Mortality of olive ridley turtles Lepidochelys olivacea due to incidental capture in fishing nets along the Orissa coast, India

The coastal state of Orissa, India, harbours three important mass-nesting beaches of the olive ridley sea turtle Lepidochelys olivacea. During a survey of sea turtle nesting beaches from December 1993 to May 1994, 5282 dead olive ridleys were counted along the 480 km coastline of Orissa. Almost all...

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Published in:	Oryx Vol. 31; no. 1; pp. 32 - 36
Main Authors:	Pandav, B., Choudhury, B. C., Kar, C. S.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.01.1997 Blackwell Science Ltd
Subjects:	Lepidochelys olivacea India
ISSN:	0030-6053, 1365-3008
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