Hawksbill turtle : 



Recover, of the Hawaiian hawksbill population will be reached when the numbers of females 

 nesting at each currently used nesting beach have been restored and maintained at levels that 

 ensure maximum hatchling production. 



The first step in this recovery process will be to reduce and overcome limiting factors affecting 

 the immediate survival of the population to the extent that it is no longer in danger of becoming 

 extinct (e.g., reclassified from endangered to threatened status). 



To eliminate commercial trade in hawksbill turtles, the Secretaries of Commerce and the Interior 

 certified Japan under the Pelly Amendment to the Fishermen's Protective Act of 1967 for 

 engaging in activities that diminish the effectiveness of CITES, primarily, that Japan was 

 importing hawksbill and Kemp's ridley turtle products from Mexico. The Pelly amendment 

 provides that the President may prohibit the importation of wildlife products from the offending 

 country. After negotiations with the U.S. government. Japan announced in 1991 that it would 

 end all trade in hawksbill turtles, and in 1992, withdraw its CITES reservation for hawksbills. 



Green turtle : 



Recover)' of the Hawaiian green turtle population will be reached when the numbers of females 

 nesting at each currently used nesting beach have been restored and maintained at levels that 

 ensure maximum hatchling production. 



Leatherback and olive ridley turtles : 



A determination of conditions for the recovery of the leatherback and olive ridley in Hawaiian 

 waters will only be possible when adequate knowledge becomes available on their life history 

 and ecology. 



