Status review of the green turtle (Chelonia mydas) under the Engangered Species Act

JA Seminoff, CD Allen, GH Balazs, PH Dutton, T Eguchi… - 2015‏ - repository.library.noaa.gov
The Green Turtle Status Review Team (SRT) has undertaken a review consistent with
section 4 (a)(1) of the Endangered Species Act (ESA), using the best available scientific …

Deep-sea mining on the Rio Grande Rise (Southwestern Atlantic): A review on environmental baseline, ecosystem services and potential impacts

F Montserrat, M Guilhon, PVF Corrêa, NM Bergo… - Deep Sea Research …, 2019‏ - Elsevier
Abstract The Rio Grande Rise is an extensive seamount region in the South-western
Atlantic, with potential for deep-sea mining activities in the future. Such activities pose …

Conservation status of the loggerhead sea turtle in Brazil: an encouraging outlook

MÂ Marcovaldi, M Chaloupka - Endangered Species Research, 2007‏ - int-res.com
The loggerhead turtle Caretta caretta is one of the large and long-lived species that
comprise the charismatic marine megafauna. The loggerhead is considered endangered …

Incidental capture of green turtle (Chelonia mydas) in gillnets of small-scale fisheries in the Paranaguá Bay, Southern Brazil

EA López-Barrera, GO Longo… - Ocean & coastal …, 2012‏ - Elsevier
Fishing activities are an important economic resource in the Paranaguá Bay, southern
Brazil. In this area, there are reports of sea turtles interacting with small-scale fisheries. It …

Cumulative threats to juvenile green turtles in the coastal waters of southern and southeastern Brazil

MMPB Fuentes, N Wildermann, TBR Gandra… - Biodiversity and …, 2020‏ - Springer
Management of marine turtles at broad spatial scales is challenging due to the costs and the
logistical feasibility of collecting ecological data and information on multiple threats at this …

Potential bycatch of seabirds and turtles in hook-and-line fisheries of the Itaipava Fleet, Brazil

L Bugoni, TS Neves, NO Leite Jr, D Carvalho, G Sales… - Fisheries …, 2008‏ - Elsevier
The decline of populations of certain seabirds and sea turtles around the world is partly
related to their incidental capture in large-scale fisheries. However, the impacts of small …

Spatio‐temporal distribution of sea turtle strandings and factors contributing to their mortality in south‐eastern Brazil

AB Tagliolatto, DW Goldberg… - Aquatic …, 2020‏ - Wiley Online Library
Data on stranded sea turtles were examined between 2010 and 2016 along the northern
region of Rio de Janeiro state and between 2016 and 2017 in the southern region, looking …

Sea turtle bycatch in the Chilean pelagic longline fishery in the southeastern Pacific: opportunities for conservation

M Donoso, PH Dutton - Biological Conservation, 2010‏ - Elsevier
Data are presented on sea turtles caught in the Chilean longline fishery targeting swordfish,
**phias gladius, in international waters off Chile. A total of 10,604,059 hooks from 7976 sets …

Genetic composition, population structure and phylogeography of the loggerhead sea turtle: colonization hypothesis for the Brazilian rookeries

EC Reis, LS Soares, SM Vargas, FR Santos… - Conservation …, 2010‏ - Springer
The loggerhead sea turtle, Caretta caretta, is the most common species of sea turtle nesting
in Brazil and is listed as endangered by the IUCN. Our study characterizes the genetic …

Attitudes and local ecological knowledge of experts fishermen in relation to conservation and bycatch of sea turtles (reptilia: testudines), Southern Bahia, Brazil

HO Braga, A Schiavetti - Journal of ethnobiology and ethnomedicine, 2013‏ - Springer
Background The use of ethnoecological tools to evaluate possible damage and loss of
biodiversity related to the populations of species under some degree of threat may represent …