Regional level trends in green turtle catch rates for the Caribbean coast of Nicaragua.

Estimated conditional dependence of catch rates on time by (A) RAAN  =  Región Autónoma Atlántico Norte and (B) RAAS  =  Región Autónoma Atlántico Sur. Seasonality is also included in the regional models, but the corresponding plot is not shown, as it is indistinguishable from that shown in Fig. 4B. Plot components are the same as for Fig. 4A and 4B. Note that the y-axis scale is the same for both Fig. 5A and 5B. The x-axis scale corresponds to the time periods when sampling took place (December 1995 to 2011 in the RAAN and 1991 to 2011 in the RAAS). Also shown on the scale of the response are trend in catches (average turtles/day) over time (C) in the RAAN and (D) in the RAAS, assuming average fishing effort by region in terms of nets used and trip length for those time periods. The analysis is based on data from the same seven principal fishing communities included in Fig. 4.