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Tuesday April 26, 2005

Fisheries Department mulls ban on turtle egg trade

 

 

KUALA TERENGGANU: The Fisheries Department may ban the sale and consumption of

turtle eggs in the country by 2010.

 

It is looking into incorporating this into the new Turtle Conservation

Regulation under the Fisheries Act 1985, which was expected to be ready in two

years.

 

The department & #146;s Resource Rehabilitation section head Dr Sukarno Wagimon

said the stakeholders would be consulted first.

 

& #147;We want to get the views of fishermen, villagers and state governments,

as everyone has a role to play in turtle conservation, & #148; he said.

 

Dr Sukarno said the new regulation would also ensure uniformity.

 

For example, he said, Terengganu has an enactment which bans the selling and

consumption of leatherback turtle eggs.

 

& #147;But such a regulation does not exist in Pahang or the Federal

Territory, & #148; he said after a meeting of the Regional Technical Consultation

on Finalisation of Implementation Plan on Research for Stocks Enhancement of Sea

Turtles.

 

& #147;Once a ban on the consumption of turtle eggs is imposed, all turtle eggs

will be hatched in situ, and no longer in hatcheries, & #148; he said.

 

Turtle and Marine Ecosystem (Tumec) head Kamaruddin Ibrahim said 69.3% of the

285,394 green turtle eggs in Terengganu were hatched last year while the

villagers sold the balance for consumption.

 

Tumec pays RM1.70 for a green turtle egg, RM2 for the hawksbill and olive

ridley egg and RM2.50 for leatherback egg, he said.

 

Kamaruddin predicted that the leatherback turtle would make a comeback to

Rantau Abang soon, based on some 500,000 leatherback hatchlings released since

1961.

 

Compared with 40 years ago, he said there was a 99% drop in leatherback

nestings in Rantau Abang.

 

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Tuesday April 26, 2005

Fisheries Department mulls ban on turtle egg trade

 

 

KUALA TERENGGANU: The Fisheries Department may ban the sale and consumption of

turtle eggs in the country by 2010.

 

It is looking into incorporating this into the new Turtle Conservation

Regulation under the Fisheries Act 1985, which was expected to be ready in two

years.

 

The department & #146;s Resource Rehabilitation section head Dr Sukarno Wagimon

said the stakeholders would be consulted first.

 

& #147;We want to get the views of fishermen, villagers and state governments,

as everyone has a role to play in turtle conservation, & #148; he said.

 

Dr Sukarno said the new regulation would also ensure uniformity.

 

For example, he said, Terengganu has an enactment which bans the selling and

consumption of leatherback turtle eggs.

 

& #147;But such a regulation does not exist in Pahang or the Federal

Territory, & #148; he said after a meeting of the Regional Technical Consultation

on Finalisation of Implementation Plan on Research for Stocks Enhancement of Sea

Turtles.

 

& #147;Once a ban on the consumption of turtle eggs is imposed, all turtle eggs

will be hatched in situ, and no longer in hatcheries, & #148; he said.

 

Turtle and Marine Ecosystem (Tumec) head Kamaruddin Ibrahim said 69.3% of the

285,394 green turtle eggs in Terengganu were hatched last year while the

villagers sold the balance for consumption.

 

Tumec pays RM1.70 for a green turtle egg, RM2 for the hawksbill and olive

ridley egg and RM2.50 for leatherback egg, he said.

 

Kamaruddin predicted that the leatherback turtle would make a comeback to

Rantau Abang soon, based on some 500,000 leatherback hatchlings released since

1961.

 

Compared with 40 years ago, he said there was a 99% drop in leatherback

nestings in Rantau Abang.

 

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