Bycatch impacts on the health and conservation of endangered north pacific loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta): turning science into policy

Abstract

At Baja California Sur, México (BCS), the overlap of an important juvenile loggerhead foraging area with intense, local small-scale fisheries results in amongst the highest sea turtle bycatch rates documented globally, which... [ view full abstract ]

Authors

  1. Alonso Aguirre (George Mason University)
  2. Layne Bolen (George Mason University)

Topic Areas

Topics: Conservation/Sustainability , Topics: Infectious Disease , Topics: Reptiles

Session

WED-CD1 » Special Session: Chelonian Disease and Conservation (08:00 - Wednesday, 3rd August, Taverna)