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Wider Caribbean Sea Turtle Nesting Sites - Saint Vincent & the Grenadines

Abstract

Three species of sea turtle nest in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, with hawksbills and leatherbacks being the most common. The taking of eggs and nests is prohibited and the turtle fishery is governed by seasonal closure and minimum size limits.

For more information see:
Dow, Wendy, Karen Eckert, Michael Palmer and Philip Kramer. 2007. An Atlas of Sea Turtle Nesting Habitat for the Wider Caribbean Region. The Wider Caribbean Sea Turtle Conservation Network and The Nature Conservancy. WIDECAST Technical Report No. 6. Beaufort, North Carolina. 267 pages, plus electronic Appendices. (Saint Vincent & the Grenadines excerpt).

Data providers

Lucine Edwards (lucine.edwards@gmail.com)
Fisheries Officer
Fisheries Division - Ministry of Agriculture and Labour

References

Carr, A., A. Meylan, J. Mortimer, K. Bjorndal and T. Carr. 1982. Surveys of sea turtle populations and habitats in the Western Atlantic. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFC-91. U.S. Department of Commerce. 82 pp. plus maps
Morris, K. 1984. The National Report for the country of St. Vincent.. In: Proceedings, Western Atlantic Turtle Symposium I, San Jose, Costa Rica, July 1983. (P. Bacon et al., Editors). University of Miami Press, Miami. 381-385
Morris, K. 1987. The National Report for the country of St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Western Atlantic Turtle Symposium II. Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, September, 1987. 10 pp
Scott, N. McA. and J. A. Horrocks. 1993. Sea Turtle Recovery Plan for St. Vincent and the Grenadines. (K. L. Eckert, Editor). UNEP Caribbean Environment Programme. CEP Technical Report No. 27. Kingston, Jamaica. 80 pp

Nesting sites summary (#Crawls/year)

Beach Name Year data
collected		 Green Loggerhead Hawksbill Leatherback Olive
Ridley		 Kemp's
Ridley
Barrouallie 1979 X X
Biabou Bay 1984, 1987 X X
Big Sand Beach - Union Island 1984, 1987, 1993 X
Bloody Bay - Union Island 1984, 1987 X
Brighton Bay 1984, 1987 X X
Cablehut Bay 1984, 1987 X
Campbell - Union Island 1984, 1987 X X
Carenage Bay - Canouan 1984, 1987 X
Chateaubelair Bay 1984, 1987 X
Chatham Bay - Union Island 1984, 1987 X
Clare Valley 1979 X
Colonarie Bay 1979, 1984, 1987 X X
Cumberland Bay 1979, 1984, 1987 X
Dallis Bay - Canouan 1984, 1987 X
Dark View 1979 X
Friendship Bay - Canouan 1984, 1987, 1993 X X
Georgetown Bay 1984, 1987 X X
Grand Bay Beach - Canouan 1993 X
Kerton's Bay 1984, 1987 X
L'Ansecoy - Mustique 1993 X
L'Anse Guyac Beach - Canouan 1984, 1987 X
Lowman's Bay 1984, 1987 X
Macaroni - Mustique 1993 X
Mahault Bay - Canouan 1984, 1987, 1993 X X X
Miss Irene - Union Island 1984, 1987 X X
Mount Pleasant Beach 1979, 1984, 1987 X X
Mount Wynne Bay 1984, 1987 X
North Bay - Baliceaux 1984, 1987 X
North Union Bay 1984, 1987 X
Obsidian Bay - Mustique 1984, 1987, 1993 X
Orange Hill Bay 1979, 1984, 1987 X
Pasture Bay - Mustique 1984, 1987, 1993 X
Peter's Hope Bay 1984, 1987 X
Petite Bordel Bay 1984, 1987 X
Petite Tobac - Tobago Cays 1984, 1987 X
Plantain - Mustique 1993 X
Princess Margaret Beach - Bequia 1993 X
Raffal - Union Island 1984, 1987, 1993 X X
Richmond Beach 1979, 1984, 1987 X X
Richmond Beach - Union Island 1984, 1987, 1993 X X X
Rose Bank 1979 X
Saltwhistle - Mayreau 1993 X
Sandy Bay 1984, 1987 X
South Glossy Bay - Canouan 1984, 1987, 1993 X X
Spring Beach - Union Island 1984, 1987 X X
Stubbs Bay 1979, 1984, 1987 X X
Troumaca Bay 1979, 1984, 1987 X
Unnamed - Frigate Island 1984, 1987 X X
Unnamed - Palm or Prune Island 1979 X X X
Wallilabou Bay 1979, 1984, 1987 X
Windward Bay - Canouan 1993 X
OBIS-SEAMAP ID415
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# of Nesting Sites51 sites in 1 countries/territories
Last updated2007-06-27 16:51:28
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