Publications

The Technical Memo presents information, analyses, and conclusions related to the study of sea turtle strandings by Sea Turtle Stranding and Salvage Network collaborators in three states, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana. NOAA Tech Memo NMFS-OPR-69.

Programmatic biological opinion on the Gulf of Mexico oil and Gas Program in federal waters. PARTIALLY SUPERSEDED: See below for details.

Elizabeth A. Babcock, Michael Barnette, James Bohnsack, John Jeffery Isely, Clay Porch, Paul M. Richards, Christopher Sasso, and Xinsheng Zhang

NOAA and USFWS hosted a workshop in St. Petersburg, Florida on September 6, 2017 to seek input on the development of recommendations to address the following key issues regarding green turtles with FP: 1) disposition when encountered under various circumstances (e.g., strandings, research activities, incidental capture, opportunistic observations); 2) rehabilitation and release; 3) response options if rehabilitation capacity is exceeded; and 4) biosecurity measures to prevent anthropogenic spread of the disease. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-OPR-60

This study investigated the impacts Florida artificial reefs may have on sea turtle populations, such as increased predation stemming from altered predator complexes, mortality due to entrapment, and entanglement issues.

Biological opinion on a permit application for continuing a study of green sea turtle (South Atlantic distinct population segment), hawksbill sea turtle, and loggerhead sea turtle (Northwest Atlantic DPS) aggregations in the coastal waters the U.S. Virgin Islands.

This document represents NOAA Fisheries' opinion on the effects of long-term projects studying green and hawksbill sea turtles in the coastal waters of Puerto Rico.

NOAA Fisheries issued a supplement in March 2017 to the biological opinion on the continued authorization of the Hawaii deep-set longline fishery.

The green turtle was first listed under the ESA in 1978. In April 2016, we revised the listing by listing eight distinct population segments (DPS) as threatened and three DPS as endangered. This 2015 ESA status review provided the scientific basis to revise the ESA listings.

A literature review compiled by NOAA Fisheries to facilitate better understanding of green turtle nesting distribution in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean, including a summary of legal protections for sea turtles throughout the region.