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1 Turks and Caicos Islands Turtle Project (TCITP) Amdeep Sanghera Marine Conservation Society - UK Tom Stringell Marine Turtle Research Group University of Exeter in Cornwall UK

2 Tom Stringell Countryside Council for Wales: UK Govt. Agency Marine Turtle Research Group: University of Exeter Photo: Jeremy Stafford-Dietsch

3 Turks and Caicos Islands Turtle Project (TCITP) Annette Broderick, Marta Calosso, Lisa Campbell, John Claydon, Wesley Clerveaux, Brendan Godley, Kathy Lockhart, Simon Notley, Ann Notley, Quentin Phillips, Susan Ranger, Peter Richardson, Amdeep Sanghera, Thomas Stringell.

4 Contents Introduction Why we are doing the project Social research Biological research Harvest assessment

5 Contents Introduction Why we are doing the project Social research Biological research Harvest assessment

6

7 BERMUDA TURKS & CAICOS ISLANDS CAYMAN ISLANDS Caribbean Sea BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS ANGUILLA MONTSERRAT

8 Major turtle fishery: Richardson et al., CCB Photo: P. Richardson

9 Photo: A. Sanghera TCI s fishery legislation Turtle eggs & nesting females Turtles at sea < 20in. (51cm) / 20lbs (9kg) Turtles at sea > 20in. (51cm) / 20lbs (9kg)

10 TCITP Invited by DECR to: Better understand TCI s marine turtle harvest on a biological and social basis Assist DECR in devising sustainable management strategy for the turtle fishery

11 Assess status of breeding and foraging turtle populations in TCI waters

12 Assess scale of TCI turtle harvest and effect on overall population Photo: P. Richardson

13 Further understand economic/social importance of turtles to people Photo: Lisa Campbell

14 Facilitate stakeholder participation in developing future turtle fishery management plan

15 Final outputs Recommendations for fishery legislation amends Draft turtle fishery management plan for DECR

16 Contents Introduction Why we are doing the project Social research Biological research Harvest assessment

17 Filming of social research documentary in TCI

18 Screenings of documentary

19 Discussion workshops.

20 Workshop discussions included stakeholder perceptions on future turtle fishery management scenarios

21 turtle fishery ban; species bans; quotas; maximum/minimum size limits; open/closed season; co-management; enforcement and monitoring.

22 Fisher decision-making study

23 Ethnography

24 Commodity chain analysis to understand importance of turtle use to South Caicos communities.

25 Contents Introduction Why we are doing the project Social research Biological research Harvest assessment

26 Population Dynamics: in water

27 Abundance Estimation Catch Mark Recapture

28 Biometrics

29 Genetic sampling

30 Mixed Stock Analysis: Foraging Populations Photo: Peter Richardson/MCS

31

32

33 Origins

34 Origins

35 Migration tracks of female hawksbill turtles after nesting on Mona Island,Puerto Rico

36 Size at Recruitment to Feeding Grounds

37 Ontogenetic Shifts: Recruitment to Feeding Grounds When do turtles recruit to the foraging grounds Stable Isotopes δ13 C δ15 N Coastal Oceanic δ15 N δ13 C

38 Foraging ecology / Diet stable isotopes

39 Diet Stomach contents & Diet vouchers Match Stable isotopic signatures of food to that of turtle tissue

40 Sex ratios Gonad samples from harvested turtles Hormone assays from blood

41 Results: sex ratios Female:Male Green 1.96:1 Hawksbill 10:1 Male Female Photo: T. Stringell Photo: A. Sanghera

42 Incidental observations: FP Photo: A. Sanghera

43 Nesting surveys

44

45 Nesting surveys

46 Contents Introduction Why we are doing the project Social research Biological research Harvest assessment

47 An Assessment of the Harvest of Marine Turtles in the Turks & Caicos Islands, Caribbean Thomas Stringell, Annette Broderick, Marta Calosso, Lisa Campbell, John Claydon, Wesley Clerveaux, Brendan Godley, Kathy Lockhart, Simon Notley, Ann Notley, Quentin Phillips, Susan Ranger, Peter Richardson, Amdeep Sanghera.

48 Methods Project staff (authors) - direct counts of butchered landings of C. mydas and E. imbricata for 1 year from 24 November 2008 Photo: T. Stringell

49 Providenciales South Caicos Grand Turk

50 Methods: harvest estimation We use the number of turtles landed to estimate the harvest at each island Sum of island estimates = annual harvest in TCI Estimates are related to observations on South Caicos we know most about these data. Assumes seasonality is same at all islands

51 Results: size Green Butchered vs In-water 51.7cm( ) vs 42.7cm( ) n=251, U=3667 P<0.001 In-water Butchered

52 Green Adults: Costa Rica Bjorndal et al., 2005 In-water Butchered

53 Hawksbill Butchered vs In-water 54.4cm ( ) vs 41.0cm ( ) n=170, U=1156 P<0.001 In-water Butchered

54 Hawksbill Adults: Cuba Moncada et al., 1999 Adults: Barbados Beggs et al., 2007 In-water Butchered

55 Results: seasonality (South Caicos) Hawksbill χ 6 2 =17.7, P<0.01 Green χ 6 2 =28.1, P<0.01 Interpolated Absolute

56 Results: seasonality (South Caicos) Hawksbill χ 6 2 =17.7, P<0.01 Green χ 6 2 =28.1, P<0.01 Interpolated Absolute

57 Results: seasonality (South Caicos) Green 2 χ 11=65.6, P<0.001 Interpolated Absolute

58 Results: seasonality (South Caicos) Green 2 χ 11=65.6, P<0.001 Interpolated Absolute

59 Results: seasonality (South Caicos) Hawksbill 2 χ 11=36.7, P<0.001 Interpolated Absolute

60 Results: seasonality (South Caicos) Hawksbill 2 χ 11=36.7, P<0.001 Interpolated Absolute

61 Estimated harvest Hawksbill Green Grand Turk Providenciales South Caicos

62 Photo: A. Sanghera Estimated harvest Scale: green turtles hawksbill ~1 turtle per day per sp. MINIMUM

63 Conclusions Work in progress: assessing whether there is a need for legislative change, developing a sustainable management strategy Photo: T. Stringell

64 Thank you! Amdeep Sanghera (MCS) mcsuk.org Tom Stringell (MTRG)

65 Acknowledgements Simon and Ann Notley Fishermen of South Caicos Kathy Lockhart and staff at DECR Students & staff at SFS TCI

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