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Light sticks may lure turtles to fishing lines

tory in Texas and at a turtle nesting area in south Florida.

The study needs to be repeated with longlines in the open sea to confirm that light sticks attract turtles under natural conditions in the ocean, Lohmann said. The researchers are also curious to check leatherback turtles for a similar response.


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Contact: Becky Oskin
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
4-May-2007


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