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Anon. 2000. Turtles involved with longline gear in the Grand Banks, 6p.

Anon. Results of a tagging study at Cedar Key, Florida, with comments on Kemp's ridley distribution in the Southeast U.S. NOAA/NMFS 3500 Delwood Beach Road, Panama City, Florida 32408, 4p.

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Braun, J. and Epperly, S.P. Leatherback sea turtles and offshore shrimp trawling activity in North Carolina. National Marine Fisheries Service, Southeast Fisheries Science Center, Beaufort, NC, 7p.

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Epperly, S.P. 1995. Sea turtle strandings in the Middle Atlantic; May-July 1995. National Marine Fisheries Service, Southeast Fisheries Science Center, Miami, FL, 35p.

Epperly, S.P. 2000. Sea turtle stranding and salvage network - a review. National Marine Fisheries Service, Southeast Fisheries Science Center, Miami, FL 14p.

Epperly, S.P., Boggs, C. 2004. Post-hooking mortality in pelagic longline fisheries using "J" hooks and circle hooks. Application of new draft criteria to data from the Northeast Distant Experiments in the Atlantic. National Marine Fisheries Service, Protected Resources & Biodiversity Division,Internal Document Number PRD-03/04-04, 8p.

Epperly, S.P., Braun, J. 1996. 1996 N.C. Stranding Event. National Marine Fisheries Service, Southeast Fisheries Science Center, 2p.

Epperly, S.P., McNeill, J.B. 2002. The use of AVHRR imagery and the management of sea turtle interactions in the mid Atlantic Bight. National Marine Fisheries Service, Southeast Fisheries Science Center, Miami, FL, 8p.

Epperly, S.P. and Teas, W.G. 1999. Evaluation of TED opening dimensions relative to size of turtles stranding of the Western North Atlantic. National Marine Fisheries Service, Southeast Fisheries Science Center, Miami Laboratory Contribution Number PRD-98/99-08, 31p.

Epperly, S.P. and Thayer, V.G. 1995. Marine mammal and sea turtle/fisheries interactions in North Carolina. National Marine Fisheries Service, Southeast Fisheries Science Center, Beaufort, NC 28516, 11p.

Epperly, S.P., Thompson, N.B., Keinath, J.A., Musick, J.A., and Crouse, D.T. 1989.The natural resources associated with Mobil's proposed drill site, p.49-61. In Crawford, K. (ed.) Proceedings Marine Expo '89, Wilmington, NC, Department of Administration, Outer Continental Shelf Office, Raleigh, NC, 64p.

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Fairfield-Walsh, C., and Garrison, L.P. 2006. Preliminary estimates of protected species bycatch rates in the U.S. Atlantic pelagic longline fishery between 1 January and 31 March 2006. National Marine Fisheries Service, Southeast Fisheries Science Center, Miami, FL, SEFSC Contribution # PRD-05/06-16, May 2006, 15p. (Updated 9/2007)

Fairfield-Walsh, C., and Garrison, L.P. 2006. Preliminary estimates of protected species bycatch rates in the U.S. Atlantic pelagic longline fishery between 1 April and 30 June 2006. National Marine Fisheries Service, Southeast Fisheries Science Center, Miami, FL, SEFSC Contribution # PRD-05/06-19, August 2006, 15p. (Updated 9/2007)

Fairfield-Walsh, C., and Garrison, L.P. 2006. Preliminary estimates of protected species bycatch rates in the U.S. Atlantic pelagic longline fishery between 1 July and 30 September 2006. National Marine Fisheries Service, Southeast Fisheries Science Center, Miami, FL, SEFSC Contribution # PRD-06/07-99, November 2006, 18p. (Updated 9/2007)

Fairfield-Walsh, C., and Garrison, L.P. 2007. Preliminary estimates of protected species bycatch rates in the U.S. Atlantic pelagic longline fishery between 1 October and 31 December 2006. National Marine Fisheries Service, Southeast Fisheries Science Center, Miami, FL, SEFSC Contribution # PRD-06/07-01, February 2007, 18p. (Updated 9/2007)

