Small-scale fisheries bycatch jeopardizes endangered Pacific loggerhead turtles.

Although bycatch of industrial-scale fisheries can cause declines in migratory megafauna including seabirds, marine mammals, and sea turtles, the impacts of small-scale fisheries have been largely overlooked. Small-scale fisheries occur in coastal waters worldwide, employing over 99% of the world�...

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Main Authors: S Hoyt Peckham, David Maldonado Diaz, Andreas Walli, Georgita Ruiz, Larry B Crowder, Wallace J Nichols
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2007-10-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2002513?pdf=render