An assessment of marine turtle interactions with longline gear in the north Atlantic ocean

The assessment of marine turtle interactions/captures with ICCAT fisheries was restricted to loggerhead and leatherback turtle captures by U.S. longliners in the northwest Atlantic and nesting data from beaches bordering the north Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico. The nesting data provided useful context for interpreting the trend in capture rates which were low for both species despite increases in total hooks and nest number.