Fairfield-Walsh, C., and Garrison, L.P. 2007. Preliminary estimates of protected species bycatch rates in the U.S. Atlantic pelagic longline fishery between 1 January and 31 March 2007. National Marine Fisheries Service, Southeast Fisheries Science Center, Miami, FL, SEFSC Contribution # PRD-06/07-04, May 2007, 13p. (Updated 9/2007)

Fairfield-Walsh, C., and Garrison, L.P. 2007. Preliminary estimates of protected species bycatch rates in the U.S. Atlantic pelagic longline fishery between 1 April and 30 June 2007. National Marine Fisheries Service, Southeast Fisheries Science Center, Miami, FL, SEFSC Contribution # PRD-06/07-09, August 2007, 23p. (Updated 9/2007)

Fairfield, C. 2007. Preliminary estimates of protected species bycatch rates in the U.S. Atlantic pelagic longline fishery from 1 July - 30 September 2007. National Marine Fisheries Service, Southeast Fisheries Science Center, Miami, FL, SEFSC Contribution # PRD-07/08-04, November 2007, 21p. (Updated 12/2007)

Fairfield, C. 2008. Preliminary estimates of protected species bycatch rates in the U.S. Atlantic pelagic longline fishery from 1 October - 31 December 2007. National Marine Fisheries Service, Southeast Fisheries Science Center, Miami, FL, SEFSC Contribution # PRD-07/08-10, February 2008, 19p. (Updated 2/2008)

Fairfield, C. 2008. Preliminary estimates of protected species bycatch rates in the U.S. Atlantic pelagic longline fishery from 1 January - 31 March 2008. National Marine Fisheries Service, Southeast Fisheries Science Center, Miami, FL, SEFSC Contribution # PRD-07/08-12, June 2008, 21p. (Updated 6/2008)

Fontaine, C.T., Williams, T.D., and Caillouet, C.W., Jr. 1993. Cruise plan for the release of the 1992 year-class of head started Kemp's ridley sea turtles. NMFS/SEFSC Galveston, TX 77551, 44p.

Fontaine, C.T., Caillouet, C.W., Jr., Williams, T.D., and Stabenau, E.K. 1993. Plan for conditioning, transportation, and maintenance of Florida loggerhead sea turtles, Caretta caretta, for TED certification trials. NMFS/SEFSC Galveston, TX 77551, p 16.

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Garrison, L.P. 2003. Summary of target species and protected resource catch rates by hook and bait type in the pelagic longline fishery in the Gulf of Mexico 1992-2002. National Marine Fisheries Service, Southeast Fisheries Science Center, Miami, FL SEFSC Contribution # PRD-02/03-08, 12p.

Garrison, L.P. 2003. Protected species interactions with the directed shark gillnet fishery of Florida and Georgia from 1999-2002. National Marine Fisheries Service, Southeast Fisheries Science Center, Miami, FL, October 8, 2003, 10p. 

Garrison, L.P. 2004. Preliminary estimates of protected species bycatch rates in the U.S. Atlantic pelagic longline fishery during January - June, 2004. National Marine Fisheries Service, Southeast Fisheries Science Center, Miami, FL, SEFSC Contribution # PRD-03/04-10, September 2004, 19p. (Updated 9/2007)

Garrison, L.P. 2004. Preliminary estimates of protected species bycatch rates in the U.S. Atlantic pelagic longline fishery between 1 July and 30 September, 2004. National Marine Fisheries Service, Southeast Fisheries Science Center, Miami, FL, SEFSC Contribution # PRD-04/05-02, November 2004, 16p. (Updated 9/2007)

Garrison, L.P. 2005. Preliminary estimates of protected species bycatch rates in the U.S. Atlantic pelagic longline fishery between 1 October and 31 December, 2004. National Marine Fisheries Service, Southeast Fisheries Science Center, Miami, FL, SEFSC Contribution # PRD-04/05-07, March 2005, 16p. (Updated 9/2007)

Garrison, L.P. 2005. Preliminary estimates of protected species bycatch rates in the U.S. Atlantic pelagic longline fishery between 1 January and 31 March 2005. National Marine Fisheries Service, Southeast Fisheries Science Center, Miami, FL, SEFSC Contribution # PRD-04/05-10, May 2005, 14p. (Updated 9/2007)

