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Marine turtle identification cards for Indian Ocean fisheries

Year of publication 2018

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 20 p.

Author IOTC

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Booklet

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) This is an identification guide for marine turtles that may interact with the pelagic fisheries for tuna and tuna-like species in the Indian Ocean. The characteristics of the six species found in the Indian Ocean (flatback, loggerhead, hawksbill, green, olive ridley and leatherback turtles) are described with colour photographs, schematic diagrams of key diagnostic features and distribution maps.

Statutory body / Meeting title Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC)

Language English

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