Pan-Atlantic analysis of the overlap of a highly migratory species, the leatherback turtle, with pelagic longline fisheries

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 281, Issue 1780, 2014, Pages

  Fossette, S ^a,z   Witt, M J ^b   Miller, P ^c   Nalovic, M A ^d,e   Albareda, D ^f,g,h   Almeida, A P ⁱ   Broderick, A C ^b   Chacon Chaverri D ^j   Coyne, M S ^k   Domingo, A ^l   Eckert, S ^m,n   Evans, D ^o   Fallabrino, A ^p   Ferraroli, S ^p   Formia, A ^q   Giffoni, B ^r   Hays, G C ^a,s   Hughes, G ^p   Kelle, L ^t   Leslie, A ^u   Lopez Mendilaharsu M ^p,r   Luschi, P ^v   Prosdocimi, L ^h,w   Rodriguez Heredia, S ^h,x   Turny, A ^t   Verhage, S ^y   Godley, B J ^b   more..

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c Centro de Investigación   (Uruguay)

^d VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^e Port de Pêche du Larivot ^*  (United States)

^f Aquamarina   (Argentina)

^g Programa de Conservación y Rescate de Aves Rapaces   (Argentina)

^h Conservation of Argentina ^*  (Argentina)

ⁱ ICMBio Reserva Biológica de Comboios   (Brazil)

^j Asociación LAST   (Costa Rica)

^k SEATURTLEORG   (United States)

^l Direccion Nacional de Recursos Acuaticos   (Uruguay)

^m WIDECAST   (United States)

ⁿ Principia College   (United States)

^o Sea Turtle Conservancy   (United States)

^p Rue Victor Hugo ^*  (South Africa)

^q WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^r Projeto TAMAR and Fundação Pró TAMAR   (Brazil)

^s DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^t WWF Guianas   (French Guiana)

^u WWF INTERNATIONAL   (Switzerland)

^v UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^w UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^x Fundación Mundo Marino   (Argentina)

^y WWF Gabon   (Gabon)

^z NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

Incidental capture; International collaboration; Marine protected area; Marine vertebrate; Mitigation; Satellite tracking

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BYCATCH; DATA SET; EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE; LONGLINING; MIGRATION; MIGRATORY SPECIES; MITIGATION; PELAGIC FISHERY; PROTECTED AREA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TRACKING; TURTLE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84893652948     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2013.3065     Document Type: Article

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