Center for Coastal Studies and Collaborators Find Prompt Entanglement Reporting Is Critical to the Survival of Leatherback Turtles
February 25, 2022
February 25, 2022
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 25 (TNSRes) -- The Center for Coastal Studies issued the following news release:
New research suggests that leatherback turtles entangled in fishing gear have a better chance of survival if the incident is reported quickly, giving trained responders the opportunity to fully disentangle the animals.
Researchers, led by Dr. Kara Dodge of the New England Aquarium, analyzed 15 years of data collected by a network of disentanglement responders wit . . .
New research suggests that leatherback turtles entangled in fishing gear have a better chance of survival if the incident is reported quickly, giving trained responders the opportunity to fully disentangle the animals.
Researchers, led by Dr. Kara Dodge of the New England Aquarium, analyzed 15 years of data collected by a network of disentanglement responders wit . . .