Document Library

• 'Come Back Leatherback' Seeks Long-term Recovery of the Pacific Sea Turtle
• Bycatch Reduction in the Artisanal Longline Fleets of the Eastern Pacific: Summary of Activities for the Regional Sea Turtle Program, June 2007
• USFWS 2000 Biological Opinion for Short-tailed Albatross (675KB pdf)
• Socio-economic Assessment of the Huon Coast Leatherback Turtle Project (Kinch, 2006) (1.3MB pdf)
• Hawaii Longline Seabird Mortality Mitigation Project Final Report (5.4MB pdf)
  • Appendices (2.3MB pdf)
• Hawaii: A Center for Pacific Sea Turtle Research & Conversation (6.4MB pdf)
• Brochure:  Nesting Beach Conservation: A Community-Based Approach to Sea Turtle Recovery in the Pacific (596KB pdf)
• Largacha et al (2005) Working with the Ecuadorian Fishing Community to Reduce the Mortality of Sea Turtles in Longline Fisheries (2MB pdf)
• The Council launches the Turtle Research Database System (TREDS) during the 2006 Year of the Sea Turtle (1.1MB pdf)
• The Council convenes a pelagic longline fishery panel at the upcoming 26th Annual Sea Turtle Symposium on Thursday, 6 April 2006 at 3:30pm in Crete (64KB pdf)
• Gilman et al (2006) Reducing sea turtle by-catch in pelagic longline fisheries (532KB pdf)
• Brochure:  An Integrated Approach to Reducing Mortality of North Pacific Loggerhead Sea Turtles in Baja, California Sur, Mexico (508KB pdf)
• Brochure:  ProCAGUAMA: Reduciendo la mortalidad de la tortuga caguama en Baja California Sur Mexico (700KB pdf)
• Brochure:  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)
• Brochure:  Trabajando con le communidad pesquera ecuatoriana para reducir la mortalidad de tortugas marianas en la pesca con palangre: Primer ano (432KB pdf)
• Brochure:  Green Sea Turtles of the Pacific Islands (596KB pdf)
• Brochure:  Integrated Management for the Conservation of Protected Species in Longline Fisheries (464KB pdf)
• Third International Fishers' Forum Executive Summary (1.4MB pdf)
• Sea Turtles As a Flagship Species (900KB pdf)
• Alternatives for "One Fleet" Communication to Reduce Fisheries Bycatch Solicitation for Contributions (84KB pdf)
• Assessment of Strategies to Reduce Seabird Bycatch Employed by Hawaii Pelagic Longline Tuna Vessels and of Observer Program Data Collection Protocols (172KB pdf)
• NMFS' Biological Opinion on the Authorization of Pelagic Fisheries under the Fishery Management Plan for the Pelagic Fisheries of the Western Pacific Region
• Performance Assessment of Underwater Setting Chutes, Side Setting, and Blue-Dyed Bait to Minimize Seabird Mortality in Hawaii Longline Tuna and Swordfish Fisheries - Final Report 2003 (680KB pdf)
• Performance Assessment of an Underwater Setting Chute to Minimize Seabird Mortality in the Hawaii Pelagic Longline Tuna Fishery - Final Report 2002 (616KB pdf)
• International Fishers' Forum Website
• References on Seabird Bycatch in Longline Fisheries
  • The Council has compiled a preliminary list of documents on mitigating seabird bycatch in longline fisheries. The Council requests that interested persons review the listed documents and provide any updates or changes to the list, including electronic copies of any missing documents. The Council's intent is to make the reference list more fully interactive by having each document available in pdf format. Communications about the list should be sent to Eric Gilman.
• Catch Fish Not Turtles Using Pelagic Longlines (756KB pdf)
• Balazs, Green turtle paper (196KB pdf)
• Bellagio Report: Blueprint for Action to Conserve Sea Turtles
• Indo-Pacific Marine Turtles (508KB gif)
• Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Protected Species Zone (288KB pdf)
• Hooked Sea Birds Handling Guidelines (28KB pdf)
• 2nd International Fishers Forum Summary (1.3MB pdf)
• August 31, 2003, Memorandum Opinion: Hawaii Longline Association v. National Marine Fisheries Service and U.S. Secretary of Commerce regarding June 2002 Regulations and 2002 Biological Opinion affecting the Fishery Management Plan for the Western Pacific Region
• September 12 and 15, 2003, Motions for Reconsideration: Hawaii Longline Association v. National Marine Fisheries Service and U.S. Secretary of Commerce regarding the Court’s August 31, 2003, Order and September 11, 2003, 60-Day Notice of Intent to Sue to Address Violations of Sections 7 and 9 of the Endangered Species Act