Guidelines to reduce sea turtle mortality in fishing operations
By: [prepared by Eric Gilman and Gabriella Bianchi ; edited by Claire Attwood]
Contributors: Bianchi, G. (Gabriella); Attwood, Claire; Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Rome
Language: eng
Number of pages: 128
ISBN-13: 9789251062265
Subjects: Effect of fishing on; Conservation; Prevention; Fishery management; Bycatches (Fisheries); Mortality; Sea turtles
Description: Sea turtles are affected by a range of different factors, some natural and others caused by human activities, including fishing operation.  As a result, all sea turtles species whose conservation status has been assessed are considered to be threatened or endangered.  These guidelines provide assistance for the preparation of national or multilateral fisheries management measures and industry initiatives that may help to conserve sea turtles by reducing the negative impacts that fisheries may have on them.  They present our best understanding of how to reduce the proportion of caught turtles that are killed as a result of interactions with marine capture fisheries.  These guidelines include information about how to change fishing gear and fishing methods and how the fishing industry can adopt voluntary approaches to reduce sea turtle mortality.--Publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.

Also freely available online.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Guidelines for marine capture fisheries to reduce sea turtle interactions and mortality; title: Research, monitoring and information exchange; title: Incentives for industry participation; title: Legal and policy frameworks; title: Technical and institutional capacity building, outreach and education; title: Financial support for implementation of guidelines in developing countries; title: Socio-economic and cultural considerations; title: Reporting.