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Saint Lucia National Report

Saint Lucia National Report. Background FMP: sustainable use; self sufficiency, food security through appropriate management Integrated and collaborative management Policy: manage turtle resources sustainably to permit long-term availability and benefits for Saint Lucians

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Saint Lucia National Report

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  1. Saint Lucia National Report Background • FMP: sustainable use; self sufficiency, food security through appropriate management • Integrated and collaborative management • Policy: manage turtle resources sustainably to permit long-term availability and benefits for Saint Lucians • 4 species: hawksbill, green, leatherback, and reports of loggerhead

  2. Saint Lucia National Report Management Plan for Turtles - Objectives: • restoration of populations • sustainable use of the resource • equitable sharing of benefits

  3. Saint Lucia National Report • Used for meat, eggs, shells • Eggs, nesting females, undersized protected by law since 1976 • 1996: moratorium on capture initiated; replaces March-Sept close season • external issues include habitat decline, illegal harvest of eggs, nesting females and foraging adults, enforcement limitations

  4. Saint Lucia National Report Key Initiatives: • enforcement training and collaborative ventures (police, coast guard, Marine Management Areas and fisheries) • CITES sensitization workshop • nature-heritage project (US$13,000) for community-based turtle watch programme for tourists and locals

  5. Saint Lucia National Report • Marine Management Areas (MMAs) as collaborative means for sustainable resource use and conflict resolution • Limited entry/gear authorisation systems being put in place for coastal fisheries • Sensitization of hotels re: measuresto minimise disturbance factors • Participation in regional fora and training

  6. Saint Lucia National Report Hawksbill • mainly nests along the west and south east coasts • shell was traded and more recently sold to tourists • hotel / urban development on west coast impacts on nesting : government establishing stricter development laws and a coastal zone unit to better control nearshore development

  7. Saint Lucia National Report • Fishers/coastal boaters reporting increased occurrence over past years • Traditional turtle fishers frustrated by moratorium and open season which neighbouring fishers enjoy • Curbing illegal egg removal /killing of nesting females critical for resource recovery efforts • national turtle project developed and funding being sought

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