Finucci, B.; Dunn, M. R. (2024). Post-release survival for leatherback turtles caught in New Zealand surface longline fisheries. New Zealand Aquatic Environment and Biodiversity Report No. 345. 36 p.
The Critically Endangered and declining population status of the Western Pacific leatherback turtle population makes it important to quantify the post-release survival for leatherback turtles caught in surface longline fisheries in New Zealand.
This report summarises information on at-vessel and post-release survival for leatherbacks globally.
Two workshops were conducted during this project, to better understand the New Zealand surface longline fishery and to agree to a scoring scheme for estimating leatherback post-release mortality.
Post-release survival for leatherbacks caught in the New Zealand surface longline fishing fleet was estimated to be about 78%. This estimate was based upon 23 interactions.
AEBR 345 Post-release survival for leatherback turtles caught in New Zealand surface longline fisheries
Type
Report - Aquatic Environment and Biodiversity (AEBR)
Published
Last updated
ISBN Online
978-1-991330-15-4
ISSN Online
1179-6480
