Assessment of Sea-Turtle Status and Trends Integrating Demography and Abundance (2010) / Chapter Skim
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7 Cross-Cutting Issues:Data, Education, Permits, and Coordination
7 Cross-Cutting Issues:Data, Education, Permits, and Coordination
Pages 109-120
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Other data resources currently exist but have not been used to address data gaps because the data are not accessible or have inadequate access and are at risk of being lost as data owners change fields, retire, or die. Most of those datasets cannot be replaced because they were collected in past years or even decades under different environmental conditions and turtle densities.
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Current stewardship of the data resulting from the projects ranges from wellcurated, computerized databases with safeguarded backups to boxes of loose data sheets stored in a single vulnerable location.
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Given funding opportunities, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has tentative plans to update this database and initiate coordination among projects. • Marine Turtle DNA Sequence Web sites assign haplotype (i.e., nucleotide sequence)
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All data owners allow NMFS to use their data for management purposes and stipulate any additional extent to which their data are accessible. All data owners allow the Archie Carr Center for Sea Turtle Research to release original tagging data to people who report the capture of tagged turtles.
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Attempts have been made to standardize protocols for collection of data on sea turtles by a wide range of techniques (e.g., Bjorndal and Balazs, 1983; Higgins et al., 1997; Eckert et al., 1999; National Marine Fisheries Service Southeast Fisheries Science Center, 2008)
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Limits on quantitative infor mation pertinent to seaturtle management stem from both inadequate quantitative expertise and insufficient guidance of study designs and data analyses of policy information needs. Shortterm remedies for the problem might include recruiting statistics and modeling specialists into management agencies from fields outside conservation biology.
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universities are engaged in cooperative programs with NMFS, along with Sea Grant administered Graduate Fellowships in Population Dynamics and Marine Resource Economics. Other programs, such as the NMFS–Recruiting Training Research Program at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, undertake special populationdynamics workshops annually for undergraduates.
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Since then, WPRFMC has played an instrumental role in fostering collaboration, transferring bycatchmitigation technology, and advancing the sustainability of fish eries by convening a number of international meetings. It has also played a key role in encouraging seaturtle research, monitoring, and conserva tion projects in the Pacific where funding may not have been otherwise available, and its program annually receives a portion of the congressional funding dedicated to Pacific seaturtle research and conservation.
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NMFS does not have a similar relationship with states so a seaturtle research project that is to take place in state waters usually requires per mits from both NMFS and the state in which the work is to be conducted, although in some cases the federal permit is all that is required. The committee has found broad consensus among researchers study ing sea turtles that the permitting process is a greater obstacle to research than is necessary for the protection of the turtles or for meeting the requirements under the Endangered Species Act.
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Incentives should be developed to encourage data sharing; these may include providing participating researchers with dataanalysis services and data products, regional data summaries, data backup assurance, assistance with publication of results, and facilitation of collaborative relationships. • The Sea Turtle Stranding and Salvage Network should make infor mation on all stranded turtles available for evaluation at least by review teams and assessment modelers.
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That could be done by increasing funding of existing cooperative programs or by developing summer programs similar to the National Science Founda tion's Research Experience for Undergraduates. Because quantitative skills are essential for species management generally, summer courses could be directed toward a broader audience of undergraduates and beginning graduate students who are pursuing careers in conservation of marine mammals, sea birds, and other marine species.
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Clearly broadcast updated information and data needs for assessments of risks and population viability. Allocation of Research Funds • To ensure that research funds are invested wisely, NMFS and USFWS should have all research plans generated in federal agencies reviewed by panels that include federal and nonfederal scientists.
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