TOKUNAGA; 



FULLER; 



WILKINS ; 



WEBER; 



MROSOVSKY! 



FRETEY; 



and Barbuda would exceed the known abundance of 

 the local population. 



Access to government documents for private 

 interests is limited. Shipping documents had not 

 been available except from cooperating companies. 

 However, a number of governments report that trade 

 statistics mask transhipment or the activities of 

 "paper" companies which falsely suggest that 

 turtle harvesting by their nationals is going on. 



Antigua and Barbuda will sign the CITES Treaty 

 this year. U.S. swordfish longliners incidentally 

 catching leatherbacks , greens, and hawksbills are 

 creating a special problem locally in light of a 

 lack of local enforcement capability. 



Fishermen claim that transhipment of turtle 

 products to Japan occurs. 



Japan should be informed officially in all cases 

 in which its import statistics are misleading. 



It would be a shame to adopt a total preservation 

 approach in part because turtle populations in 

 Surinam and Costa Rica have grown despite the use 

 by humans of 20-3 0% of the eggs. 



The passage between Surinam and French Guiana has 

 a growing human population and the expanding use 

 of longlines is increasingly involving leatherback 

 turtles. Greenpeace is offering to reimburse 

 fishermen for net damage and to assist in live 

 release of turtles. 



PARSONS ; 



MAST; 



Turtle use in the Cayman Islands is traditional, 

 and total protection cannot be considered because 

 many local people have no other source of income. 

 Other means of supplying human needs should be 

 considered, such as ranching. 



The problem of international trade is well 

 documented, but domestic commerce should not be 

 overlooked. Joining CITES is not a complete 

 solution. 



CHARLES ; 



FULLER; 



Although agreement on a moratorium on taking could 

 be reached, realism calls for a more balanced 

 approach . 



Few people in the eastern Caribbean have a 

 significant dependence on sea turtles. 



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