Estimated magnitude of sea turtle interactions in U.S. bottom trawl gear, 2019-2023

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• Personal Author:
  Precoda, Kristin ; Murray, Kimberly
• Corporate Authors:
  Northeast Fisheries Science Center (U.S.) ; Integrated Statistics.
• NOAA Program & Office:
  NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service) ; NEFSC (Northeast Fisheries Science Center)
• Description:
  This paper reports total estimated interactions and mortalities of loggerhead (Caretta caretta), Kemp’s ridley (Lepidochelys kempii), and leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea) sea turtles in bottom otter trawl gear operating in the U.S. Mid-Atlantic and Georges Bank regions from 2019-
  
  2023.
• Series:
  Northeast Fisheries Science Center reference document 24-08
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.25923/3rwn-xh03
• Format:
  PDF
• Publisher:
  NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service ; NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service Northeast Fisheries Science Center
• Document Type:
  Reference Document
• Place as Subject:
  Mid-Atlantic Bight ; Georges Bank
• License:
  https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
• Rights Information:
  CC0 Public Domain
• Compliance:
  Submitted
• Download URL:
  https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/66136/noaa_66136_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.21 MB]
• Collection(s):
  National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:d68bd4d3f7e44d00e3cfeabec478e22197d31413624c58b383f71b9b1abeb1d3b9786a79815986c2df9e1be2935bd0a42ba6c56d47276420fe7d12bf85965d80