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Driftnets Catch Leatherback Turtles

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 April 2009

George H. Balazs
George H. Balazs
Affiliation:
George Balazs, Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, PO Box 1346, Kaneohe, Hawaii 96744.
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In 1979 Japanese fishing vessels began using monofilament mesh driftnets to catch squid in international waters north-west of the Hawaiian Islands, between 35° and 45° N. This new fishery threatens the survival of leatherback turtles Dermochelys coriacea in their North Pacific feeding grounds and migration routes. It is only recently that the existence of leatherbacks in this remote oceanic area has been discovered and made known.

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Research Article
Information
Oryx , Volume 16 , Issue 5 , October 1982 , pp. 428 - 430
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Copyright © Fauna and Flora International 1982

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