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Observer coverage and interaction rates determine the choice between design‐based and machine learning bycatch estimators for rare species

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Robust estimates of the magnitude of protected species bycatch are essential for effective fisheries management and marine conservation. Existing bycatch estimation methods typically struggle to accurately and precisely estimate the bycatch of rare species as a result of the statistical assumptions necessary to overcome infrequent encounters ...
Christopher Long, Robert Ahrens, T. Todd Jones, Zachary Siders   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

When marine turtles and vessels overlap: Mapping encounter risk along Florida's Atlantic coast

Conservation Science and Practice, EarlyView.
Marine turtles face significant risks from vessel encounters, interventive measures require knowledge of the overlap between turtles and vessels. To identify areas and seasons with the highest likelihood of turtle–vessel interactions and inform regional management, we assessed the spatiotemporal overlap between turtles, vessels and stranded turtles ...
Gregoire Michel, Jessica H. Pate, Mariana M. P. B. Fuentes   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Leatherback turtle [PDF]

, 2005
The South Carolina Department of Natural Resources published guides to many threatened animals living in the state. This guide gives information about the Leatherback turtle, including description, status, habitat, conservation challenges ...
Murphy, Sally R., Murphy, Thomas M.
core   +1 more source

An ancestral hard-shelled sea turtle with a mosaic of soft skin and scutes

Scientific Reports, 2022
The transition from terrestrial to marine environments by secondarily aquatic tetrapods necessitates a suite of adaptive changes associated with life in the sea, e.g., the scaleless skin in adult individuals of the extant leatherback turtle.
Randolph Glenn De La Garza, Henrik Madsen, Peter Sjövall, Frank Osbӕck, Wenxia Zheng, Martin Jarenmark, Mary H. Schweitzer, Anders Engdahl, Per Uvdal, Mats E. Eriksson, Johan Lindgren   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Contestation Between the State, Oil and Fishers in Trinidad and Tobago: (Re)producing ‘Edge’ Populations on the Post‐Plantation Extraction Frontier

Journal of Agrarian Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Successive waves of extraction in the Caribbean—from plantation monocultures to oil and gas—have reshaped overlapping agrarian, coastal and marine environments, undermining the socio‐ecological foundations of small‐scale fisher livelihoods and generating ongoing conflict between the state, energy sector and fishing communities. Yet despite the
Merisa Thompson
wiley   +1 more source

Sea‐turtle observations at Matura Beach, Trinidad, using thermal UAS imagery: A strategy to support monitoring and conservation efforts

Wildlife Society Bulletin
The use of drones in wildlife monitoring and conservation efforts can offer remarkable advantages over traditional in situ monitoring techniques. Trinidad and Tobago is a twin‐island state situated at the southeastern end of the Lesser Antilles, which ...
Adrian Wilson, Deanesh Ramsewak, Kyle Mitchell, Cassandra Ali, Arvind Jagassar, Brendan Mastay, Suzan Lakhan‐Baptiste   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Disentanglement network data to characterize leatherback sea turtle Dermochelys coriacea bycatch in fixed-gear fisheries

Endangered Species Research, 2022
To characterize sea turtle bycatch in fixed-gear fisheries in Massachusetts, USA, we analyzed a 15 yr dataset of entanglement reports and detailed documentation from disentanglement operations. Almost all (272) of the 280 confirmed entanglements involved
KL Dodge, S Landry, B Lynch, CJ Innis, K Sampson, D Sandilands, B Sharp   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Reassessing leatherback turtle lineages and unveiling the first evidence of nuclear mitochondrial DNA in sea turtles. [PDF]

Sci Rep
A recent study proposed a new genetic lineage of leatherback turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) based on genetic analysis, environmental history, and local ecological knowledge (LEK), suggesting the existence of two possible species or subspecies on the beaches of Oaxaca, diverging ~ 13.5 Mya.
Colombo WD, de Freitas Justino J, Barcelos AC, Vilaça ST, Pavanelli L, Vargas SM.   +5 more
europepmc   +4 more sources

Exploring consumer preferences for wild meat and other animal proteins in Gamba, Gabon: Implications for conservation and management of natural resources alongside extractive industry

People and Nature, Volume 8, Issue 10, Page 3345-3357, October 2026.
Abstract The town of Gamba in southwest Gabon represents an exceptional example of how the development of an extractive industry (in this case oil production) may impact wild meat consumption in an area of global importance for biodiversity. Studies in the 1990s identified an active wild meat trade; however, no studies have been undertaken since, and ...
James McNamara, Landry Tchignoumba, Gabriel Koumba, Ghislain Guissouegou, Anna Feistner   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Opening and closing mechanisms of the leatherback sea turtle larynx: a crucial role for the tongue [PDF]

Journal of Experimental Biology, 2010
SUMMARYA combination of dissection and computed tomography scanning has provided significant novel insights into the structure and function of the Dermochelys coriacea larynx and its associated muscles. Several previously unknown features of the laryngeal aditus (glottis) are described and their functional significance in its opening and closure are ...
John, Fraher, John, Davenport, Edward, Fitzgerald, Patrick, McLaughlin, Tom, Doyle, Luke, Harman, Tracy, Cuffe   +6 more
openaire   +2 more sources