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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:
- Report of the Ecosystem-based Fishery Management Workshop (2022): Exploring the effect of spatial decision making by fishers in the Hawaii shallow-set longline fishery
- Proceedings of the Bellagio Sea Turtle Conservation Initiative (2008): Strategic Planning for Long-term Financing of Pacific Leatherback Conservation and Recovery
- Bellagio Converence on Sea Turtles (2004): What Can be Done to Restore Pacific Turtle Populations? The Bellagio Blueprint for Action on Pacific Sea Turtles
- Proceedings of the 2002 Western Pacific Sea Turtle Cooperative Research and Management Workshop
- Proceedings of the 2004 Western Pacific Sea Turtle Cooperative Research and Management Workshop (Second Edition, Volume I: Leatherback and Hawksbills)
- Proceedings of the 2005 Western Pacific Sea Turtle Cooperative Research and Management Workshop (Second Edition, Volume II: North Pacific Loggerhead)
- Report of the 2007 North Pacific Loggerhead Sea Turtle Expert Workshop
- Proceedings of the Technical Workshop on Mitigating Sea Turtle Bycatch in Coastal Net Fisheries (2009)
- A pilot study using EM in the Hawaiian Longline Fishery.
- Bycatch Reduction In The Artisanal Longline Fleets Of The Eastern Pacific: 2004 − 2008
- ‘Come Back Leatherback’ Seeks Long-term Recovery of the Pacific Sea Turtle
- Socio-economic Assessment of the Huon Coast Leatherback Turtle Project (Kinch, 2006) (1.3MB pdf)
- Hawaii: A Center for Pacific Sea Turtle Research & Conversation (6.4MB pdf)
- Catch Fish Not Turtles Using Pelagic Longlines (756KB pdf)
- The Biology and Population Status of Marine Turtles in the North Pacific Ocean(NOAA Technical Memorandum, 1993, Eckert; NOAA-TM-NMFS-SWFSC-186)
Brochures:
- Total Hawaii Longline Fishery (Shallow and Deep Set) Interactions with Sea Turtles 1994-2011
- 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)
- 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)
- Green Sea Turtles of the Pacific Islands (596KB pdf)
- Integrated Management for the Conservation of Protected Species in Longline Fisheries (464KB pdf)
Videos:
- Finding Common Ground in Fisheries Management (Special Session at the 31st Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation) April 12, 2011
- Part 1 – Meet the Panelists (71 Minutes) (youtube)
- Part 2 – Panel Discussion (67 Minutes) (youtube)
- Leatherback Turtle Conservation in the Pacific (37 Minutes) (youtube)
2019-2024 Hawaii longline tori line project reports:
- Relative efficacy of paired tori lines and night-setting with blue-dyed bait in the Hawaii-based shallow-set longline fishery (August 2024)
- Could tori lines replace blue-dyed bait to reduce seabird bycatch risk in the Hawaii deep-set longline fishery? (September 2021)
- 2019-2020 Cooperative Research Project Report: Practicality and Efficacy of Tori Lines to Mitigate Albatross Interactions in the Hawaii Deep-set Longline Fishery
Workshop reports and other reports:
- Report of the Workshop to Review Seabird Bycatch Mitigation Measures for Hawaii’s Pelagic Longline Fisheries (September 18-19, 2018)
- Report of a Workshop on the Factors Influencing Albatross Interactions in the Hawaii Longline Fishery (November 7-9, 2017)
- Hawaii Longline Seabird Mortality Mitigation Project Final Report 1999 (5.4MB pdf)
- Assessment of Strategies to Reduce Seabird Bycatch Employed by Hawaii Pelagic Longline Tuna Vessels and of Observer Program Data Collection Protocols 2004 (172KB pdf)
- 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)
- Hooked Sea Birds Handling Guidelines (28KB pdf)
- 1998 Workshop on the Population biology of the Blackfooted Albatross
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