Report of the Sea Turtle Longline Fishery Post-release Mortality Workshop, November 15-16, 2011 (open access)

Report of the Sea Turtle Longline Fishery Post-release Mortality Workshop, November 15-16, 2011

This report produces the results of a workshop held by the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS). This workshop was meant to review information to determine if the current NMFS' criteria should be modified, objectives including the review of the current NMFS' criteria for sea turtle post-release mortality estimates; to identify, review, and assess relevant research conducted after the 2004 expert workshop; and to discuss the potential effects of hook design and size on injury and mortality.
Date: August 2012
Creator: Swimmer, Yonat & Gilman, Eric
System: The UNT Digital Library