Little is known about the ecology of loggerhead turtles, Caretta caretta, in Canadian waters.
However, Canada's eastern waters off the Scotian Shelf, Georges Bank and Grand Banks …

From June to November 2004, an estimated 180 (CV= 0.37, 95% CI= 65-319) loggerhead
sea turtles (Caretta caretta) interacted with sea scallop (Placopecten magellanicus) dredge …

In the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, fisheries observers have documented the
incidental capture of loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta) in both dredge and trawl gear …

The depletion of fish stocks from global fisheries has been a long‐standing concern. More
recently, incidental catch of non‐target (termed bycatch) vertebrates also has been …

The incidental capture, or bycatch, of loggerhead sea turtles Caretta caretta in commercial
fishing gear is considered a significant threat to their recovery. Bycatch analyses that use …

In May 2001, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) opened two areas in the
northwestern Atlantic Ocean that had been previously closed to the US sea scallop …

PURPOSE This document provides supplemental information to that provided in Murray
(2009), which analyzed sea turtle bycatch in US Mid-Atlantic sink gillnet gear during 1995 …

Drifting longline is considered one of the most dangerous fishing gears for marine turtles
and is their principal threat in the western Mediterranean Sea. During the summers of 2000 …

Data are presented on sea turtles caught in the Chilean longline fishery targeting swordfish,
Xiphias gladius, in international waters off Chile. A total of 10,604,059 hooks from 7976 sets …

Interactions between sea turtles and sea scallop dredges are an important conservation
issue. In this paper, we present information which can be used to inform bycatch mitigation …