Nicole M. Adimey, Christine A. Hudak, Jessica R. Powell, Kim
Bassos-Hull, Allen Foley, Nicholas A. Farmer, Linda White, Karrie Minch,
Fishery gear interactions from stranded bottlenose dolphins, Florida
manatees and sea turtles in Florida, U.S.A, Marine Pollution Bulletin,
Available online 6 March 2014, ISSN 0025-326X,
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2014.02.008.
(http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0025326X14000897)
Abstract: Documenting the extent of fishery gear interactions is
critical to wildlife conservation efforts, especially for reducing
entanglements and ingestion. This study summarizes fishery gear
interactions involving common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus
truncatus), Florida manatees (Trichechus manatus latirostris) and sea
turtles: loggerhead (Caretta caretta), green turtle (Chelonia mydas),
leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea), hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricata),
Kemp’s ridley (Lepidochelys kempii), and olive ridley (Lepidochelys
olivacea) stranding in Florida waters during 1997–2009. Fishery gear
interactions for all species combined were 75.3% hook and line, 18.2%
trap pot gear, 4.8% fishing nets, and 1.7% in multiple gears. Total
reported fishery gear cases increased over time for dolphins (p < 0.05),
manatees (p < 0.01), loggerheads (p < 0.05) and green sea turtles (p