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Turtles were relatively infrequent in the tuna purse 

 seine sets, at rates generally less than 5% overall 

 and without evident pattern among the three set 

 types. Most (21 of 24) were recorded as "turtle" 

 or identified as Ridley turtles Lepidochelys olivacea, 

 as probably most were (pers. observ.) (Table 4). 

 A few leatherback turtles Dermochelys coriacea and 



green turtles Chelonia mydas were also identified. 



Dolphinfish (Coryphaena spp.) were most frequent 

 (24%) in log-fish sets and progressively rarer in 

 school-fish and porpoise-fish sets. Individual fishing 

 trips had log-fish sets with association rates ranging 

 from zero to 50%. Considering that dolphinfish are fre- 

 quently associated with flotsam and are not strong 



