During their migrations, marine predators experience varying levels of protection and face
many threats as they travel through multiple countries' jurisdictions and across ocean …

Abstract The United Nations are currently negotiating a new international legally-binding
instrument to govern the global ocean commons, a vast area beyond national jurisdiction …

Australia's largest sea turtle is the leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea). Leatherbacks do not
nest, or only rarely, in Australia, and hence receive relatively little research attention. Here …

Understanding population status and trends is important for developing and evaluating
management and conservation actions for threatened species. Monitoring population status …

Fishery management measures to reduce interactions between fisheries and endangered or
threatened species have typically relied on static time‐area closures. While these efforts …

Large oceanic migrants play important roles in ecosystems, yet many species are of
conservation concern as a result of anthropogenic threats, of which incidental capture by …

This study presents a comprehensive genetic analysis of stock structure for leatherback
turtles (Dermochelys coriacea), combining 17 microsatellite loci and 763 bp of the mtDNA …

Although sea turtles face significant pressure from human activities, some populations are
recovering due to conservation programs, bans on the trade of turtle products, and …

Reductions in global fishing pressure are needed to end overfishing of target species and
maximize the value of fisheries. We ask whether such reductions would also be sufficient to …

Capture of sea turtles in longline fisheries has been implicated in population declines of
loggerhead (Caretta caretta) and leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea) turtles. Since 2004 …