Management Research Needs 



CHAIR ; 

 RAPPORTEUR ; 



SPEAKERS; 



Rapporteur Report of Management Research Needs 

 Panel Session 



Frederick Berry, USA 



Barbara Schroeder, National Marine Fisheries 

 Service, USA 



Thomas Murphy, South Carolina Wildlife and Marine 

 Resources Department, USA 



Jeanne Mortimer, University of Florida, USA 



Wayne Witzell, National Marine Fisheries Service, 



USA 



Nicholas Mrosovsky, University of Toronto, Canada 



Nancy Thompson, National Marine Fisheries Service, 

 USA 



Andre Landry, Texas ASM University at Galveston, 

 USA 



James Richardson, University of Georgia, USA 



Each speaker presented a paper on his or her assigned 

 topics: Beach Habitat (Mortimer), Beach Surveys (Murphy), Water 

 Habitat (Witzell) , Sea Turtle Natural (Mrosovsky) , Water Surveys 

 (Thompson) , Fishing Mortality (Landry) , and Population Biology 

 (Richardson) . The Chair opened the discussion to the panel 

 members. 



MORTIMER; 



In areas of high density nesting, hatcheries 

 handle a very insignificant percentage of all 

 nests laid on the beach. Protecting nests in situ 

 may be a better alternative. Aerial surveys may 

 be biased if the day selected for nest counts is 

 not representative of the season. 



Open to the floor. 

 WILKINS; 



RICHARDSON; 



(National representative of St. Kitts) . Are 

 previously laid nests destroyed by subsequent 

 nesters on high density nesting beaches? 



Yes, this does happen. Nesting can be density 

 dependent; loss of habitat can also concentrate 

 nesting and cause problems. 



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