MEPS 504:303-304 (2014) - DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps10823
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Temporal trends in the by-catch of loggerhead turtles Caretta caretta in the Mediterranean Sea: Reply to Báez et al. (2014)
I. Álvarez de Quevedo1,*, M. San Félix2, L. Cardona1
ABSTRACT: In their comment on Álvarez de Quevedo et al. (2013; Mar Ecol Prog Ser 489:225-234), Báez et al. (2014; Mar Ecol Prog Ser 504:301-302) argued that the annual loggerhead turtle by-catch by the Spanish longline fleet was actually lower than that reported (6060 vs. 10656 ind.), on the basis of unpublished data on fishing effort collected in 2006-2007. However, the data provided by Álvarez de Quevedo et al. (2013) corresponded to the period 2001-2004, hence the different results are not contradictory. Conversely, they are complementary and support the evidence of a decreasing trend in the number of turtles by-caught by the Spanish fleet throughout the last decade.
KEY WORDS: By-catch · Sea turtle · Longline fishery · Mediterranean Sea
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(2014) Temporal trends in the by-catch of loggerhead turtles Caretta caretta in the Mediterranean Sea: Reply to Báez et al. (2014). Mar Ecol Prog Ser 504:303-304. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps10823
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