Sea Turtle Bycatch Mitigation in U.S. Longline Fisheries
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1 Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (NOAA Fisheries), Honolulu, HI, United States, 2 Office of Protected Resources (NOAA Fisheries), Silver Spring, MD, United States, 3 College of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, United States, 4 Southeast Fisheries Science Center (NOAA Fisheries), Miami, FL, United States, 5 Oceans Program, Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation, Los Angeles, CA, United States, 6 Southeast Fisheries Science Center (NOAA Fisheries), Pascagoula, MS, United States
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