The main cause of the decline of loggerhead turtles, and the current primary threat to global populations is bycatch in longlines, gillnets, trawls, traps and pots, and dredges. Loggerhead can be hooked in the mouth...
Devices that toss the bait beyond the turbulence of longline boat propellers that tend to keep bait buoyant longer where it is more prone to seabird predation.