Conservation of Pacific Sea Turtles / / ed. by Peter H. Dutton, Mahfuzuddin Ahmed, Dale Squires.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter UHP eBook Package 2000-2013
• MitwirkendeR: Ahmed, Mahfuzuddin,; Alfaro-Shigueto, Joanna,; Barragán, Ana Rebeca,; Dalzell, Paul,; Dutton, Donna L.,; Dutton, Peter H.,; Fahy, Christina C.,; Garner, Jeanne A.,; Gjertsen, Heidi,; Groves, Theodore,; Heberer, Craig,; Hitipeuw, Creusa,; Hogan, David F.,; Hong, Meen Chee,; Ibrahim, Kamarruddin,; Inouye, Daniel K.,; Jit, Joytishna,; Kamil, Syarifah Khadiejah Syed Mohd.,; Liew, Hock-Chark,; Mangel, Jeffrey C.,; Marcovaldi, Maria Angela,; Omuta, Kazuyoshi,; Sarti, Adriana Laura,; Segerson, Kathleen,; Simonds, Kitty M.,; Squires, Dale,; Stevenson, Todd C.,; Stohs, Stephen M.,; Tan, Chun Hong,; Tiwari, Manjula,; Tsamenyi, Martin,; Yeo, Bee Hong,; Zulkifli, Rahayu,
• HerausgeberIn: Ahmed, Mahfuzuddin,; Dutton, Peter H.,; Squires, Dale,
• Place / Publishing House: Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2011]; ©2011
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (544 p.) :; 89 illus.

Across the Pacific, populations of some species of sea turtles face extinction unless recent dramatic declines are reversed. The continuing decline of leatherbacks and loggerheads in particular illustrates the limitations of the current gradual and unilateral approach to conservation. Recovery requires instead a holistic solution that addresses all sources of mortality throughout the entire life history and habitat use of these transnational populations.Historically conservation efforts have focused on nesting sites to protect eggs and breeding females; mortality from coastal and highseas fisheries was not addressed. In the past five years, these recovery efforts have widened to include rigorously curtailing fishing and technological fixes that lower rates of incidental sea turtle deaths during fishing. Although each of these approaches shows promise, it has become increasingly clear that they alone will not recover severely depleted populations.Recognizing the urgency of the problem, this book presents ideas and case studies by conservation biologists, economists, marine life policy experts, fishing industry and fisheries professionals, management specialists, and development assistance researchers. It provides a new synthesis and blueprint for action that shifts the paradigm from piecemeal and unilateral conservation to a more holistic and multilateral approach to the recovery of Pacific sea turtle populations.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. Introduction to the Conservation of Pacific Sea Turtles -- Part One. Introduction -- Chapter 2. What Can Be Done to Restore Pacific Turtle Populations? -- Chapter 3. A Holistic Strategy for Pacific Sea Turtle Conservation -- Chapter 4. Can We Improve Our Conservation Bang for the Buck? -- Part Two. Nesting Beaches -- Chapter 5. Nest Relocation -- Chapter 6. Tragedy of the Malaysian Leatherback Population -- Chapter 7. Conservation Project on Yakushima Island -- Chapter 8. Importance of Networks for Conservation of the Pacific Leatherback Turtle -- Chapter 9. Reconciling Dual Goals of Leatherback Conservation and Indigenous People's Welfare -- Chapter 10. Projeto TAMAR-ICMBio -- Chapter 11. Direct Incentive Approaches for Leatherback Turtle Conservation -- Part Three. Fisheries-Related Conservation -- Chapter 12. Fisheries Impacts on Sea Turtles in the Pacific Ocean -- Chapter 13. Managing Marine Turtles and Pelagic Fisheries on the High Seas -- Chapter 14. Which Commercial Swordfish Fishing Gear Is Best for Balancing Protected Species Conservation and Fishing Opportunity? -- Chapter 15. Sea Turtle Conservation in Peru -- Chapter 16. Sea Turtle-Fisheries Interactions in Coastal Fisheries -- Chapter 17. Can Coastal Fisheries Bear the Cost of Sea Turtle Conservation? -- Chapter 18. Performance and Technology Standards in International Environmental Agreements -- Chapter 19. Policies to Reduce Stochastic Sea Turtle Bycatch -- Chapter 20. The Conservation of Sea Turtles under the Law of the Sea Convention, the UN Fish Stocks Agreement, and the WCPF Convention -- Chapter 21. Trade and the Environment -- Appendix: Action Plan Developed by the Nesting Beach Working Group as Part of the Bellagio Sea Turtle Conservation Initiative Workshop Held in Terengganu, Malaysia (July 2007) -- Contributors -- Index