Phillott, Andrea D. and Mathew, Jiby Mol and Krishnankutty, Nimisha and Ara, Shabnam Sifat and Shathy, Shagufta Tazin and Akter, Tanzina and Khan, Zahida Ishrat (2015) Estimates of turtle bycatch in fisheries of Chittagong district, Bangladesh. Indian Ocean Turtle Newsletter (22). pp. 5-11. ISSN 0973-1695
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Despite the coastal and offshore waters of Bangladesh being utilised by both industrial and artisanal fisheries (described in Hussain and Hoq, 2010), and fisheries bycatch identified as a major threat to sea turtles worldwide (Hamann et al., 2010), the rate and fate of turtle bycatch in Bangladesh waters is still relatively unknown. Observations of sea turtle mortality presumed due to fisheries bycatch have been published for coastal areas in the Chittagong Division (southwestern coast) of Bangladesh, including St. Martin’s Island, Cox’s Bazar-Teknaf Peninsula, and Sonadia Island (Islam 2002, 2011). A three week survey of three boats fishing west of Cox’s Bazar, setting 22 marine set bag nets in that time, found 95 trapped sea turtles, of which 48 drowned (Islam 2007).
| Item Type: | Articles |
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| Keywords: | Turtle, Bycatch, Bangladesh, Industrial Fisheries, Artisanal Fisheries, Nets |
| Subjects: | Right to Resources |
| Depositing User: | Varsha V icsf |
| Date Deposited: | 12 May 2022 04:24 |
| Last Modified: | 12 May 2022 04:24 |
| URI: | http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/14027 |
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