Stock assessment of loggerhead and leatherback sea turtles and An assessment of the impact of the pelagic longline fishery on the loggerhead and leatherback sea turtles of the Western North Atlantic

• Other Authors: National Marine Fisheries Service Southeast Fisheries Science Center
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: NOAA/National Marine Fisheries Service/Southeast Fisheries Science Center 2001
• Subjects: Conservation; Management; Fisheries; Cramer; Crowder; McNeill; Myers; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1834/19959

On September 7, 2000 the National Marine Fisheries Service announced that it was reinitiating consultation under Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act on pelagic fisheries for swordfish, sharks, tunas, and billfish. 1 Bycatch of a protected sea turtle species is considered atake under the Endanger...