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March 2014: Turtles face a safer future in the waters off the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) in the Caribbean thanks to the authorities approving the Marine Conservation Society’s recommendations.
MCS research revealed that up to 600-700 green and hawksbill turtles were being caught every year as part of the legal, traditional turtle fishery in the TCI.
Therefore the TCI Turtle Project, led by MCS and partners the TCI Department of Environment and Maritime Affairs (DEMA) and the University of Exeter, wanted to see better protection for the vital breeding adult turtles in the region by developing a sustainable fishery management plan for the islands’ government to implement.
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