Are circle hooks effective in reducing i
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Susanna Piovano; Yonat Swimmer; Cristina Giacoma
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Article
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2009
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract A known fishing hot spot for loggerhead sea turtles (__Caretta caretta__) in the Mediterranean Sea is in the waters of the Strait of Sicily where interactions with fish hooks and branchlines are believed to be a major cause of mortality for sea turtles. Hooks with different shapes but