Garrison, L.P. 2005. Preliminary estimates of protected species bycatch rates in the U.S. Atlantic pelagic longline fishery between 1 April and 30 June 2005. National Marine Fisheries Service, Southeast Fisheries Science Center, Miami, FL, SEFSC Contribution # PRD-04/05-13, August 2005, 15p. (Updated 9/2007)

Garrison, L.P. 2005. Preliminary estimates of protected species bycatch rates in the U.S. Atlantic pelagic longline fishery between 1 July and 30 September 2005. National Marine Fisheries Service, Southeast Fisheries Science Center, Miami, FL, SEFSC Contribution # PRD-05/06-05, November 2005, 16p. (Updated 9/2007)

Garrison, L.P. 2006. Preliminary estimates of protected species bycatch rates in the U.S. Atlantic pelagic longline fishery between 1 October and 31 December, 2005. National Marine Fisheries Service, Southeast Fisheries Science Center, Miami, FL, SEFSC Contribution # PRD-05/06-15, February 2006, 14p. (Updated 9/2007)

Garrison, L.P. and Stokes, L. 2008. Preliminary estimates of protected species bycatch rates in the U.S. Atlantic pelagic longline fishery between 1 April and 30 June, 2008. National Marine Fisheries Service, Southeast Fisheries Science Center, Miami, FL, SEFSC Contribution # PRD-07/08-14, August 2008, 19p. (Updated 8/2008)

Gitschlag, G., Renaud, M., Williams, J., and Hale, J. 1992. Movement of Kemp's ridley and loggerhead sea turtles off the Georgia-Florida coast. NMFS/SEFSC Galveston, TX 77551, 67p.

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Hataway, D. and Mitchell, J. 2001. Report on gear evaluations to mitigate sea turtle capture and mortality on pelagic longlines using captive reared sea turtles. NMFS/SEFSC Pascagoula, MS, 19p. 

Hataway, D. 2002. Corrosion of fish hooks. NMFS/SEFSC Pascagoula, MS, 3p. 

Henwood, T.A. and Moulding, J.D. Some morphometric relationships in the western Atlantic loggerhead turtle, Caretta caretta. National Marine Fisheries Service, Southeast Fisheries Science Center, Pascagoula, MS, 27p.

Henwood, T. and Shah, A. 1995. Feasibility of using sea turtle stranding data as a management / enforcement tool. National Marine Fisheries Service, Southeast Fisheries Science Center, Pascagoula, MS, 166p.

Henwood, T.A. and W.E. Stuntz. 1986. Analysis of sea turtle captures and mortalities aboard commercial shrimp trawling vessels. National Marine Fisheries Service, Pascagoula, MS, 54 pp. 

Henwood, T.A., Stuntz, W.E. and Thompson, N. 1992. Evaluation of U.S. turtle protective measures under existing TED regulations, including estimates of shrimp trawl related turtle mortality in the greater Caribbean.  Southeast Fisheries Science Center, Miami Laboratory Contribution Number MIA-91/92, 23 pp. 

Hill, G.D. 1979.  The troubled turtle.  NOAA Magazine (9):1,  January 1979.  4 pp.  (Updated 11/2007)

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Johnson, J.S. 1986. Sea turtle mediated negotiations: A new approach, 5p.

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Kemmerer, A.J. 1989. Summary report from trawl tow time versus sea turtle mortality workshop. National Marine Fisheries Service, Southeast Fisheries Center, Pascagoula, Mississippi, 20p.

Kleiber, Pierre and Christofer Boggs. 2000. Workshop on reducing sea turtle takes in longline fisheries Miami, August 31 - September 1, 1999. Southwest Fisheries Science Center Administrative Report H-00-09, 17 p., Honolulu, Hawaii 96822. 

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Mast, R.B. 1986. Preliminary report on findings of WATS II sea turtle research survey of Colombia's Caribbean coast, 6p.

