Impact of Spanish swordfish longline fisheries on the loggerhead sea turtle Caretta caretta population in the western Mediterranean

Aguilar R, Mas J, Pastor X

In Proceedings of the Twelfth Annual Workshop on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFSC-361
Published 1995

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Abstract/Synopsis PART I PAPER PRESENTATIONS IMPACT OF SPANISH SWORDFISH LONGILINE FISHERIES ON THE LOGGERHEAD SEA TURTLE CARE TTA CARETTA POPULATION IN THE WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN Ricardo Aguilarl Julio Mas1 Xavier Pastor2 1QreenpeaceSpain RodriguezSan Pedro 58 28015 l ladrid 2Greenpeace International Mediterranean Sea Project Ses Rafaletes 16 07015 Palma de Mallorca Balearic Islands SUMMARY More than 20 000subadult loggerhead turtles are incidentally captured every year as a result of the Spanish longlining fishery activities Turtles an usually released alive with the longline hook still lodged internally However at least 20 of the sea turtles captured by this fishing gear could eventually die due to the injuries caused by the hooks Observers on board 2 6 fishing boats during a period of 143 days between the summer months of 1990 and 1991 recorded the captures of 1 098 loggerhead Caretta careria and two leatherback Dermochelyscoriacea sea turtles 94 of the turtles captured while observers were onboard w