Longline fishery is exerting an impact on the sea turtle populations of the seas around India, as in the case of many longline fisheries operating in other parts of the world. During the tuna longline survey conducted by four research vessels of Fishery Survey of India, 87
sea turtles were caught incidentally from the Arabian Sea, Bay of Bengal and Andaman and Nicobar waters of the Indian exclusive economic zone (EEZ) during 2005