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Extinction or Rescue for the Hawksbill?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 April 2009

Archie Carr  and
Anne Barkau Meylan
Archie Carr
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611.
Anne Barkau Meylan
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611.
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Abstract

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The hawksbill turtle is seriously threatened with extinction, due mainly to trade in tortoiseshell. This has sent the price rocketing. Divers hunting for lobsters and snappers find it rewarding to search even the remotest reefs in the hope of getting the odd turtle – worth $200 or more. The authors urge that only by stopping the trade through CITES can the hawksbill be saved.

Type
Research Article
Information
Oryx , Volume 15 , Issue 5 , December 1980 , pp. 449 - 450
Copyright
Copyright © Fauna and Flora International 1980

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