Protected Species Conservation Library

Turtles - Seabirds
Biological Opinions
Combined Protected Species Documents
Other Protected Species Documents
International Fishers Forum
 

Turtles

Peer-reviewed Publications:

• Gilman et al. 2009: Mitigating Sea Turtle By-catch in Coastal Passive Net Fisheries. Fish and Fisheries, 11, 57-88.
• Gilman et al. 2006: Efficacy and Commercial Viability of Regulations Designed to Reduce Sea Turtle Interactions in the Hawaii-Based Longline Swordfish Fishery. Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council, Honolulu, HI, USA.
• Gilman et al. 2006: Reducing Sea Turtle By-catch in Pelagic Longline Fisheries (532KB pdf)
• Largacha et al. 2005: Working with the Ecuadorian Fishing Community to Reduce the Mortality of Sea Turtles in Longline Fisheries (2MB pdf)
• Balazs and Chaloupka 2004: Thirty-year Recovery Trend in the Once Depleted Hawaiian Green Sea Turtle Stock. Biological Conservation 117, 491-498. (196KB pdf)

Workshop reports and other reports:

• Proceedings: Technical Workshop on Mitigating Sea Turtle Bycatch in Coastal Net Fisheries, January 20-22, 2009, Honolulu
• 'Come Back Leatherback' Seeks Long-term Recovery of the Pacific Sea Turtle
• Summary: Bellagio Sea Turtle Conservation Initiative: Strategic Planning for Long Term Financing of Pacific Leatherback Conservation and Recovery, July 17-20, 2007, Malaysia
• Report: North Pacific Loggerhead Sea Turtle Expert Workshop (614 KB pdf)
• Kinch 2006: Socio-economic Assessment of the Huon Coast Leatherback Turtle Project (1.3MB pdf)
• Hawaii: A Center for Pacific Sea Turtle Research & Conversation (6.4MB pdf)
• Proceedings: Loggerhead Workshop, March 2-3, 2005
• Leatherback Workshop, May 17-21, 2004
  • Proceedings
  • Summary Report
• Inaugural Workshop, February 5-8, 2002
   

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• Sea Turtles As a Flagship Species (900KB pdf)
• Catch Fish Not Turtles Using Pelagic Longlines (756KB pdf)
• Turtle Facts (264KB pdf)
• Indo-Pacific Marine Turtles (508KB gif)
• Eckert 1993: The Biology and Population Status of Marine Turtles in the North Pacific Ocean (NOAA Technical Memorandum; NOAA-TM-NMFS-SWFSC-186)

Brochures:

• Nesting Beach Conservation: A Community-Based Approach to Sea Turtle Recovery in the Pacific (596KB pdf)
• An Integrated Approach to Reducing Mortality of North Pacific Loggerhead Sea Turtles in Baja, California Sur, Mexico (508KB pdf)
• ProCAGUAMA: Reduciendo la mortalidad de la tortuga caguama en Baja California Sur Mexico (700KB pdf)
• Working with the Ecuadorian Fishing Community to Reduce the Mortality of Sea Turtles in Longline Fisheries: Year One, March 2004 to March 2005 (416KB pdf)
• Trabajando con le communidad pesquera ecuatoriana para reducir la mortalidad de tortugas marianas en la pesca con palangre: Primer ano (432KB pdf)
• Green Sea Turtles of the Pacific Islands (596KB pdf)
• Integrated Management for the Conservation of Protected Species in Longline Fisheries (464KB pdf)

Seabirds

Peer-reviewed Publications:

• Gilman et al. 2008:  Reducing Seabird Bycatch in the Hawaii Longline Tuna Fishery

Workshop reports and other reports:

• Hawaii Longline Seabird Mortality Mitigation Project Final Report (5.4MB pdf)
  • Appendices (2.3MB pdf)
• Assessment of Strategies to Reduce Seabird Bycatch Employed by Hawaii Pelagic Longline Tuna Vessels and of Observer Program Data Collection Protocols (172KB pdf)
• Bellagio 2004: The Bellagio Blueprint for Action on Pacific Sea Turtles (1.6 MB)
• Final Report 2003: Performance Assessment of Underwater Setting Chutes, Side Setting, and Blue-Dyed Bait to Minimize Seabird Mortality in Hawaii Longline Tuna and Swordfish Fisheries (680KB pdf)
• Final Report 2002: Performance Assessment of an Underwater Setting Chute to Minimize Seabird Mortality in the Hawaii Pelagic Longline Tuna Fishery (616KB pdf)
• References on Seabird Bycatch in Longline Fisheries
• Hooked Sea Birds Handling Guidelines (28KB pdf)

Biological Opinions

• USFWS 2000 Biological Opinion: Short-tailed Albatross (675KB pdf)
• NMFS' 2004 Biological Opinion: Authorization of Pelagic Fisheries under the Fishery Management Plan for the Pelagic Fisheries of the Western Pacific Region

Combined Protected Species

• Alternatives for "One Fleet" Communication to Reduce Fisheries Bycatch Solicitation for Contributions (84KB pdf)
• Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Protected Species Zone (288KB pdf)

Other Protected Species Documents

• NOAA Technical Memorandum: Shark Predation on Hawaiian Monk Seals: Workshop II and Post-Workshop Developments, Nov. 5-6, 2008 (NMFS-PIFSC-21, July 2010)
• Marine Mammal Stock Assessment Reports (published 3-16-10)

International Fishers Forum

• International Fishers Forum Website

• 5th International Fishers Forum
  • Press Release
  • Executive Summary
  • Proceedings
• 4th International Fishers Forum
  • Executive Summary
  • Proceedings
• 3rd International Fishers Forum
  • Executive Summary (1.4MB pdf)
  • Proceedings
• 2nd International Fishers Forum
  • Executive Summary (1.3MB pdf)
  • Proceedings
• 1st International Fishers Forum
  • Executive Summary
  • Proceedings

Last updated: September 2010