caa a22 4500 605526761 CHVBK 20210128100805.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150701xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10531-015-0900-1 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10531-015-0900-1 Protecting the breeders: research informs legislative change in a marine turtle fishery [Elektronische Daten] [Thomas Stringell, Wesley Clerveaux, Brendan Godley, Quinton Phillips, Susan Ranger, Peter Richardson, Amdeep Sanghera, Annette Broderick] 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. Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht, 2015 Turks and Caicos Islands nationallicence UK overseas territories nationallicence Marine turtle harvest nationallicence Nesting phenology nationallicence mtDNA haplotypes nationallicence Satellite tracking nationallicence Stringell Thomas Centre for Ecology and Conservation, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Cornwall Campus, TR10 9FE, Penryn, UK aut Clerveaux Wesley Department of Environment and Maritime Affairs, South Caicos, Turks and Caicos Islands aut Godley Brendan Centre for Ecology and Conservation, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Cornwall Campus, TR10 9FE, Penryn, UK aut Phillips Quinton Department of Environment and Maritime Affairs, South Caicos, Turks and Caicos Islands aut Ranger Susan Centre for Ecology and Conservation, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Cornwall Campus, TR10 9FE, Penryn, UK aut Richardson Peter Centre for Ecology and Conservation, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Cornwall Campus, TR10 9FE, Penryn, UK aut Sanghera Amdeep Marine Conservation Society, HR9 5NB, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire, UK aut Broderick Annette Centre for Ecology and Conservation, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Cornwall Campus, TR10 9FE, Penryn, UK aut Biodiversity and Conservation Springer Netherlands 24/7(2015-07-01), 1775-1796 0960-3115 24:7<1775 2015 24 10531 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-015-0900-1 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-015-0900-1 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Stringell Thomas Centre for Ecology and Conservation, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Cornwall Campus, TR10 9FE, Penryn, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Clerveaux Wesley Department of Environment and Maritime Affairs, South Caicos, Turks and Caicos Islands aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Godley Brendan Centre for Ecology and Conservation, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Cornwall Campus, TR10 9FE, Penryn, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Phillips Quinton Department of Environment and Maritime Affairs, South Caicos, Turks and Caicos Islands aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ranger Susan Centre for Ecology and Conservation, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Cornwall Campus, TR10 9FE, Penryn, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Richardson Peter Centre for Ecology and Conservation, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Cornwall Campus, TR10 9FE, Penryn, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Sanghera Amdeep Marine Conservation Society, HR9 5NB, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Broderick Annette Centre for Ecology and Conservation, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Cornwall Campus, TR10 9FE, Penryn, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Biodiversity and Conservation Springer Netherlands 24/7(2015-07-01), 1775-1796 0960-3115 24:7<1775 2015 24 10531