Rapid Assessments of Leatherback Small-Scale Fishery Bycatch in Internesting Areas in the Eastern Pacific Ocean

The East Pacific (EP) leatherback population is listed by the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species as Critically Endangered. Despite conservation efforts, mainly focused on nesting beaches, its population has declined by over 90% since the 1980s. A major current threat is fisheries bycatch, which has...

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Main Authors: Clara Ortiz-Alvarez, Mariela Pajuelo, Daniel Grados, Marino E. Abrego, Ana Rebeca Barragán-Rocha, Mariano Barrantes, Alejandro Cotto Sánchez, Luis G. Fonseca, Velkiss Gadea Espinal, Jeffrey C. Mangel, Juan M. Rguez-Baron, Pilar Santidrian-Tomillo, Laura Sarti, Heriberto Santana-Hernández, George Shillinger, Myriam Prado, Bryan Wallace, Amanda S. Williard, Alan A. Zavala-Norzagaray, Joanna Alfaro-Shigueto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmars.2019.00813/full