Four Decades of Green Turtle (<i>Chelonia mydas</i>) Strandings on Hawai'i Island (1983-2022): Causes and Trends.

ABSTRACT: The Hawaiian population of green turtles (Chelonia mydas) has increased since Federal and State protections were implemented in the mid 1970s, and reported stranding events have also increased. This study analyzed Hawai'i Island data: stranding location, date, size, sex, presence/absence of tumors, stranding status, and cause of stranding. A total of 754 stranded green turtles was reported from 1983-2022: 379 stranded on the east (windward) coast of Hawai'i Island and 375 on the west (leeward) coast. Strandings peaked in 2011 and 2018 and were highest from March to August. The most common known cause of stranding was hook-and-line fishing gear (21.4% of total strandings), followed by fibropapillomatosis (7.2%), human take (4.4%), miscellaneous (3.7%), boat impact (3.3%), shark attac

SUBMITTER: Dentlinger S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11612556 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature