When fishermen cast their nets, turtles get caught in the nets, causing damage to their bodies or drowning them. As juvenile loggerheads head to their feeding grounds in the water, they are highly exposed to bycatch, international longlines, and illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) longline fishing, leading to high rates of high mortality (Peckham et al. 2008). Although juveniles have a higher mortality rate due to bycatch, longlines and trade since they are still fully mature, adults are easily exposed to these threats because