St. Kitts & Nevis

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.

St. Kitts & Nevis:
[Taken directly from Fisheries Regulations 1995]

Turtles

“19. (1) In this regulation –
(a) “turtle” includes the whole or any part of any turtle;
(b) “undersized means a weight less than the weight specified below;
(i) Leatherback turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) 158.18 Kg (350lbs)
(ii) Green turtle (Chelonia mydas) 81.66 Kg (180 lbs)
(iii) Hawksbill turtle (eretmochelys imbricata) 38.6 Kg (85 lbs)
(iv) Loggerhead turtle (caretta caretta) 72.59 Kg (10 lbs)
(c) “fishery waters” includes the beach.

(2) No person shall –
(a) Disturb, remove from the fishery waters, expose for sale, sell, purchase or at any time have in his possession any turtle eggs;
(b) Remove from the fishery waters, expose for sale, sell, purchase or at any time have in his possession any undersized turtle;
(c) Interfere with any turtle nest, or any turtle that is nesting;
(d) Set within 300 yds of the shores of St. Christopher and Nevis any net or seine or any other device for the purpose of or with the intention of fishing for, catching, or taking any turtle; and
(e) Fish for, remove from the fishery waters, or at any time have in his possession, expose for sale, sell or purchase any turtle between the 28th day of February to the 1st day of October in every year, or as otherwise stated by the Minister by notice published in the Gazette.”

Bulter, J. A. 2001. Nesting Biology of the Sea Turtles of St. Kitts, West Indies. Chelonian
Conservation and Biology. 4(1):191-196.

Eckert, K. L. and T. D. Honebrink. 1992. Sea Turtle Recovery and Action Plan for St. Kitts and Nevis. UNEP Caribbean Environment Program. CEP Technical Report No. 17. 116 pp.

Review of Marine Turtle Monitoring Programme in Nevis for 2005

Wilkins, R. and A.B. Meylan. (1984). Western Atlantic Turtle Symposium National Report for Saint Kitts–Nevis. Pp. 364–369. 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.

Wilkins, R. and A. Barrett. (1987). National Report for Saint Kitts and Nevis. Prepared for the Second Western Atlantic Turtle Symposium, 11–16 October 1987, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. 25 pp. Unpublished.

Nevis Wildlife
Diving and Snorkeling in St. Kitts and Nevis
St. Kitts Sea Turtle Monitoring Network
St. Christopher Heritage Society
Nevis Turtle Group