NFWF Grant Profile

Conservation Program(s):

Sea Turtles

Project Title: Mitigating Loggerhead Bycatch in Shark Fisheries in Northwest Mexico

Organization:

The Ocean Foundation

Project ID:

0104.12.028969

Award Amount:

$29000.00

Location:

We work at the endangered North Pacific loggerhead's Baja California peninsula hotspot where overlap with local fisheries can produce exceedingly high bycatch rates (Peckham et al 2008).