Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
Publication Year:
2010
Publication Place
Apia, Samoa
Physical Description:
11 Pages
Call Number
[EL]
Material Type
Language
English
Record ID:
36688
Legacy PEIN ID:
76695
General Notes
Available online|This review documents existing legislation and policies as well as the countrys participation in international/regional agreements and conventions relevant to marine turtles. It attempts to identify
gaps and then make recommendations for relevant legislation to improve and/or clarify existing ones and improve protection/management of marine turtles.
To help with the identification of legislation gaps, a team at SPREP constructed a matrix of legislation from existing legislation in the region dealing with turtles as well as creating new ones based on
available information
gaps and then make recommendations for relevant legislation to improve and/or clarify existing ones and improve protection/management of marine turtles.
To help with the identification of legislation gaps, a team at SPREP constructed a matrix of legislation from existing legislation in the region dealing with turtles as well as creating new ones based on
available information
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Subject Heading(s)
Marine turtles - Legislation - Samoa
Environment - Protection - Samoa
Turtles - Policy and planning - Samoa
Abstract
Marine Turtle Species present: Three species of marine turtles have been recorded to occur in Samoa waters. The most common species are hawksbill [Eretmochelys imbricata] and green [Chelonia mydas] turtles, while only a few specimens of leatherback turtles [Dermochelys coriacea] have been caught tangled in long-line fishing lines for tuna in Samoan waters. Marine turtle satellite tagging by LAquarium des Lagons (New Caledonia) and NOAA in 2008 showed that one of the juvenile loggerheads released from the Marine Nationale Patrouilleur la Glorieuse, New Caledonia, travelled eastward and was near Samoas EEZ when the signal ceased. It is very likely that that loggerhead entered Samoan waters thus indicating the presence of that species. Hawksbill turtle is the only species known to nest in Samoa
Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
Publication Year:
2010
Publication Place
Apia, Samoa
Physical Description:
11 Pages
Call Number
[EL]
Material Type
Language
English
Record ID:
36688
Legacy PEIN ID:
76695
General Notes
Available online|This review documents existing legislation and policies as well as the countrys participation in international/regional agreements and conventions relevant to marine turtles. It attempts to identify
gaps and then make recommendations for relevant legislation to improve and/or clarify existing ones and improve protection/management of marine turtles.
To help with the identification of legislation gaps, a team at SPREP constructed a matrix of legislation from existing legislation in the region dealing with turtles as well as creating new ones based on
available information
gaps and then make recommendations for relevant legislation to improve and/or clarify existing ones and improve protection/management of marine turtles.
To help with the identification of legislation gaps, a team at SPREP constructed a matrix of legislation from existing legislation in the region dealing with turtles as well as creating new ones based on
available information
Record Created: 19-Aug-2010
Record Modified: 06-Nov-2025
