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wallacejnichols
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Oct. 17, 2007
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 (UPI) -- U.S. ecologists report small-scale fishing poses a greater threat to the survival of loggerhead sea turtles than does industrial fishing operations. Ocean Conservancy Scientist Wallace Nichols and University of California-Santa Cruz researcher Hoyt Peckham recently completed a 10-year study that found the species is seriously…
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wallacejnichols
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Oct. 17, 2007
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When S. Hoyt Peckham first arrived in Baja California, Mexico, to study the foraging ecology of loggerhead turtles, he had a demoralizing surprise: The beaches were littered with the carcasses of the endangered reptiles. After interviewing local fishers, Peckham discovered that they were accidentally catching many of the turtles and…
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wallacejnichols
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Oct. 17, 2007
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Ocean Conservancy Scientist, Wallace J. Nichols and University of California-Santa Cruz researcher Hoyt Peckham found surprising results in a recent peer-reviewed loggerhead sea turtle study that Nichols and Peckham conducted over the course of 10 years. The full study will be published on 17 October in the online, open-access journal…
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wallacejnichols
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Oct. 17, 2007
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October 17, 2007, Greencastle, Ind. - A ten year study, co-authored by Wallace J. Nichols and released today, "reveals that small-scale fishing operations are a greater threat to the survival of north Pacific loggerhead sea turtles than large industrial fishing operations. The species is seriously threatened." The peer-reviewed research was…
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wallacejnichols
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Oct. 17, 2007
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Washington, DC. Ocean Conservancy Scientist, Wallace J. Nichols and University of California-Santa Cruz researcher Hoyt Peckham found surprising results in a recent peer-reviewed loggerhead sea turtle study that Nichols and Peckham conducted over the course of 10 years. The full study will be published on October 17 in the online,…
