In Mexico regulations include trawling 

 restrictions within 4 km of nesting beaches; take 

 and trade are prohibited. Three nature preserves 

 have been established for Lepidochelys kempi . 

 Chelonia mydas . and Eretmochelys imbricata . 



Future actions in the United States will 

 focus on evaluation of TED regulations, economic 

 impact of the use of TED to the shrimp fishery, 

 other sources of mortality, and status of stocks. 



Future actions in Mexico include increased 

 academic participation in continuing conservation 

 programs . 



Both Mexico and the United States have 

 committed funds for continuing research and have 

 demonstrated commendable conservation ethics. 



OTTENWALDER ; Subreqion Greater Antilles 



The countries in the subregion are: Cuba, 

 Cayman Islands, Jamaica, Haiti, Dominican 

 Republic, Puerto Rico, Turks & Caicos, Bahamas, 

 and Bermuda. Cuba, Bahamas, and Turks & Caicos 

 were not represented. 



The estimates of nesting females for the 

 subregion nesting females in 1986/1987 are: 



E. imbricata - 370 (Dominican Republic, Puerto 



Rico) 



C. mydas - 225 (Dominican Republic, Puerto 



Rico) 



D. coriacea - 3 30 (Dominican Republic, Puerto 



Rico) 

 C. caretta - 52 (Dominican Republic, Cayman 



Islands) 



Data are not available on nesting populations 

 in Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti, Turks & Caicos, and the 

 Bahamas . 



In the Cayman Islands, the number of nests 

 per year of C. caretta has been reduced to 2-3 

 nests. No nesting has been recorded in Bermuda 

 for over a decade. 



Quantitative information on capture levels is 

 very sparse. Estimated catch in Puerto Rico may 

 be up to 2 00 individuals per year (all species 

 combined) and in the Dominican Republic possibly 

 1,000 individuals per year (all species combined). 



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