Recovery Plan for Hawksbill Turtles ('Eretmochelys imbricata') in the U.S. Caribbean Sea, Atlantic Ocean, and Gulf of Mexico

摘要

The original Recovery Plan for Marine Turtles was approved on September 19, 1984, by the Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. The plan outlined recovery needs for the loggerhead (Caretta caretta), green (Chelonia mydas), hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricata), leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea), and Kemp's ridley (Lepidochefys ken) sea turtles. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service share the responsibility for sea turtle recovery under the authority of the Endangered Species Act of 19'73, ' as amended. To better coordinate a recovery program for sea turtles, both Services agreed1 to reassess current conservation efforts and consider the biological information that had become available since approval of the original recovery plan. To accomplish this, the Services created a Leatherback and Hawksbill Recovery Team. This revision was undertaken by the Leatherback and Hawksbill Team This revised plan is intended to serve as a guide that delineates and schedules those actions believed necessary to restore the hawksbill turtle as a viable, self-sustaining species.