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The marine turtles of Belize

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 April 2009

Don Moll
Don Moll
Affiliation:
Biology Department, Southwest Missouri State University, Springfield, Missouri 65804, USA.
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Abstract

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When the author visited Belize in 1983 and 1984 to survey the turtle fauna of that country, to which the Oryx 100% Fund contributed £500, he was able to collect some information on the three marine turtle species that nest on Belize's beaches and forage along the coast. All three species are exploited in the country and, although there is a degree of legal protection, the ban on egg-collecting is widely ignored, turtles are taken for their meat in the closed season, and tortoise-shell jewellery and curios still find a ready market among tourists from abroad.

Type
Research Article
Information
Oryx , Volume 19 , Issue 3 , July 1985 , pp. 155 - 157
Copyright
Copyright © Fauna and Flora International 1985

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