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ISTS Symposium43 Program/Agenda

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Session Overview

Session

Fisheries and Threats #2

Time:

Monday, 24/Mar/2025:

4:00pm - 5:30pm

Session Chair: Eunice Konadu Asamoah
Session Chair: Angela Manekuor Lamptey
Session Chair: Michael Joseph Liles
Session Chair: Tony (Michel Anthony) Nalovic
Session Chair: Nicolas Pilcher

Location: Omari Hall

Session Topics:

Fisheries and Threats

Session Abstract

*Denotes Archie Carr Student Award candidate; ^ Denotes Grassroots Award candidate; Presenting author is underlined

Presentations

4:00pm - 4:15pm

*TRUST, TRAPS, AND TURTLES: LEVERAGING STAKEHOLDER AND FISHER PERSPECTIVES TO ENHANCE SEA TURTLE BYCATCH REPORTING AND MITIGATION IN FLORIDA’S TRAP FISHERIES

Rachel Smith¹, Emily Hardin², Raymond Carthy³

¹School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; Human Nature Group, Phoenix, AZ; ²Disney’s Animals, Sciences and Environment, Lake Buena Vista, FL; ³Florida Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Research Unit, USGS, University of Florida, Gainesville FL

4:15pm - 4:30pm

TRAUMA DUE TO BYCATCH AND VESSEL STRIKES: MAIN CAUSE OF DEATH OF THE SEA TURTLE ON THE ANDALUSIAN COAST (2020–2024)

Carolina Fernández - Maldonado¹, Alejandra Cerezo Caro¹, Marta Román López¹, Francesco Achille Consoli², Teresa Márquez Bayón¹, Claudia Iglesias González², Antonio Fernández², Cristian Suárez-Santana²

¹SEASHORE AMBIENTAL, Calle Sevilla nº 4, 11380 Tarifa, Spain; ²Veterinary Histology and Pathology, Institute of Animal Health and Food Safety (IUSA), Atlantic Center for Cetacean Research, Marine Mammals Health WOAH col Centre, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Veterinary School, Las Palmas, Spain

4:30pm - 4:45pm

*IDENTIFYING DIRECT CAUSES, SPATIAL DENSITY, AND EMERGING THREATS OF SEA TURTLE STRANDINGS ACROSS THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS (2018-2023)

Taylor Brunson¹, Natalie K. Monnier², Claudia D. Lombard³, Kelly R. Stewart⁴, Nicole F. Angeli⁵

¹University of the Virgin Islands, Virgin Islands, U.S.; ²Sea Turtle Assistance and Rescue (STAR) Network, St. Croix, USVI; ³U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, USA; ⁴St. Croix Sea Turtle Project, The Ocean Foundation, Washington, DC, USA; ⁵Division of Fish and Wildlife, Department of Planning and Natural Resources, Government of the Virgin Islands, St. Croix, USVI

4:45pm - 5:00pm

*ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS IN OLIVE RIDLEY TURTLES: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF PLASTIC AND HEAVY METAL ACCUMULATION AT ODISHA'S NESTING BEACHES

Abhishek Thawait¹, Chandana Pusapati², Anuradha Bhat¹, Kartik Shanker^2,3

¹Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Kolkata, India; ²Dakshin Foundation; ³Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore, India

5:00pm - 5:15pm

THE EFFECT OF PROTECTED AREAS, COASTAL DEVELOPMENT, AND ARTIFICIAL LIGHT AT NIGHT ON NESTING MARINE TURTLES

Lucy Omeyer¹, Robin Thomas Ernest Snape^1,2, Jon Bennie³, Damla Beton², Burak Ali Çiçek⁴, Sophie Davey², Wayne Fuller⁵, Camille Fleury¹, Brendan Godley¹, Zoe Laurence1¹, Yaniv Levy⁶, Meryem Ozkan², Jack Wiggins¹, Annette Broderick¹

¹Centre for Ecology and Conservation, University of Exeter, UK; ²Society for Protection of Turtles, Levent Daire 1, Ulus Sokak, Gönyelli, North Cyprus; ³Centre for Geography and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, UK; ⁴Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Eastern Mediterranean University, Famagusta, North Cyprus; ⁵Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Near East University, Nicosia, North Cyprus; ⁶Israel Nature and Parks Authority

5:15pm - 5:30pm

TURTLES OF ARABIA: UNVEILING 15 YEARS OF SEA TURTLE MORTALITIES IN DUBAI

Hollis-Ann Stewart

Yellow Turtle Conservation, United States of America