International Management Mechanisms 



CHAIR; 



RAPPORTEUR; 



PANEL; 



Rapporteur Report of the International Management 

 Mechanisms Panel Session 



William Gordon, New Jersey Sea Grant, USA 



Dean Swanson, National Marine Fisheries Service, 

 USA 



Karen Bjorndal, University of Florida, USA 



James Burnett-Herkes, Department of Agriculture 

 and Fisheries, Bermuda 



Rene Chang, Comisionado del Programa de Tortugas 

 Marinas de la Fundacion de Parques Nacionales y 

 Media Ambiente de Panama, Republica de Panama 



Alonso Cruz, Direccion General de Asuntos 

 Pesqueros Internacionales, Mexico 



Fanny Darroux, OECS, St. Vincent 



Bruce Jaildagian, Greenpeace International, USA 



Milton Kaufmann, WIDECAST, USA 



Colin Limpus, Queensland National Parks and 

 Wildlife Service Australia 



Glenda Medina, FUDENA, Venezuela 



John Miller, National Park Service, St. Thomas, 

 U.S. Virgin Islands 



Horace Walters, Ministry of Agriculture, Land and 

 Fisheries, St. Lucia 



The chair opened the session with the comments that follow; 

 Perhaps of all creatures, sea turtles are unique in their 

 evolution, biology, and behavior patterns, yet similar to 

 creatures such as seals in their dependence on returning to 

 specific areas to reproduce. Sea turtles reach the lives of many 

 societies and cultures. Now, they are deeply entrenched in human 

 politics, and it is up to humankind to address the problems it 

 has created for sea turtles. 



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