Subregional Data Presentations and Discussions by the National 

 Representatives 



Rapporteur Report of Subregional Statements Panel 

 Session 



CHAIR; 



Manuel Murillo, Universidad de Costa Rica, Costa 

 Rica 



RAPPORTEUR ; Barbara Schroeder, National Marine Fisheries 



Service, USA 



PANEL; 



MURILLO; 



MEDINA; 



Glenda Medina, FUDENA, Venezuela 



Herman Kumpf, National Marine Fisheries Service, 

 USA 



Jose Ottenwalder, Parque Zoologico Nacional, 

 Dominican Republic 



Horace Walters, Ministry of Agriculture, Land, and 

 Fisheries, St. Lucia 



Subregional coordinators will have 10 minutes to 

 summarize comments and integrate aspects of the 

 subregional presentations of National Reports of 

 today's session. The National Representatives 

 will then be given an opportunity to comment. The 

 audience will then be given an opportunity to 

 comment . 



Subreaion South America 



The countries of the subregion South America 

 are; Brazil, French Guiana, Surinam, Guyana, 

 Venezuela, Colombia, Trinidad and Tobago, and 

 Netherlands Antilles. Guyana was not represented, 

 and no report was submitted. Areas of greatest 

 nesting activity and their physical 

 characteristics were identified and described. 

 Environmental problems include dredging, 

 construction, tourism, and debris. These factors 

 affect reproductive success of the species and 

 conservation efforts of the countries. There 

 appears to be good data on foraging areas in the 

 subregion. The countries have general information 

 on abundance of the species present in their 

 areas, but whether these populations are 

 increasing, decreasing, or stable is not known. 

 Historical data on population levels are lacking. 

 Catch can be subdivided into incidental and 

 intentional. Little information exists on catch 



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