Small-Scale Fisheries Bycatch Jeopardizes Endangered Pacific Loggerhead Turtles

S. Hoyt Peckham; David Maldonado Diaz; Andreas Walli; Georgita Ruiz; Larry B. Crowder; Wallace J. Nichols

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0001041

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Small-Scale Fisheries Bycatch Jeopardizes Endangered Pacific Loggerhead Turtles

S. Hoyt Peckham ,

*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: hoyt@biology.ucsc.edu

Affiliations Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California at Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, United States of America, Grupo Tortuguero A.C., La Paz, Baja California Sur, México
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David Maldonado Diaz,

Affiliation Grupo Tortuguero A.C., La Paz, Baja California Sur, México
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Andreas Walli,

Affiliation Hopkins Marine Station, Stanford University, Pacific Grove, California, United States of America
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Georgita Ruiz,

Affiliation Grupo Tortuguero A.C., Distrito Federal, México
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Larry B. Crowder,

Affiliation Center for Marine Conservation, Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, Duke University, Beaufort, North Carolina, United States of America
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Wallace J. Nichols

Affiliations California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Ocean Conservancy, Davenport, California, United States of America
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Small-Scale Fisheries Bycatch Jeopardizes Endangered Pacific Loggerhead Turtles

S. Hoyt Peckham,
David Maldonado Diaz,
Andreas Walli,
Georgita Ruiz,
Larry B. Crowder,
Wallace J. Nichols

Published: October 17, 2007
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0001041

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An Excellent Paper

Posted by BrendanGodley on 29 Oct 2007 at 16:44 GMT

This is an outstanding paper integrating high-tech tracking with participatory fisheries research yielding a joined up view of a major problem. Hopefully the approach of including stakeholders in the research will facilitate an effective conservation solution.

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