Stock Assessment of Loggerhead Sea Turtles of the Western North Atlantic. Part 1

摘要

The Turtle Expert Working Group (TEWG), established in 1995 by the SoutheastFisheries Science Center at the behest of the National Marine Fisheries Service, has published two reports (1998, 2000) which, in part, concern the status and condition of the loggerhead sea turtle stocks of the Western North Atlantic. Herein we do not attempt to duplicate material in those reports, but instead provide updated information acquired since the preparation of the last report. Thus, this document is to be used in conjunction with the two TEWG reports.