Turtle by-catch in the southeastern Caribbean Sea and adjacent Atlantic waters caught by the Venezuelan pelagic longline fishery: period 1991-2013 | Bycatch Management Information System (BMIS)

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Citation

Marcano LA, Silva J, Gutiérrez X (2015) Turtle by-catch in the southeastern Caribbean Sea and adjacent Atlantic waters caught by the Venezuelan pelagic longline fishery: period 1991-2013. ICCAT Collect Vol Sci Papers 71:2878–2886

Abstract

Turtle by-catch information recorded by the Venezuelan Pelagic Longline Observer Program (VPLOP) sponsored by ICCAT’s Enhanced Research Program for Billfish is reported for the period 1991-2013. A total of 99 turtles representing five species were reported, of which the majority were Dermochelys coriacea (74.75%), followed by Chelonia mydas (12.12%), and the remaining three the species (Caretta caretta, Eretmochelys imbricata, Lepidochelys olivacea) represented under 10% of the proportion of the turtles caught during the time period analyzed. The status, disposition, estimated hook depth, approximate time of fishing, and available size of all turtle species caught during the time period, as well as its spatial distribution is reported in the document.