Reducing the mortality of freshwater turtles in commercial fish traps

A breath of fresh air: avoiding anoxia a

A breath of fresh air: avoiding anoxia and mortality of freshwater turtles in fyke nets by the use of floats

✍ Sarah M. Larocque; Steven J. Cooke; Gabriel Blouin-Demers 📂 Article 📅 2012 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 202 KB

## ABSTRACT Freshwater turtles are susceptible to drowning in commercial fishing nets and this is a major conservation concern. Methods to mitigate turtle bycatch mortality typically involve reducing the capture of bycatch using gear modifications. Another method to reduce mortality is to keep byca