Developing strategies to reduce the accidental capture of sea turtles by fishermen, while maintaining capture rates of fish for a viable fishing economy, is a priority for policy makers, conservationists, and fishers and is a critical component to the recovery plan for sea turtles. Ocean Discovery Institute, working in collaboration with NOAA and the University of Hawaii, are conducting experiments in Baja California to identify strategies that can be used worldwide to reduce the accidental death of sea turtles. Already these methods have demonstrated 40%-60% reductions in sea turtle captures.