Milliken, H.O., Belskis, L., DuPaul, W., Gearhart, J., Hass, H., Mitchell, J., Smolowitz, R., and Teas, W. 2007. Evaluation of a modified scallop dredge's ability to reduce the likelihood of damage to loggerhead sea turtle carcasses.  Northeast Fisheries Science Center Reference Document 07-07, April 2007, 40p.  (Updated 7/2007)

Murray, K.T. 2004. Bycatch of sea turtles in the mid-Atlantic sea scallop (Placopecten magellanicus) dredge fishery during 2003. Northeast Fisheries Science Center Reference Document 04-11, 36p.

Murray, K.T. 2006. Estimated average annual bycatch of loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) in U.S Mid-Atlantic bottom otter trawl gear; 1996-2004. Northeast Fisheries Science Center Reference Document 06-19, 34p. 

Murray, K.T. 2007. Estimated bycatch of loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) in U.S Mid-Atlantic scallop trawl gear, 2004-2005, and in scallop dredge gear, 2005. Northeast Fisheries Science Center Reference Document 07-04, 40p. 

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National Marine Fisheries Service Southeast Region. 1988. Endangered Species Program Report, 25p.

National Marine Fisheries Service. 2004.  Requirements and equipment needed for the careful release of sea turtles caught in hook and line fisheries.  Appendix B1 of the Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement,  Reduction of sea turtle bycatch and bycatch mortality in the Atlantic pelagic longline fishery, NOAA Fisheries Service, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, Highly Migratory Species Division, 28p. 

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Ogren, L.H. 1977. Survey and reconnaissance of sea turtle in the Northern Gulf of Mexico, 8p.

Ogren, L.H. 1978. Trip Report--Rancho Nuevo, Mexico, April 12-19, 1978, 22p.

Ogren, L.H. 1978. Survey and reconnaissance of sea turtles in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Report to the Southeast Fisheries Center by the National Marine Fisheries Service, Panama City, FL 32407, 7p.

Ogren, L.H. 1980. Trip Report--Republic of Panama and Colombia, South America, September 28 - October 4, 1980, 14p.

Ogren, L.H. 1980. Trip Report--Costa Rica, Venezuela, and Guyana February 28-March 11, 1980, 13p.

Ogren, L.H. 1980. Trip Report--Travel to foreign country, San Jose, Costa Rica, 13-18 November, 1980, 2p.

Ogren, L.H. 1981. Trip Report--Travel to Foreign Country, Colombia, 15-26, June, 1981, 9p.

Ogren, L.H. 1983. Trip Report--Colombia, South America, June 7-18, 1983, 7p.

Ogren, L.H. 1984. Sea Turtle Sightings--R/V Delaware II Cruise, March 11-22, 1984, 2p.

Ogren, L.H. 1985. Trip Report-Foreign Travel to Costa Rica, Central America, March 24-April 9, 1985, Phase 1, 5p.

Ogren, L.H. 1985. Trip Report-Foreign Travel to Costa Rica, Central America, May 13-June 11, 1985, Phase 2, 4p.

Ogren, L.H. 1988. The biology and ecology of juvenile sea turtles: Kemp's ridley (Lepidochelys kempii) in the Gulf of Mexico and Western North Atlantic. DRAFT, 24p.

Ogren, L.H. 1988. Biology and ecology of sea turtles. 8p.

Ogren, L.H. 1991. A summary of recent sea turtle distribution and relative abundance by species, life history stage, activities (reproductive, feeding, migration) and seasonal occurrence at three localities in the Gulf of Mexico, 7p.

Orphanides, C.D., and Bisak, K.D. 2006. Analysis of Virginia fisheries effort as a component in the development of a fisheries sampling plan to investigate the causes of sea turtle strandings. US. Department of Commerce, Northeast Fisheries Science Center Reference Document 06-24, 49p. 

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Powers, J.E. 1980. An estimate of nesting female loggerhead turtles on the South Atlantic coast of the United States in 1980. National Marine Fisheries Service, Southeast Fisheries Center, Miami, FL, 18p.

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Renaud, M.L., G.R. Gitschlag, and J.K. Hale. 1992. Retention of imitation satellite transmitters (ISTs) fiberglassed to the carapace of sea turtles.

