Evaluation of Time-area Closures to Reduce Incidental Sea Turtle Take in the Hawaii-based Longline Fishery: Generalized Additive Model (GAM) Development and Retrospective Examination

Kobayashi, Donald R. ; Polovina, Jeffrey J.

United States. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

关键词: Oceanography -- Research.;    technical reports;    fisheries;    sea turtles;   

RP-ID  :  NMFS-PIFSC-4
RP-ID  :  NOAA_Tech_Memo_PIFSC_4

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This report documents a series of steps taken at the National Marine Fisheries Service, Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center in response to the Order issued by Chief U.S. District Court Judge David Alan Ezra, District of Hawaii, in the case of CMC et al. versus NMFS et al.; CIVIL BO. 99-00152; dated November 23, 1999, to complete an analysis of the temporal and spatial distribution of interactions between Hawaii-based longline vessels and sea turtles to determine time and area closures that would provide the greatest benefit to the turtles.