Nesting population origins of leatherback turtles caught as bycatch in the U.S. pelagic longline fishery

• Published in: Ecosphere
• Main Authors: Kelly R. Stewart, Erin L. LaCasella, Suzanne E. Roden, Michael P. Jensen, Lesley W. Stokes, Sheryan P. Epperly, Peter H. Dutton
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2016
• Subjects: assignment; bycatch; Dermochelys coriacea; fisheries; genetics; incidental; Ecology; QH540-549.5; Trinidad; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.1272; https://doaj.org/article/9cef002a86dd4c14b17dfca78ffa3f3f

Abstract Fisheries that operate at large spatial scales and with high intensity have the potential to impact highly migratory species, and it is important to characterize threats to specific breeding populations of these species. We used many‐to‐many mixed‐stock analysis (MSA) (n = 408) and microsat...