Protecting the breeders: research informs legislative change in a marine turtle fishery

Verfasser / Beitragende:
[Thomas Stringell, Wesley Clerveaux, Brendan Godley, Quinton Phillips, Susan Ranger, Peter Richardson, Amdeep Sanghera, Annette Broderick]
Ort, Verlag, Jahr:
2015
Enthalten in:
Biodiversity and Conservation, 24/7(2015-07-01), 1775-1796
Format:
Artikel (online)
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520 3 |a Marine turtles are sensitive to harvesting because of life-cycle traits such as longevity, late maturity and natal philopatry. The take of nesting females is of conservation concern because they are key to population maintenance and has led to global efforts to protect this life stage. In the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI; a UK Overseas Territory in the Caribbean), previous turtle fishery legislation protected nesting turtles on the beach but not in the water, where turtles over a minimum size were subject to legal take. In a 2-year study, we undertook nesting beach and in-water surveys, molecular analyses, satellite tracking and collation of fisheries landing data to investigate the populations of green (Chelonia mydas) and hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricata) turtles in theTCI and its turtle fishery. Adults were frequently taken in one of the region's largest legal and artisanal turtle fisheries. We suggest that nesting populations in theTCI, which contain genetically unique haplotypes, have diminished since the 1980s, likely as a result of the harvest of adults. Using these multiple lines of evidence, we highlight the inadequacies of the former fishery regulations and propose specific legislative amendments, which, as a result of this study, were implemented on 1 July 2014 by the TCI government. With good enforcement, these measures will protect adults breeding in theTCI and those from nesting rookeries in the region that use the waters of theTCI, improve the management of this fishery, and safeguard fisher livelihoods. 
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690 7 |a Turks and Caicos Islands  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a UK overseas territories  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a Marine turtle harvest  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a Nesting phenology  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a mtDNA haplotypes  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a Satellite tracking  |2 nationallicence 
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700 1 |a Clerveaux  |D Wesley  |u Department of Environment and Maritime Affairs, South Caicos, Turks and Caicos Islands  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Godley  |D Brendan  |u Centre for Ecology and Conservation, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Cornwall Campus, TR10 9FE, Penryn, UK  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Phillips  |D Quinton  |u Department of Environment and Maritime Affairs, South Caicos, Turks and Caicos Islands  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Ranger  |D Susan  |u Centre for Ecology and Conservation, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Cornwall Campus, TR10 9FE, Penryn, UK  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Richardson  |D Peter  |u Centre for Ecology and Conservation, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Cornwall Campus, TR10 9FE, Penryn, UK  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Sanghera  |D Amdeep  |u Marine Conservation Society, HR9 5NB, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire, UK  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Broderick  |D Annette  |u Centre for Ecology and Conservation, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Cornwall Campus, TR10 9FE, Penryn, UK  |4 aut 
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