page_title: Loggerhead sea turtle policies of the Barack Obama Administration (2009-2017)
section_title: Hawaii-based pelagic shallow-set longline fisheries
hierarchical_section_title: Loggerhead sea turtle policies of the Barack Obama Administration (2009-2017) / Hawaii-based pelagic shallow-set longline fisheries
caption_attribution_description: Nederlands: tekening visserijtechniek longlineEnglish: drawing fishing technique longline fishing
context_page_description: The loggerhead sea turtle, is protected under the Endangered Species Act of 1973. It was originally listed as a threatened species on July 28, 1978. The loggerhead turtle is the most prolific species of sea turtle in U.S. coastal waters.
context_section_description: Effective January 11, 2010 the NMFS, NOAA, and Department of Commerce removed the limit on the number of fishing gear deployments for the Hawaii-based pelagic shallow-set longline fisheries and simultaneously increased the number of incidental interactions allowed with loggerhead sea turtles. This ruling stated that longline fisheries may not interact with over 46 loggerhead sea turtles a year, a number thought to not interfere with survival and recovery of loggerhead sea turtles. This ruling was revised March 10, 2011 to reduce the number of allowed interactions from 46 a year to 17, a revision aimed to protect the loggerheads and maintain fishery yield. November 18, 2011 the pelagic shallow-set longline fisheries in Hawaii reached the annual limit on physical interactions with turtles and was closed by NMFS. Incidental interaction limit for loggerhead turtles was increased from 17 to 34 interactions a year starting November 5, 2012.
caption: Illustration of longline fishing technique
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