CHAIR ; 

 SPEAKER ; 



RAPPORTEUR ; 



PANEL; 



Rapporteur Report of the Kemp's Ridley Turtle 

 Status Panel Session 



Jack Woody, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, USA 



Rene Marquez, Proyecto Nacional de Tortugas 

 Marinas, Mexico 



Charles Karnella, National Marine Fisheries 

 Service, USA 



Carole Allen, HEART, USA 



Patrick Burchfield, Gladys Porter Zoo, USA 



Richard Byles, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, USA 



Charles Caillouet, National Marine Fisheries 

 Service, USA 



Peter Dutton, San Diego State University, USA 



Carlos Hasbun, Gladys Porter Zoo, USA 



Larry Ogren, National Marine Fisheries Service, 

 USA 



David Owens, Texas A & M University, USA 



Robert Shipp, University of South Alabama, USA 



The chair introduced the panel and immediately gave the 

 floor to Rene Marquez who provided a status report on 

 Lepidochelvs kempi . The status report included a lengthy 

 discussion of activities at the principal nesting site, Rancho 

 Nuevo, Tamaulipas, Mexico. 



CHAIR; 



CAILLOUET; 



Rene Marquez was thanked and Charles was asked to 

 provide a summary of the headstart program. 



Each year about 2,000 eggs are taken from Rancho 

 Nuevo to Padre Island. The eggs are transported 

 in Padre Island sand and never touch Rancho Nuevo 

 sand. The U.S. National Park Service incubates 

 these eggs for 50 to 60 days and send 1,500-1,800 

 hatchlings to the U.S. National Marine Fisheries 

 Service. Hatching success has ranged from 12.5% 

 to 93.2%, with an average of about 76%. The low 

 value was for the 1983 class. 



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