CHAIR ; 

 RAPPORTEUR ; 



SPEAKER ; 



PANEL; 



Rapporteur Report of the Green Turtle Status Panel 

 Session 



Karen Bjorndal, University of Florida, USA 



Barbara Schroeder, National Marine Fisheries 

 Service, USA 



Larry Ogren, National Marine Fisheries Service, 

 USA 



James Burnett-Herkes , Department of Agriculture 

 and Fisheries, Bermuda 



Ana Chaves, Universidad de Costa Rica, Costa Rica 



Llewellyn Ehrhart, University of Central Florida, 

 USA 



Jacques Fretey, Museum National d'Histoire 

 Naturelle, France 



Reyna Gil, Centre de Investigaciones de Quintana 

 Roo, Mexico 



Colin Limpus, Queensland National Parks and 

 Wildlife Service, Australia 



Angela Marcovaldi, Institute Brasileiro 

 Desenvolvimento Forestal, Brazil 



Guy Marcovaldi, Institute Brasileiro 

 Desenvolvimento Forestal, Brazil 



Krishnepersad Mohadin, STINASU, Surinam 



Jeanne Mortimer, University of Florida, USA 



Ross Witham, University of Miami, USA 



The chair called the panel members and speaker forward and 

 introduced the speaker. Larry Ogren presented the status report 

 on the green turtle, Chelonia mydas . after which there was 

 discussion as follows: 



MOHADIN; 



A summary of C. mydas nesting in Surinam was 

 presented. Nest counts compiled since 1967 

 indicate there is a stable nesting population. 

 The nesting season extends from February to July 

 with peaks during March -May. Hatchling success of 

 wild nests averages 84% with an average of 138 

 eggs per nest. 



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