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of leatherbacks released following incidental entangle- Materials and methods 
ment (sample size [n]=15) were also reviewed. These 
tracks include records from the Northwest Atlantic 
Ocean, Southwest Atlantic Ocean, and Northeast 
Atlantic Ocean. 
Four leatherbacks were tagged in coastal waters off Nova 
Scotia, Canada (turtles A-D in Table 1). These 4 turtles 
were found entangled in lines associated with fish traps 
Table 1 
Details of fishery interactions and satellite tracking for leatherback turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) satellite tagged and released fol- 
lowing incidental capture in fishing gear in 2003-2012 in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean (NWA), Southwest Atlantic Ocean (SWA), 
and Northeast Atlantic Ocean (NEA). Mean travel rates are given with standard deviation in parentheses. A dash indicates a field 
that was not reported in the reviewed study. CCL=curved carapace length. 
Date 
deployed 
16-Jul-2003 
12-Aug-2003 
18-Jul-2008 
4-Jul-2012 
12-Feb-2006 
15-Jun-2005 
31-Jul-2006 
14-Aug-2006 
29-Oct-2006 
1-Sep-2005 
29-Jun-2006 
19-Aug-2007 
29-Aug-2007 
29-Aug-2007 
22-Sep-2007 
1-Oct-2007 
23-Aug-2008 
28-Aug-2008 
3-Sep-2009 
Gear type 
Fish trap (line 
entanglement) 
Fish trap (line 
entanglement) 
Fish trap (line 
entanglement) 
Fish trap (line 
entanglement) 
Driftnet 
Pelagic longline 
(mainline or 
branch lines) 
Pelagic longline 
(mainline or 
branch lines) 
Pelagic longline 
(mainline or 
branch lines) 
Artisanal 
bottom-set gill 
net 
Lobster pot (line 
entanglement) 
Salmon drift net 
Fixed gear (line 
entanglement) 
Fixed gear (line 
entanglement) 
Fixed gear (line 
entanglement) 
Fixed gear (line 
entanglement) 
Fixed gear (line 
entanglement) 
Fixed gear (line 
entanglement) 
Fixed gear (line 
entanglement) 
Fixed gear (line 
entanglement) 
Location 
Nova Scotia, 
Canada (NWA) 
Nova Scotia, 
Canada (NWA) 
Nova Scotia, 
Canada (NWA) 
Nova Scotia, 
Canada (NWA) 
Sao Paulo, Brazil 
(SWA) 
High seas (SWA) 
High seas (SWA) 
High seas (SWA) 
Rio de la Plata 
Estuary, Uruguay 
(SWA) 
0.2 km from Cuas 
Harbour, Ireland 
(NEA) 
0.5 km from Cuas 
Harbour, Ireland 
(NEA) 
Nantucket Sound, 
USA (NWA) 
Cape Cod Bay, 
USA (NWA) 
Nantucket Sound, 
USA (NWA) 
Cape Cod Bay, 
USA (NWA) 
Cape Cod Bay, 
USA (NWA) 
Nantucket Sound, 
USA (NWA) 
Nantucket Sound, 
USA (NWA) 
Nantucket Sound, 
USA (NWA) 
Mean 
Tag travel 
attachment Days rate 
type tracked (km/h) Source 
Harness 537 1.13 
(0.79) 
Harness 210 1.19 
(0.54) 
Direct 311 1.38 
(0.76) 
Direct 1.43 
(0.96) 
This study 
This study 
This study 
This study 
Almeida et al. 
(2011) 
Lopez- 
Mendilaharsu 
et al. (2009) 
Lopez- 
Mendilaharsu 
et al. (2009) 
Lopez- 
Mendilaharsu 
et al. (2009) 
Lopez- 
Mendilaharsu 
et al. (2009) 
Doyle et al. 
(2008) 
Harness 
Harness 
Harness 
Harness 
Harness 
Direct Doyle et al. 
(2008) 
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123.0 Direct 
137.5 Direct 
136.0 Direct 
146.4 Direct 
140.0 Direct 191 
155.0 Direct 203 
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