Renaud, M., Gitschlag, G., Manzella, S., and Williams, J. 1992. Tracking of green (Chelonia mydas) and loggerhead (Caretta caretta) sea turtles using radio and sonic telemetry at South Padre Island, Texas. June through September 1991. NMFS/SEFSC Galveston, TX 77551, 54p.

Richards, P.M. 2007. Estimated takes of protected species in the commercial directed shark bottom longline fishery 2003, 2004, and 2005.  NMFS Southeast Fisheries Science Center Contribution PRD-06/07-08, June 2007, 21p. (Updated 7/2007)

Richards, P.M. and Belskis, L.C. 2007.  A report to the Atlantic Sea Turtle Strategy Steering Committee: Latitudinal distribution of sea turtles reported to the Sea Turtle Stranding and Salvage Network on the Northern East Coast of the United States using preliminary information from 1998-2004.  NMFS Southeast Fisheries Science Center Contribution PRD-07/07-06, June 2007, 11p. (Updated 6/2008)

Roithmayr, C., and T. Henwood. 1982. Incidental catch and mortality report. Unpublished report to the National Marine Fisheries Service, 20 pp. 

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Sano, M.H. and Fairfield, C.P. 1989. Evaluations of differences in sea surface temperatures between 1987 and 1988 for use in study of sea turtle strandings along the Southeast U.S. coast. National Marine Fisheries Service, Northeast Fisheries Science Center Reference Document 89-09, 28p.

Schroeder, B.A. 1986. Summary of Marquesas Keys marine turtle field work (12-16 May 1986), 5p.

Schroeder, B.A. 1987. 1986 Annual report of the sea turtle stranding salvage network: Atlantic and Gulf Coast of the United States January - December 1986. National Marine Fisheries Service, Miami Laboratory Coastal Resources Division Contribution Number CRD-87/88-12, 45p.

Schroeder, B.A. 1987. A summary of information on Kemp's Ridley (Lepidochelys kempi) strandings 1980-1987: Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States. National Marine Fisheries Service, Miami Laboratory Coastal Resources Division Contribution Number CRD-87/88-01, 27p. 

Schroeder, B.A. 1987. Third quarter report of the sea turtle stranding and salvage network: Atlantic and Gulf Coast of the United States January - September 1987. National Marine Fisheries Service, Miami Laboratory Coastal Resources Division Contribution Number CRD-87/88-07, 25p. 

Schroeder, B.A. and Warner, A.A. 1988. 1987 Annual report of the sea turtle stranding and salvage network: Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States January - December 1987. National Marine Fisheries Service, Miami Laboratory Coastal Resources Division Contribution Number CRD-87/88-28, 46p.

Schroeder, B.A. and Warner, A.A. 1988. Semi-annual report of the sea turtle stranding and salvage network: Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States January - June 1988. National Marine Fisheries Service, Miami Laboratory Coastal Resources Division Contribution Number CRD-87/88-27, 22p.

Schroeder, B.A. and Webster, A.W. 1988. First quarter report of the sea turtle stranding and salvage network: Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States January - March 1988. National Marine Fisheries Service, Miami Laboratory Coastal Resources Division Contribution Number CRD-87/88-21, 12p.

Scott, G.P., and Brown, C.A. 1997. Estimates of marine mammals and marine turtles catch by the U.S. Atlantic pelagic longline fleet in 1994-95. National Marine Fisheries Service, Miami Laboratory Contribution Number MIA-96/97-28, 31p.

Shah, A., Watson, J.W., Foster, D.G., and Epperly, S. 2004. Experiments in the western Atlantic Northeast Distant Waters to evaluate sea turtle mitigation measures in the pelagic longline fishery. Summary of Statistical Analysis. March 3, 2004, 46p.

