Application of Exploratory Modeling in Support of Transdisciplinary Inquiry: Regulation of Fishing Bycatch of Loggerhead Sea Turtles in Gulf of Ulloa, Mexico

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• bycatch 80%
• turtle 77%
• fishing 62%
• gulf 52%
• regulation 50%
• sea 38%
• modeling 29%
• advocacy 26%
• multiple use 24%
• living marine resource 15%
• sanction 14%
• policy making 11%
• endangered species 11%
• fishery management 10%
• refuge 10%
• risk analysis 10%
• fishery 8%
• transition 6%
• policy 6%
• need 5%
• effect 2%

Agriculture & Biology

• Caretta caretta 98%
• bycatch 92%
• Gulf of Mexico 86%
• advocacy 31%
• marine resources 15%
• state government 15%
• risk analysis 13%
• group effect 13%
• fisheries management 13%
• turtles 10%
• uncertainty 10%
• endangered species 10%
• fisheries 9%

Engineering & Materials Science

• Fisheries 100%
• Conservation 69%
• Risk analysis 39%
• Uncertainty 22%