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Combined Protected Species Documents

Turtles

Peer-reviewed Publications:

• Gilman et al. 2009: Mitigating Sea Turtle By-catch in Coastal Passive Net Fisheries
• Gilman et al. 2006: Efficacy and Commercial Viability of Regulations Designed to Reduce Sea Turtle Interactions in the Hawaii-Based Longline Swordfish Fishery
• Gilman et al. 2006: Reducing Sea Turtle By-catch in Pelagic Longline Fisheries
• Largacha et al. 2005: Working with the Ecuadorian Fishing Community to Reduce the Mortality of Sea Turtles in Longline Fisheries
• Balazs and Chaloupka 2004: Thirty-year Recovery Trend in the Once Depleted Hawaiian Green Sea Turtle Stock

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)
• Hawaii: A Center for Pacific Sea Turtle Research & Conversation (6.4 MB pdf)
• Catch Fish Not Turtles Using Pelagic Longlines
• The Biology and Population Status of Marine Turtles in the North Pacific Ocean (NOAA Tech Memo, 1993)

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
• An Integrated Approach to Reducing Mortality of North Pacific Loggerhead Sea Turtles in Baja, California Sur, Mexico
• ProCAGUAMA: Reduciendo la mortalidad de la tortuga caguama en Baja California Sur Mexico
• Working with the Ecuadorian Fishing Community to Reduce the Mortality of Sea Turtles in Longline Fisheries: Year One, March 2004 to March 2005
• Green Sea Turtles of the Pacific Islands
• Integrated Management for the Conservation of Protected Species in Longline Fisheries

 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 min) (Youtube)
  • Part 2 – Panel Discussion (67 min) (Youtube)
• Leatherback Turtle Conservation in the Pacific  (37 min) (Youtube)

Seabirds

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)
  • 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 2004
• 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
• Performance Assessment of an Underwater Setting Chute to Minimize Seabird Mortality in the Hawaii Pelagic Longline Tuna Fishery – Final Report 2002
• Hooked Sea Birds Handling Guidelines
• 1998 Workshop on the Population biology of the Blackfooted Albatross

Combined Protected Species

• History of Protected Species Conservation in US Western Pacific Fisheries
• Alternatives for “One Fleet” Communication to Reduce Fisheries Bycatch Solicitation for Contributions
• International Fishers’ Forum Website
• Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Protected Species Zone
• Pacific Islands Fishery Monographs 4: Protected Species Conservation