Dominica

Excerpted from:
Bräutigam, A. and K. L. Eckert. 2006. Turning the Tide: Exploitation, Trade and Management of Marine Turtles in the Lesser Antilles, Central America, Colombia and Venezuela. TRAFFIC International, Cambridge, UK.

Forestry and Wildlife Act, Chapter 60:02, Act 12, 1976, Section 21. Ninth Schedule:

1. The word ‘turtle’ shall be deemed not to include the tortoise or land turtle (Geochelone carbonaria)

2. No person shall:
• Catch or take or attempt to catch or take any turtle between the 1st June and the 30th September, both dates inclusive,

• Catch or take or attempt to catch or take any turtle which is under twenty pounds in weight, or
• Disturb any turtle nest or eggs or take any turtle eggs, or take or attempt to take and turtle laying eggs or on the shore engaged in nesting activities.

Basic Course: Final Report Sea Turtle Community Based Eco-tourism, Tour Guiding and Management 11 – 15 September & 1 – 12 October 2007 La Plaine Agricultural Training Centre, Commonwealth of Dominica Suzan Lakhan Baptiste and Dennis Sammy (Nature Seekers)

Byrne, Rowan. 2006. 2006 Annual Project Report: Rosalie Sea Turtle Initiative (RoSTI). Prepared by WIDECAST for the Ministry of Agriculture and the Environment (Forestry, Wildlife and Parks Division). Roseau, Dominica, West Indies. 25 pp.

Byrne, Rowan and Karen Eckert. 2006. 2004-2005 Biennium Project Report: Rosalie Sea Turtle Initiative (RoSTI). Prepared by WIDECAST for the Ministry of Agriculture and the Environment (Forestry, Wildlife and Parks Division). Roseau, Dominica, West Indies. 51 pp.

Edwards, S. 1984. Western Atlantic Turtle Symposium National Report for Dominica. Submitted 15 November 1982. Pp. 161–168. In: P. Bacon et al. (Eds). Proceedings of the Western Atlantic Turtle Symposium, 17–22 July 1983, San José, Costa Rica, III, Appendix 7. University of Miami Press, Florida.

Franklin, A., R. Byrne and K.L. Eckert. 2004. 2003 Annual Report: Rosalie Sea Turtle Initiative (RoSTI). Prepared by WIDECAST for the Ministry of Agriculture and the Environment (Forestry, Wildlife and Parks Division). Roseau, Dominica, West Indies. 57 pp.

Harris, Errol H. and Simon George. 2008. Nesting Ecology and Conservation of Marine Turtles in the Commonwealth of Dominica, West Indies: 2008 Annual Project Report (Karen L. Eckert, Editor). Prepared by the Dominica Sea Turtle Conservation Organization (Dom-SeTCO), in partnership with WIDECAST, for the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (Forestry, Wildlife and Parks Division). Roseau, Dominica, West Indies. 59 pp.

Lawrence, N. 1987. National Report for Dominica. Presented to the Second Western Atlantic Turtle Symposium, Mayaguëz, Puerto Rico. Unpublished. 48 pp.

Sammy, Dennis, Karen Eckert and Errol Harris. 2008. Action Plan for a Sea Turtle Conservation and Tourism Initiative in the Commonwealth of Dominica. Prepared by the Wider Caribbean Sea Turtle Conservation Network (WIDECAST), in partnership with Nature Seekers and the Dominica Sea Turtle Conservation Organization (DomSeTCO), with funding from the United States Agency for International Development. Roseau, Commonwealth of Dominica. 59 pp.

Sammy, Dennis and Suzan Lakhan Baptiste. 2008. Community Tourism Handbook: A Resource Guide for Community Groups Participating in Sea Turtle Ecotourism in the Commonwealth of Dominica (Karen L. Eckert, Editor). Prepared by Nature Seekers and WIDECAST, in partnership with the Dominica Sea Turtle Conservation Organization (DomSeTCO), with funding from the U.S. Agency for International Development. Roseau, Commonwealth of Dominica. 41 pp.

Stapleton, S. P. and K. L. Eckert. 2007. Nesting ecology and conservation biology of marine turtles in the Commonwealth of Dominica, West Indies: RoSTI 2007 Annual Project Report. Prepared by WIDECAST for the Ministry of Agriculture and the Environment (Forestry, Wildlife and Parks Division). Roseau, Dominica, West Indies. 45 pp.

Stapleton, Seth P. and Karen L. Eckert. 2008. Community-Based Sea Turtle Research and Conservation in Dominica: A Manual of Recommended Practices. Prepared by the Wider Caribbean Sea Turtle Conservation Network (WIDECAST) and the Dominica Sea Turtle Conservation Organization (DomSeTCO), with funding from the U. S. Agency for International Development. WIDECAST Technical Report No. 8. Beaufort, North Carolina. 47 pp.

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