Over the past 3 decades, the status of sea turtles and the need for their protection to aid
population recovery have increasingly captured the interest of government agencies, non-…

Background Resolving threats to widely distributed marine megafauna requires definition of
the geographic distributions of both the threats as well as the population unit(s) of interest. In …

Where conservation resources are limited and conservation targets are diverse, robust yet
flexible priority-setting frameworks are vital. Priority-setting is especially important for …

Turtles and tortoises (chelonians) have been integral components of global ecosystems for
about 220 million years and have played important roles in human culture for at least …

There have been efforts around the globe to track individuals of many marine species and
assess their movements and distribution, with the putative goal of supporting their …

In 2010, an international group of 35 sea turtle researchers refined an initial list of more than
200 research questions into 20 metaquestions that were considered key for management …

… Green sea turtles reside at our study site year-round (Seminoff, 2000) and likely forage
during periods not included in this study. However, the dietary consequences of cooler …

… congregating in this area daily (JA Seminoff pers. obs.). Moreover, Seminoff (2000) reported …
algae from the El Bajo sub-region (JA Seminoff pers. obs.) and the planned development of …

The loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) was listed as threatened on July 28, 1978. The
threatened listing was applied to wherever the species occurs. In 2007, the National Marine …

Small-scale fisheries in Peru constitute an important source of food and employment for
coastal communities where fish is the single most important natural resource. Utilizing official …