprehensive review of all of the information available on the issue, led OPR to establish revised post-hooking interaction mortality criteria. Despite the refinement of the criteria, knowledge of the effects of sea turtle interactions with longline gear remains limited and is unlikely to be elucidated further in ways that will be particularly relevant to sea turtle recovery. What is certain is that reducing sea turtle interactions with longline gear is necessary for the long-term survival and recovery of these highly migratory species. A summary of the key changes to the 2001 criteria follows.
  • Series:
    NOAA technical memorandum NMFS-OPR ; 29
  • Document Type:
    Technical Memorandum
  • Place as Subject:
    United States
  • Rights Information:
    Public Domain
  • Compliance:
    Submitted
  • Download URL:
    https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/23893/noaa_23893_DS1.pdf
  • File Type:
    Filetype[PDF - 4.65 MB]
  • Collection(s):
    National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)
  • Main Document Checksum:
    urn:sha-512:b72ab086de46d58a86b1f26d92605947d182533e375e5bfa8229cf170872b2443e89fbc0c61a11cf14061604284e0c7d4e80fcab5535c6ba8c7219cd8c92bb08
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