Directly, a small amount of leatherback turtles are caught for their meat by subsistence fisheries.

This species is likely caught in subsistence fisheries elsewhere in its range.

It is also of high importance in small artisanal and subsistence fisheries, for which statistics are not kept.

Directly, a few are caught for their meat by subsistence fisheries.

To add to this problem, many of the lesser known species are taken by subsistence fisheries and not reported.

It is fished mainly in subsistence fisheries and occasionally used as fishing bait.

This species is important to local subsistence fisheries and is commonly used as bait.

This species is important for subsistence fisheries and as a gamefish.

Proxy fishing is allowed in Alaska's sport, personal use, and subsistence fisheries under very similar rules.

The subsistence fisheries have often been tainted by black market sales of the fish.