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Driftnets Catch Leatherback Turtles
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 April 2009
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In 1979 Japanese fishing vessels began using monofilament mesh driftnets to catch squid in international waters north-west of the Hawaiian Islands, between 35° and 45° N. This new fishery threatens the survival of leatherback turtles Dermochelys coriacea in their North Pacific feeding grounds and migration routes. It is only recently that the existence of leatherbacks in this remote oceanic area has been discovered and made known.
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