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Alternative Title:WCS Hawksbill Conservation Project 2014 Annual Report - Pearl Cays, Nicaragua
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Description:The hawksbill sea turtle ( Eretmochelys imbricata) is classified as critically endangered on the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List (Mortimer & Donnelly, 2015) and also listed on the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Appendix I (CITES, 2014). Hawksbills have been categorized as critically endangered since 1996, after being listed as endangered as early as 1986 (Mortimer & Donnelly, 2015). On Nicaragua's Caribbean coast, hawksbill turtle nests have been recorded in the Pearl Cays Wildlife Refuge (PCWR), El Cocal, and periodically along the mainland, and all size classes have been recorded foraging in offshore coastal waters (Lagueux et al, 2003; Lagueux & Campbell, 2005; Lagueux et al, 2012). The Pearl Cays rookery is believed to be the largest remaining nesting population in the west-central Caribbean (Lagueux et al, 2003; Campbell et al, 2012) and as such, this area has been identified as an important index site within the greater Caribbean region for long-term population monitoring (CITES, 2002). Estimates from 2010-2012 show a recent increasing trend in the Pearl Cays nesting population, with an estimated 60-104 females nesting per season (NOAA & FWS, 2013). More than 20 genetic haplotypes of turtles using the PCWR have been identified thus far (LeRoux et al, 2012).
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Sea Grant Document Number:FLSGP-S-15-003
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