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Wider Caribbean Sea Turtle Nesting Sites - Venezuela

Abstract

Four species of sea turtle nest in Venezuela, with hawksbills and leatherbacks being the most common. A regionally significant nesting colony of green turtles is located on Isla de Aves, where more than 1000 crawls are recorded annually. Sea turtles are fully protected by law.

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. (Venezuela excerpt).

Data providers

Hedelvy Guada (hguada@cantv.net)
Directora
CICTMAR
Vicent Vera (v.vicente1@gmail.com)
Geographer
Oficina Nacional de Diversidad Biológica
Héctor Barrios (habarrios@cantv.net)
GTTM-GV
Samuel Narciso (snarciso@fudena.org.ve)
Alejandro Gallardo
Fundación Científica Los Roques (pedrovernet@gmail.com)
Kelvin García Sanabria (segumaritimacguard@hotmail.com)
Comando de Guardacostas
Diego Giraldo (adjunto@provitaonline.org)
Genaro Solé
FUDENA
MT2 Kelvin García Sanabria (segumaritimacguard@hotmail.com)
Comando de Guardacostas
Grupo de Trabajo en Tortugas Marinas del Estado Nueva Esparta (pedrovernet@gmail.com)
GTTM-NE
Juan Carlos Figuera
Clemente Balladares (cballadares@minamb.gob.ve)
Ministry of the Environment

References

Nesting sites summary (#Crawls/year)

Beach Name Year data
collected		 Green Loggerhead Hawksbill Leatherback Olive
Ridley		 Kemp's
Ridley
Cangua 1997- 1998; 2005 X X X <25
Cipara, North Peninsula de Paria, Estado Sucre 2002-2006 <25 <25 <25 100-500
El Agua, Isla de Margarita 1996 - 2006 25-100
El Guamo 2005 X X X 25-100
Extremo sureste del Parque Nacional Peninsula de Paria, Estado Sucre 1997-1998; 2002-2006 <25 X 25-100 <25
Golfo Triste X
Isla Tobejuba, Reserve de Biosfera Delta del Orinoco 2004-2005 X
Isla Zapara; and other areas 2005 X X
La Blanquilla 1997-1998 X X <25 <25
La Orchila 2002 <25 X X
La Sabana y Varias playas del Estado Vargas 2004-2006 X <25 X 25-100
La Tortuga X X X X
Los Testigos Archipelago 2001 X X X <25
Macurito 1997-1998; 2002-2006 <25 X <25 <25
Mapurite 1997-1998 <25 <25
Otras playas extremo sureste Peninsula de Paria 1997-1998; 2002-2006 <25 X <25 X
Pargo, Parque Nacional Peninsula de Paria 1997-1998 X X X
Parguito, Isla de Margarita 1996 - 2006 25-100
Parque Nacional Archipielago Los Roques 2001 <25 <25 100-500 <25
Parque Nacional Delta del Orinoco 2004-2005 X
Parque Nacional Laguna de Tacarigua 2005-2006 <25 <25 <25 <25
Parque Nacional Mochima 1994 X X X
Peninsula de Paraguana, Estado Falcon 2005 X X <25 X
Puy Puy 1994 - 2006 X <25 <25 25-100
Querepare, North Peninsula de Paria, Estado Sucre 2002-2006 <25 <25 <25 100-500
Refugio de Fauna Silvestre Isla de Aves 2006 >1000 X
San Juan de las Galdonas 2004-2006 X X X 25-100
Uquire, Parque Nacional Peninsula de Paria 1997-1998 X X X
Varias playas del Estado Miranda: El Banquito, entre otras 2004 <25 25-100 <25 25-100
OBIS-SEAMAP ID415
Country/Territory CodeVE
# of Nesting Sites29 sites in 1 countries/territories
Last updated2007-06-27 16:51:28
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