There is growing evidence that small‐scale, coastal, passive net fisheries may be the largest
single threat to some sea turtle populations. We review assessments of turtle interactions in …

The dwindling numbers of leatherback turtles are signalling a threat to biodiversity in the
oceans. A mathematical model based on our assessment of a once-large leatherback …

The leatherback turtle Dermochelys coriacea is considered to be at serious risk of global
extinction, despite ongoing conservation efforts. Intensive long-term monitoring of a …

Analyses of mitochondrial (mt) DNA control region sequences from 175 leatherback turtles
Dermochelys coriacea from 10 nesting colonies revealed shallow phylogenetic structuring of …

The Atlantic Ocean hosts a major part of the world's leatherback population, with the largest
rookeries being located in the northern part of South America (Suriname/French Guiana) …

The leatherbacks nesting at Bird's Head Peninsula, Papua Barat, Indonesia, account for
75% of the total leatherback nesting in the western Pacific and represent the last sizeable …

A detailed survey of the nesting by green turtles (Chelonia mydas) on Ascension Island (7°
57′ S, 14° 22′ W) was conducted between 1 December 1998 and 1 October 1999. During …

ABSTRACT A group of researchers, managers, and tribal leaders with extensive local
knowledge from Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, and Papua, Indonesia …

Interactions with fisheries are believed to be a major cause of mortality for adult leatherback
turtles (Dermochelys coriacea), which is of particular concern in the Pacific Ocean, where …

Since 2004, governments and non-governmental organizations, together with the fishing
communities from nine countries, from Mexico to Peru, have implemented joint efforts to …