Research Plan to Assess Marine Turtle Hooking Mortality: Results of an ExpertWorkshop. Held in Honolulu, Hawaii on November 16-18, 1993

摘要

In response to the biological opinion, the Honolulu Laboratory convened aworkshop on the issue of turtle mortality and injury caused by hooking and entangling in the Hawaii-based domestic longline fishery. The overall objective of the workshop was to develop a coordinated research plan identifying research activities to estimate mortality and physiological impacts on marine turtles hooked and/or entangled by Hawaii's North Pacific longline fishery. Fifteen experts in the field of marine turtle biology, fishery interactions, protected species management, veterinary medicine, and physiology participated in the workshop. Four professionals from outside the U.S.A. were among the participants. The marine turtle hooking mortality workshop began with technical presentations by the fifteen participants on scientific and operational knowledge concerning this subject.