Do circle hooks reduce the mortality of sea turtles in pelagic longlines? A review of recent experiments

By Andrew J. Read. 2007

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Subfields: Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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In Global and Planetary Change

1. G. Hays
2. Bj Godley
3. AC Broderick
4. P. Casale
5. G. Schofield
6. M. Hamann
7. A. Rees
8. Matthew H. Godfrey

In Nature and Landscape Conservation

1. G. Hays
2. Bj Godley
3. P. Casale
4. AC Broderick
5. G. Schofield
6. M. Hamann
7. Mariana M. P. B. Fuentes
8. Bryan P. Wallace

Citations in the corpus

• Are we working towards global research priorities for management and conservation of sea turtles (2016, background): “…through changes in fishing gear — has been the focus of more critical research effort than any other interventions (Gilman et al. 2006, 2007, 2010, Read 2007, Alessandro & Antonello 2010, Bostwick et al. 2014, Senko et al. 2014b, Ortiz et al. 2016, Peckham et al. 2016), there is a paucity of…”
• A review of marine mammal, sea turtle and seabird bycatch in USA fisheries and the role of policy in shaping management (2009, background): “Circle hooks have been shown to be effective at reducing sea turtle bycatch [86–88].”
• Estimating the odds of survival and identifying mitigation opportunities for common bycatch in pelagic longline fisheries (2009, background): “Most loggerhead turtles, blue sharks and pelagic stingrays were released alive (Kerstetter and Graves, 2006a; Kerstetter et al., 2007; Read, 2007).”
• Sound, chemical, and light detection in sea turtles and pelagic fishes: sensory-based approaches to bycatch reduction in longline fisheries (2008, background): “There is also evidence that circle hooks reduce catch rates of target species in some fisheries (Largarcha et al. 2005 as cited in Read 2007), although in the majority of cases target species catch rates are unaffected.”
• An overview of loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) bycatch and technical mitigation measures in the Mediterranean Sea (2010, background): “There is growing evidence that circle hooks tend to be located mostly externally in the jaw or mouth as opposed to deeper hooking (Watson et al. 2005; Gilman et al. 2006, 2007; Read 2007).”
• Reducing sea turtle interactions in the Hawaii-based longline swordfish fishery (2007, background): “…additional experiments also demonstrated the efficacy at reducing turtle interactions and economic viability of switching from J and Japan tuna hooks to wider circle hooks and switching from squid to fish for bait (Bolten and Bjorndal, 2005; Largacha et al., 2005; Gilman et al., 2006a; Read, 2007).”
• Reducing green turtle bycatch in small-scale fisheries using illuminated gillnets: the cost of saving a sea turtle (2016, background): “The unintentional take of species or bycatch (Hall et al. 2000) in industrial and small-scale fisheries is a major threat to many marine taxa such as seabirds, sea turtles and marine mammals (Peckham et al. 2007, Soykan et al. 2008, Gilman et al. 2010, Mangel et al. 2010, Anderson et al. 2011).”