TurtleWatch: A Tool for Reducing Loggerhead Turtle Bycatch
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February 15, 2019
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User Story
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Fisheries bycatch has been implicated as a contributing factor in the population decline of endangered Pacific loggerhead turtles. In order to reduce interactions between longline fishing vessels based in Hawaii and loggerhead sea turtles, the NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center created an experimental information product called TurtleWatch.
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