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NOAA Fisheries Service Proposes Rule To Improve Sea Turtle Bycatch Monitoring
NOAA Fisheries Service Proposes Rule To Improve Sea Turtle Bycatch Monitoring NOAA 2006-R129 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Connie Barclay 12/21/06 NOAA News ... NOAA Public Affairs NOAA FISHERIES SERVICE PROPOSES RULE TO IMPROVE SEA TURTLE BYCATCH MONITORING To assist in the recovery of sea turtle populations, NOAA Fisheries Service is proposing a rule under the Endangered ...
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Eco-Index: What's New
WWF's efforts to partner with the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission to reduce sea turtle bycatch in Pacific fisheries. Archive Resources & Data Monthly Update Summaries and links to profiles added to ...
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Office of International Affairs - International Bycatch
International Affairs) convened the International Bycatch Reduction Task Force to develop a Plan of Action to implement the U.S. sea turtle bycatch strategy. The Task Force is comprised of NOAA and Department of State personnel. Although the initial focus of this group was to further discussions, and ultimately, the reduction of sea turtle bycatch ...
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Hawksbill Turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) - Office of Protected Resources - NOAA Fisheries
Atlantic gillnet, Chesapeake Bay pound net, and southeast shrimp and flounder trawl fisheries. NMFS has worked closely with the shrimp trawl fishing industry to develop turtle ... Strategy for Sea Turtle Conservation and Recovery in Relation to Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico Fisheries (Strategy) to evaluate and address domestic sea turtle bycatch comprehensively ...
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WWF - Bycatch reduction
Aug 2008 Turtle Conservation Project in Junquillal - WWF Technical Progress Report » Read more 0 replies Downloads Outline of the WWF LAC program to reduce turtle bycatch in longlines. Double- ... , Costa Rica, where leatherback tourism is a major source of revenue. Longlines and marine turtle bycatch A recent, global estimate of the effect of fisheries on marine turtles suggests that ...
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WWF - LAC Marine Turtle Programme News
Read more 22 Apr 2008 New website on reducing marine turtle bycatch in the Eastern Pacific The WWF Eastern Pacific Marine Turtle Bycatch Programme website has been launched to share information on WWF's ... and fishing communities, WWF has established an online resource providing up-to-date information on bycatch (the capture of non-target creatures in fishing gear) and how to reduce it. Â ...
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EJF: Why an International Plan of Action (IPOA) on bycatch reduction?
For example, the United States' decision to only import shrimp caught by trawlers fitted with Turtle Excluder Devices (TEDs). Changes in consumer behaviour - For example, the establishment of eco- ... of our Seas Illegal driftnetting in the Mediterranean What is bycatch? Impacts of bycatch An International Plan of Action European bycatch regulations REPORTS | FILMS | PHOTOS Print this page EJF, 5 St ...
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Flatback Turtle Natator depressus - Threatened Species Day 2005 fact sheet
Flatback and other marine turtles face a huge range of threats, including being caught as 'bycatch' in commercial fishing operations, getting tangled in discarded ('ghost') fishing nets and ingestion of ... Acrobat Reader installed on your computer to view the PDF file. Download Flatback Turtle Natator depressus (tsd05flatback-turtle.pdf - 309 KB) If you cannot access the fact sheet, please contact ...
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Herper.com: Reptiles and Amphibians: Turtle Politics in Vermont
F&W commissioner's recovery plan for the eastern spiny softshell turtle. (News source.) Labels: conservation, politics, threatened, turtle posted by Chad Arment @ 6:33 AM 0 Comments: Post a ... Posts Gila Bite Update Snake for Dinner Salamander Poaching Australian Turtle Parasite White Frogs More Venomous Bites Smuggled in Books Sea Snake Bycatch Drops Don't Eat the Frogs Cane Toads Subscribe ...
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loggerhead turtle
... threatened by tourism development at the nesting beaches and bycatch in marine fisheries, especially shrimp trawls and long lines ... turtle facts the marine turtles flatback turtle green turtle hawksbill turtle kemp's ridley turtle leatherback turtle loggerhead turtle olive ridley turtle turtles in trouble turtle links you can help fundraising education talk turtle talk turtle letters scottish turtle ...
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