Overall trend in green turtle catch rates for the Caribbean coast of Nicaragua.

<p>Estimated conditional dependence of catch rates from 1991 to 2011 for (A) time and (B) month. Plot components are: estimates on the scale of the linear predictor (solid lines) with the y-axis scale for each variable selected to optimally display the results, confidence intervals (dashed lines), and explanatory variable values of observations shown as a rug plot along each x-axis. Also shown on the scale of the response is (C) trend in catches (average turtles/day) over time from 1991 to 2011, assuming average fishing effort for this period in terms of nets used and trip length. The seven principal fishing communities included in the analysis are: Awastara, Dakura, and Sandy Bay in the RAAN; Río Grande Bar, Sandy Bay Sirpi, Set Net Point, and Tasbapauni in the RAAS.