St Eustatius

Jessica Berkel
Marine Park Manager
Sea Turtle Program Coordinator
St. Eustatius National Parks Foundation (STENAPA)
Gallows Bay z/n
Lower Town, Sint Eustatius
Caribbean Netherlands
Tel: (+599) 318-2884
Mobile: +17215867854
research@statiapark.org
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The Marien Milieu Verordening Sint Eustatius (Marine Environment Ordinance of Sint Eustatius) AB1996/03 of 25 March 1996 set, in Article 6, limits on the take of marine turtles in the islands territorial waters, namely: a limit of two turtles per person, per year; a seven-and-a-half month closed season (1 April-10 November) for female turtles; a requirement to report turtle catches to the manager of Statia Marine Park prior to being allowed to kill them; and protection of turtle nests and eggs at all times. Penalties for violating the Ordinance are a maximum fine of 5000 Netherlands Antilles guilders (ANG5000) or a maximum of one month in jail.

The provisions of Article 6 have been superseded by the National Nature Conservation Ordinance of the Netherlands Antilles, enacted in 2001, which confers year round complete protection on marine turtles and their nesting areas (STENAPA, 2002)

As St Eustatius is part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands it is also therefore a signatory to the following international agreements concerning sea turtles:

CITES, Cartagena Convention, SPAW, IAC, CBD, and CMS

Debrot, A. O., N. Esteban, R. Le Scao, A. Caballero, and P. C. Hoetjes. 2005. New sea turtle nesting records for the Netherlands Antilles provide impetus to conservation action. Caribbean Journal of Science. 41(2):334-339.

Guidelines for visitors to the St Eustatius Sea Turtle Monitoring Program at Zeelandia Beach

Herrera, A., St. Eustatius Sea Turtle Monitoring Programme: Annual Report 2007. STENAPA.

Herrera, A., Harrison, E., St. Eustatius Sea Turtle Monitoring Programme: Annual Report 2006. STENAPA.

Harrison, E., St. Eustatius Sea Turtle Monitoring Programme: Annual Report 2005. STENAPA.

Harrison, E., Dutch Caribbean Nature Alliance Sea Turtle Satellite Tracking Project 2005. STENAPA.

Harrison, E., Dutch Caribbean Nature Alliance Sea Turtle Satellite Tracking Project 2006. STENAPA.

Hoetjes, P. 2006. Netherlands Antilles Second Annual Report Form. Inter-American Convention for the Protection and Conservation of Sea Turtles.

Le Scao, R. and Esteban, N. 2005. St. Eustatius Sea Turtle Monitoring Programme Annual Report 2004. STENAPA

Munson, L. 2009. St Eustatius Sea Turtle Conservation Program: Annual Report 2008. STENAPA

Smith, J., 2008, In-Water Monitoring Of Sea Turtle Aggregations In St. Eustatius National Marine Park. STENAPA

St Eustatius Marine Park, First Annual Report, 2002. STENAPA.

Swinkels, J. L. 2004. Status of the Hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) on the Dutch Caribbean Islands of St. Maarten, St. Eustatius and Saba.

Synbesma, J. 1992. Sea Turtle Recovery Action Plan for the Netherlands Antilles. (K. L. Eckert, Editor) UNEP Caribbean Environment Program. CEP Technical Report No. 11. 63 pp.

The Reptiles and Amphibians of the Dutch Caribbean: St. Eustatius, Saba, and St. Maarten. 2005. Robert Powell, Robert W. Henderson, John S. Parmerlee Jr. The St. Eustatius National Parks Foundation (STENAPA), Gallows Bay, St. Eustatius, Netherlands Antilles

van Buurt, G. (1984). National Report for the Netherlands Antilles. Pp. 329–336. In: P. Bacon et al. (Eds). Proceedings of the First Western Atlantic Turtle Symposium, San José, Costa Rica, July 1983, III, Appendix 7. University of Miami Press.

St. Eustatius Sea Turtle Monitoring Programme
St. Eustatius National Parks (STENAPA)