Southeast Fisheries Center. 1981.  Abundance of loggerhead sea turtles in Cape Canaveral ship channel. Research information report to support DSEIS on endangered and threatened species of sea turtles, 1981. Report for NMFS Southeast Regional Office,  St. Petersburg, FL, 14 May 1981, 6p.  (Updated 11/2007)

Southeast Fisheries Center. 1981.  Incidental catch and mortality of loggerhead sea turtles for the shrimp trawl fishery of the southeast U.S.  Research information report to support DSEIS on endangered and threatened species of sea turtles, 1981. Report for NMFS Southeast Regional Office,  St. Petersburg, FL, 14 May 1981, 35p.  (Updated 11/2007)

Southeast Fisheries Center. 1981.  Estimated sea turtle incidental catch and mortality from shrimp trawling and the 1980 sea turtle stranding records, southeastern U.S. Research information report to support DSEIS on endangered and threatened species of sea turtles, 1981. Report for NMFS Southeast Regional Office,  St. Petersburg, FL, 14 May 1981, 4p.     (Updated 11/2007)
 
Southeast Fisheries Center. 1981.   Impact of shrimping tow time on loggerhead sea turtle mortalities and shrimp fishery economics.  Research information report to support DSEIS on endangered and threatened species of sea turtles, 1981. Report for NMFS Southeast Regional Office,  St. Petersburg, FL, 14 May 1981, 17p.  (Updated 11/2007)

Southeast Fisheries Center. 1981.  Review of 1980 sea turtle strandings. Research information report to support DSEIS on endangered and threatened species of sea turtles, 1981. Report for NMFS Southeast Regional Office,  St. Petersburg, FL, 14 May 1981, 11p. (Updated 11/2007)

Southeast Fisheries Center. 1987. Program for endangered species FY-1987.

Southeast Fisheries Center. 1991. Report on turtle distribution and commercial shrimp trawling: a descriptive analysis stratified by relative water depth. National Marine Fisheries Service, Miami Laboratory Contribution Number MIA-90/91-25, 20p.

Southeast Fisheries Science Center. 1992. Louisiana debris study, 26p.

Southeast Fisheries Science Center. 2007. Estimated takes of protected species in the commercial directed shark bottom longline fishery 2006.  NMFS Southeast Fisheries Science Center Contribution PRD-07/08-05, November 2007, 15p. (Updated 12/2007)

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Teas, W.G. 1992. 1990 Annual report of the sea turtle stranding and salvage network: Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States January - December 1990. National Marine Fisheries Service, Miami Laboratory Coastal Resources Division Contribution Number MIA-91/92-60, 52p.

Teas, W.G. 1992. 1991 Annual report of the sea turtle stranding and salvage network: Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States January - December 1991. National Marine Fisheries Service, Miami Laboratory Coastal Resources Division Contribution Number MIA-91/92-62, 49p.

Teas, W.G. 1993. 1992 Annual report of the sea turtle stranding and salvage network: Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States January - December 1992. National Marine Fisheries Service, Miami Laboratory Coastal Resources Division Contribution Number MIA-92/93-73, 47p.

Teas, W.G. 1994. 1993 Annual report of the sea turtle stranding and salvage network: Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States January - December 1993. National Marine Fisheries Service, Miami Laboratory Coastal Resources Division Contribution Number MIA-94/95-12, 47p.

Teas, W.G. and Martinez, A. 1989. 1988 Annual report of the sea turtle stranding and salvage network: Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States January - December 1988. National Marine Fisheries Service, Miami Laboratory Coastal Resources Division Contribution Number CRD-88/89-19, 47p.

Teas, W.G. and Martinez, A. 1992. 1989 Annual report of the sea turtle stranding and salvage network: Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States January-December 1989. National Marine Fisheries Service, Miami Laboratory Coastal Resources Division Contribution Number MIA-91/92-39, 51p.

Thompson, N.B. Conservation of an endangered species: Turtles and TEDs. NMFS/SEFSC Miami, Florida 33149.

Thompson, N.B. 1983. Abundance of female Caretta caretta (loggerhead turtles) nesting along the Southeast U.S. coast 1982 nesting season. National Marine Fisheries Service, Miami, FL, 25p.

Thompson, N. 1984. Progress report on estimating density and abundance of marine turtles: results of first year pelagic surveys in the Southeast U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service, Miami, FL, NOAA-NMFS-SAW/84/MMT/7, 64p.

Thompson, N.B. 1986. A summary of marine turtle sightings from NMFS/SEFC aerial census surveys for cetaceans and turtles in the Gulf of Mexico, 1983 - 1986. National Marine Fisheries Service,Miami Laboratory Coastal Fishery Resources Division, 9p.

