RICHARDSON; 



Research on feeding areas such as that conducted 

 on Mona Island was advocated. 



MOHADIN; 



Whether or not Puerto Rico has a management plan 

 that addresses the problem of feral animals on 

 Mona Island was asked. 



CINTRON; 



Such a program exists and is funded by the U.S. 

 Fish and Wildlife Service, but there are problems 

 in executing it due to distance and conflicting 

 interests of hunters. 



ACKER; 



FRETEY; 



CHAIR: 



DONNELLY; 



MORTIMER; 



LIMPUS ; 



ECKERT ; 



MORTIMER; 



Juveniles are present year-round off the British 

 Virgin Islands. Enforcement personnel could not 

 possibly survey the 30-40 islands, but success had 

 been achieved by providing data sheets to diving 

 companies. Information is useful only if 

 collected consistently in given areas over time. 



Green turtles may have been confused for hawksbill 

 turtles off French Guiana in nest observations 

 reported prior to 1977-78. 



Donnelly was asked to address the suggested 

 listing of hawksbills as Indeterminate status 

 under CITES as per Groombridge and Luxmoore's 

 suggestion. 



An Indeterminate status would have some 

 significance for the lUCN. For highly migratory 

 species such as sea turtles, there is always the 

 problem that shipments of animal products cannot 

 be identified as to source except by accompanying 

 paperwork. 



There is no doubt that hawksbills are endangered 

 and should be listed on CITES Appendix 1. 



Despite incomplete information, if the hunting of 

 hawksbills continues, photographs of these animals 

 in the Caribbean will eventually be all that 

 remains. 



The correct identification of juveniles in the 

 water required proper training and offered to make 

 available the program to do this in the British 

 Virgin Islands. 



For countries without complete protection, is it 

 better to protect adults or juveniles? Adults 



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