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April 07, 2025
Findings emphasize the need for sustained cleanup efforts and measures to reduce fishing gear losses and interactions with non-target species.
Stranding data are critical for monitoring threats to sea turtles. By analyzing four decades of green turtle (Chelonia mydas) strandings from the Main Hawaiian Islands, we elucidate temporal and spatial trends.
Hoiberg MA, Borgelt J, Mostert P, Murakawa SK, Martin SL, Gelman J, Lynch JM, Verones F2025. Marine debris impacts on Hawaiian green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas): High prevalence of hook-and-line fishing gear in strandings Marine Pollution Bulletin, 215,117869.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2025.117869
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