Declining Catch Rates in Caribbean Nicaragua Green Turtle Fishery May Be Result of Overfishing
Wednesday, April 16, 2014 - 17:32
in Biology & Nature
A 20-year assessment of Nicaragua's legal, artisanal green sea turtle fishery has uncovered a stark reality: greatly reduced overall catch rates of turtles in what may have become an unsustainable take, according to conservation scientists from the Wildlife Conservation Society and University of Florida.