MY NEXT STATISTIC: This is CONTROVERSIAL, but factual.............Do you know how the turtle mortality rate from trawling is calculated? NOT by the actual killing of a turtle (which BTW, I havent talked with 1 Biologist who has witnessed a turtle death when a boat is using a TED properly, while researching on a boat for 30 -50 days)....its calculated based on a percentage of trawlers along the Gulf whos TEDs are reviewed and checked for basically perfection. So if the angle is 1 degree off, the net is 1/2 inch to short, etc...........that equates to a dead turtle (on paper) So when you hear that the Shrimpers kill 40,000 turtles........???? IF 20 BOATS ALONG THE GULF ARE CHECKED FOR TED COMPLIANCE AND THEY HAVE 1 OUT OF 20+ ANGLES (OFF 1 DEGREE), THEN THIS NUMBER GETS MULTIPLIED BY # OF BOATS IN GULF, DAYS OFF SHORE, ECT. SO 40,000 TURTLES IS THE NUMBER GIVEN TO THE PUBLIC WHEN IN ACTUALITY I HAVENT FOUND 1 CAPTAIN, CREW MAN, BOAT OWNER, OR BIOLOGIST WHO HAS WITNESSED A TURTLE DEATH WHEN THE TEDS ARE PULLED ACCURATELY. THIS IS OUR ONLY VOICE............PASS IT ON
Posted on: Sat, 19 Jul 2014 13:57:24 +0000
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