Sea Turtle Assessment Status and Research Needs
Sea Turtle Assessment Status and Research Needs

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Published: 2013

Total Pages: 52

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"This document summarizes the current state of sea turtle assessment and related NMFS research activities and provides an overview of resource requirements. It describes the present status of U.S. sea turtle assessments under the ESA; ongoing NMFS research and analysis activities; assessment themes and gaps; NMFS sea turtle assessment staff, vessel, and aircraft resources; and estimates of resources needed to maximize the utility of existing data and survey efforts and to better meet relevant mandates of the ESA. Assessment data categories examined are reflective of sea turtle recovery plans, NMFS stock assessment improvement initiatives, and the 2010 National Research Council (NRC) report, Assessment of Sea-Turtle Status and Trends: Integrating Demography and Abundance"--Page v.

Assessment of Sea-Turtle Status and Trends
Assessment of Sea-Turtle Status and Trends

Author: National Research Council

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 2010-10-07

Total Pages: 174

ISBN-13: 0309152550

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All six species of sea turtles found in U.S. waters are listed as endangered or threatened, but the exact population sizes of these species are unknown due to a lack of key information regarding birth and survival rates. The U.S. Endangered Species Act prohibits the hunting of sea turtles and reduces incidental losses from activities such as shrimp trawling and development on beaches used for nesting. However, current monitoring does not provide enough information on sea turtle populations to evaluate the effectiveness of these protective measures. Sea Turtle Status and Trends reviews current methods for assessing sea turtle populations and finds that although counts of sea turtles are essential, more detailed information on sea turtle biology, such as survival rates and breeding patterns, is needed to predict and understand changes in populations in order to develop successful management and conservation plans.

Bridging the Gap Between Policy and Science in Assessing the Health Status of Marine Ecosystems, 2nd Edition
Bridging the Gap Between Policy and Science in Assessing the Health Status of Marine Ecosystems, 2nd Edition

Author: Angel Borja

Publisher: Frontiers Media SA

Published: 2017-03-22

Total Pages: 548

ISBN-13: 2889451267

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Marine management requires approaches which bring together the best research from the natural and social sciences. It requires stakeholders to be well-informed by science and to work across administrative and geographical boundaries, a feature especially important in the inter-connected marine environment. Marine management must ensure that the natural structure and functioning of ecosystems is maintained to provide ecosystem services. Once those marine ecosystem services have been created, they deliver societal goods as long as society inputs its skills, time, money and energy to gather those benefits. However, if societal goods and benefits are to be limitless, society requires appropriate administrative, legal and management mechanisms to ensure that the use of such benefits do not impact on environmental quality, but instead support its sustainable use.

Decline of the Sea Turtles
Decline of the Sea Turtles

Author: National Research Council

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 1990-02-01

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13: 030904247X

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This book explores in detail threats to the world's sea turtle population to provide sound, scientific conclusions on which dangers are greatest and how they can be addressed most effectively. Offering a fascinating and informative overview of five sea turtle species, the volume discusses sea turtles' feeding habits, preferred nesting areas, and migration routes; examines their status in U.S. waters; and cites examples of conservation measures under way and under consideration.

Supplemental Environmental Assessment
Supplemental Environmental Assessment

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Published: 2012

Total Pages: 11

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"The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) proposes to issue a modification to scientific research permit No. 15566, held by the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, Marine Resources Division (Responsible Party: Mike Arendt). The purpose of the research would remain the same: to assess temporal change in catch rates, size distributions, sex and genetic ratios, and health of sea turtles. The proposed modification would increase the allowable annual live take of Kemp's ridley sea turtles from 29 to 79 animals. The 50 additional sea turtles would be captured, handled, blood sampled, measured, flipper and passive integrated transponder tagged, photographed, and released. No other changes would be made to the permit. Under NOAA Administrative Order 216-6, NMFS' issuance of scientific research permits is generally categorically excluded from the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA; 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) requirements to prepare an environmental assessment (EA) or environmental impact statement (EIS). However, for this permit NMFS prepared a Supplemental EA (SEA) to facilitate a more thorough assessment of potential impacts on endangered and threatened sea turtles. This SEA evaluates the potential impacts to the human environment from issuance of the proposed permit"--Abstract from SEA; Portfolio comprised of three related PDF documents digitized and organized by: NOAA Office of Program Planning and Integration (PPI) National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) staff.

Environmental Assessment
Environmental Assessment

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Published: 2011

Total Pages: 29

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"The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) proposes to issue scientific research permit No. 16146 to Kristen Hart. The purpose of this research is to quantify real-time habitat use of sea turtles within and around the Buck Island Reef National Monument. The research would also provide information on genetic stock structure, vital rates, and local population abundance. All turtles would be subject to capture and removal of epibiota; photographed, measured and weighed; blood, biopsy, and fecal sampled; flipper and passive integrated transponder tagged; lavaged; and released. A subset of animals would have satellite transmitters, VHF transmitters, and/or accelerometers attached. Under NOAA Administrative Order 216-6, NMFS' issuance of scientific research permits is generally categorically excluded from the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA; 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) requirements to prepare an environmental assessment (EA) or environmental impact statement (EIS). However, for this permit NMFS prepared an EA to facilitate a more thorough assessment of potential impacts on endangered and threatened sea turtles. This EA evaluates the potential impacts to the human environment from issuance of the proposed permit"--Abstract from EA; Portfolio comprised of two related PDF documents digitized and organized by: NOAA Office of Program Planning and Integration (PPI) National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) staff.

World Ocean Assessment
World Ocean Assessment

Author: Alan Simcock

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2017-04-17

Total Pages: 978

ISBN-13: 1316510018

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This United Nations report examines the current state of knowledge of the world's oceans, for policymakers, and provides a reference for marine science courses.