Food color and marine turtle feeding behavior: Can blue bait reduce turtle bycatch in commercial fisheries?

Location

Costa Rica

Article

Food color and marine turtle feeding behavior: Can blue bait reduce turtle bycatch in commercial fisheries?

Target catch

Swordfish and tuna

Study Type

Field study in the wild

Effect on bycatch species

Did not reduce bycatch

Bycatch species

Fishing Gear

Hooks-and-Lines

Reduction technique