Circle hook effectiveness for the mitigation of sea turtle bycatch and capture of target species in a Brazilian pelagic longline fishery

G Sales, BB Giffoni, FN Fiedler… - Aquatic …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Incidental catches by the pelagic longline fishery is a major global threat for loggerhead
(Caretta caretta) and leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea) sea turtles. 2. The reduction of …

Argentinian coastal waters: A temperate habitat for three species of threatened sea turtles

V Gonzalez Carman, KC Álvarez… - Marine Biology …, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Three out of the five threatened species of sea turtle occurring in the SW Atlantic Ocean are
regularly found in the coastal waters of Argentina: green (Chelonia mydas), loggerhead …

Seabird bycatch in the Southwest Atlantic: interaction with the Uruguayan pelagic longline fishery

S Jiménez, A Domingo, A Brazeiro - Polar Biology, 2009 - Springer
This paper analyzes the spatiotemporal variation and the causes of seabird bycatch by the
Uruguayan pelagic longline fleet in a region of the Atlantic Ocean where the world's highest …

Circle hook performance in the Uruguayan pelagic longline fishery

A Domingo, M Pons, S Jiménez, P Miller… - Bulletin of Marine …, 2012 - ingentaconnect.com
Circle hooks have been promoted as an alternative to traditional J-hooks in pelagic longline
fisheries to minimize bycatch mortality and injury to sea turtles and other marine wildlife. We …

Categorización del estado de conservación de las tortugas de la República Argentina

WS Prado, T Waller, DA Albareda… - Cuadernos de …, 2012 - SciELO Argentina
Con la participación de nueve especialistas de diferentes instituciones de Argentina y
transcurridos más de 10 años desde la primera Lista Roja de la herpetofauna de la …

Green turtle Chelonia mydas mixed stocks in the western South Atlantic, as revealed by mtDNA haplotypes and drifter trajectories

MC Proietti, JW Reisser, PG Kinas, R Kerr… - Marine Ecology …, 2012 - int-res.com
Genetic structure and natal origins of green turtle mixed stocks in southern Brazil were
assessed based on analyses of mtDNA control region sequences from the Arvoredo Island …

Driftnet fishery threats sea turtles in the Atlantic Ocean

FN Fiedler, G Sales, BB Giffoni… - Biodiversity and …, 2012 - Springer
Fisheries are recognised as a major threat to sea turtles worldwide. Oceanic driftnets are
considered the main cause of the steep decline in Pacific Ocean populations of the …

Standardization of CPUE of loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) caught by pelagic longliners in the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean

M Pons, A Domingo, G Sales, FN Fiedler… - Aquatic Living …, 2010 - cambridge.org
The population abundance estimates used in stock assessments or required to establish
management measures, depend on the sampling of the entire demographic spectrum of a …

Use of remote sensing tools to predict focal areas for sea turtle conservation in the south‐western Atlantic

L Prosdocimi, NS Teryda, GS Navarro… - Aquatic Conservation …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Fisheries bycatch of non‐target species in the commercial fleet is a major source of
anthropogenic injury and mortality for sea turtles and marine megafauna. The Río de la …

Origin and genetic diversity of leatherbacks (Dermochelys coriacea) at Argentine foraging grounds

L Prosdocimi, PH Dutton, D Albareda… - Journal of Experimental …, 2014 - Elsevier
To conduct conservation of migratory species, such as marine turtles, is important to
understand the population structure throughout the entire distribution of the species. We …