Thompson, N.B. 1991. Loggerhead turtles in the Gulf of Mexico: Pelagic distributions. NMFS/SEFSC Miami, FL 33149, 24p.

Thompson, N.B. 1991. Preliminary examination of available information on the capture of turtles incidental to fishing in Southeast U.S. waters. Contribution Number MIA-90/91-31, NOAA/NMFS/SEFSC Miami, FL 33149, 14p.

Thompson, N.B. 1993. Sea turtle strandings along the Southeastern U.S. 1984-1991. Southeast Fisheries Science Center, Miami Laboratory Contribution Number MIA-92/93-74, 17p.

Thompson, N.B. 1993. Preliminary analysis of sea turtle stranding event: Northern Gulf of Mexico, May/June 1993. National Marine Fisheries Service, Miami, FL, 20p.

Thompson, N.B. and Marquez, R.M. 1991. Insights into the distribution and migratory movements of the Kemp's ridley sea turtle, 19p.

Thompson, N.B., and Martinez, A. 1990. Preliminary results of systematic sampling for stranded sea turtles in NMFS statistical zones 4-5, 17-21,and 28-32. National Marine Fisheries Service, Miami Laboratory Contribution Number MIA-89/90-05, 11p.

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Watson, J.W., Epperly, S., Garrison, L., Shah, A., and Bergmann, C. 2004 Rationale for rule making option to require 16/0 circle hooks in tuna directed pelagic longline fisheries to mitigate sea turtle mortality. Originally drafted December 10, 2003, Revised 12 March 2004; Addendum: Evaluation of 18/0 circle hook in the Gulf of Mexico directed tuna fishery. June 22, 2004, 7p.

Watson, J.W., Foster, D.G., Epperly, S., and Shah, A. 2002 Experiments in the western Atlantic Northeast Distant Waters to evaluate sea turtle mitigation measures in the pelagic longline fishery. Report on experiments conducted in 2001. May 23, 2002, 135p. 

Watson, J.W., Foster, D.G., Epperly, S., and Shah, A. 2003 Experiments in the western Atlantic Northeast Distant Waters to evaluate sea turtle mitigation measures in the pelagic longline fishery. Report on experiments conducted in 2001 and 2002. March 5, 2003, 89p.

Watson, J.W., Foster, D.G., Epperly, S., and Shah, A. 2004 Experiments in the western Atlantic Northeast Distant Waters to evaluate sea turtle mitigation measures in the pelagic longline fishery. Report on experiments conducted in 2001 -2003. February 4, 2004, 123p.

Watson, J.W., Bergmann, C.E., Shah, A., Foster, D., and Epperly, S. 2004 Evaluation of 18/0 circle hook in the Gulf of Mexico tuna fishery. Report on experiments conducted in 2004. July 26, 2004. National Marine Fisheries Service, Southeast Fisheries Science Center, Pascagoula, MS, 14p.

Watson, J.W., Hataway, B.D., Bergmann, C.E. 2003 Effect of hook size on ingestion of hooks by loggerhead sea turtles. June 2003, 5p.

Wibbels, T., Frazer, N., Grassman, M., Hendrickson, J., and Pritchard, P. 1989. The Blue Ribbon Panel Review of the National Marine Fisheries Service Kemp's ridley headstart program. Report to the National Marine Fisheries Service. Dates of Review August 10-11, 1989, 11p.

Witzell, W.N. 1992. The incidental capture of sea turtles in commercial non-shrimping fisheries in Southeastern U.S. waters. Southeast Fisheries Science Center, Miami Laboratory Contribution Number MIA-91/92-43, 22p.

Witzell, W.N. 2004. Investigation of juvenile sea turtles in the coastal waters of southwest Florida. Southeast Fisheries Science Center, Miami Laboratory Contribution Number PRD#07/08-01, 6p. (Updated 12/2007).

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Yeung, C., Epperly, S.P., and Brown, C.A. 2000. Preliminary revised estimates of marine mammals and marine turtles by catch by the United States Atlantic pelagic long line fleet, 1992-1999. National Marine Fisheries Services, Southeast Fisheries Science Center, Miami, FL, PRD-99/00-13, 58p.

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