We estimated the fishing impact during the latest 70 years on loggerhead sea turtle Caretta caretta, by two different and integrated approaches: interviews carried out in 2006-2007 concerning the impact before 1980 and the present day situation. The actual scenario is compared with data collected by the cetaceans and sea turtles rescue center “Laguna di Nora”. This surveys show that the fishing activity is one of the threat that affected loggerheads in the Sardinia island waters and that gillnets play an important negative impact.
Loggerhead bycatch in Sardinian waters (Italy)
PIOVANO, SUSANNA;GIACOMA, Cristina
2009-01-01
Abstract
We estimated the fishing impact during the latest 70 years on loggerhead sea turtle Caretta caretta, by two different and integrated approaches: interviews carried out in 2006-2007 concerning the impact before 1980 and the present day situation. The actual scenario is compared with data collected by the cetaceans and sea turtles rescue center “Laguna di Nora”. This surveys show that the fishing activity is one of the threat that affected loggerheads in the Sardinia island waters and that gillnets play an important negative impact.
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