Careful Release Protocols for Sea Turtle Release with Minimal Injury, December 2008

摘要

The following sea turtle handling protocols, prepared by NOAA Fisheries Southeast Fisheries Science Center, describe the tools and techniques for removing fishing gear from incidentally captured sea turtles and other bycatch species. They should be followed whenever an interaction, such as a hooking and/or an entanglement, with a sea turtle occurs. The survival benefit of removing gear from animals before release has been clearly demonstrated. The required and recommended equipment and techniques described here are intended to reduce sea turtle injury and promote post-release survival.