Sea turtle interactions with the longline fishery in Hawaii have become a serious concern in recent years. Various measures, including a swordfish harvest ban, have been adopted to protect sea turtles. This study explores the factors and degree of sea turtle interactions with Hawaii’s pelagic longline fishery, i.e. the production of undesirable outputs in the pursuit of an economic activity, in...

Abstract A key issue in conservation biology is recognizing and bridging the gap between scientific results and specific action. We examine sea turtles—charismatic yet endangered flagship species—in the Mediterranean, a sea with historically high levels of exploitation and 22 coastal nations. We take sea turtle rescue facilities as a visible measure for implemented conservation action. Our stud...

Caridean shrimps are a highly diverse group and many species form symbiotic relationships with different marine invertebrates. Periclimenesrathbunae is a brightly colored shrimp that lives predominantly in association with sea anemones. Information about the reproductive ecology of the species is scarce. Therefore, we collected 70 ovigerous females inhabiting the sun sea anemone Stichodactylahe...

The hawksbill sea turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata, is an endangered species of the Caribbean Colombian coast due to anthropic and natural factors that have decreased their population levels. Little is known about the genes that are involved in their immune system, sex determination, aging and others important functions. The data generated represents RNA sequencing and the first de-novo assembly ...

OBJECTIVE The Leatherback sea turtle is the largest extant reptile and the sole member of the family Dermochelyidae. Here, the eye of this critically endangered marine turtle was investigated to determine the anatomy, optics, and optical sensitivity. ANIMALS STUDIED Three Leatherback sea turtles, Dermochelys coriacea. RESULTS The eye is small in proportion to body size of the adult compared...

Endosulfan, a broad-spectrum non-systemic organochlorine (OC) pesticide is extensively used to control a wide variety of pests in agriculture, horticulture and public health programmes. Biochemical changes occurring in the metabolically active tissues of gills (GL), hepatopancreas (HP) and muscle (MU) of the penaeid shrimp, Metapenaeus monoceros (Fabricius) on exposure to two sublethal doses (4...

Article history: Received 14 September 2005 Received in revised form 10 December 2005 Accepted 19 December 2005 Available online 14 February 2006 There has been a growing concern about the interactions of endangered sea turtles with the pelagic longline fishery in Hawaii recently. Some tough measures including a swordfish harvest ban have been put into effect since 2000 to protect these turtles...

Project Concepts Our project is unique in our effort to combine the ideas and draw upon the expertise of scientists from a number of different disciplines: sea turtle biology and physiology, population dynamics, fisheries science, and oceanography. Our project has already generated multiple new theories regarding the causes of sea turtle declines and the role of pelagic fisheries in those decli...