Conservation of Pacific Sea Turtles

Contents

vii Contents Foreword by Senator Daniel K. Inouye | xi Acknowledgments | xiii Chapter 1 | 1 Introduction to the Conservation of Pacific Sea Turtles Paul Dalzell, Peter H. Dutton, Kitty M. SiMonDS, anD Dale SquireS Part One Introduction | 13 Chapter 2 | 15 What Can Be Done to Restore Pacific Turtle Populations? The Bellagio Blueprint for Action on Pacific Sea Turtles Bellagio ConferenCe on Sea turtleS Steering CoMMittee Chapter 3 | 37 A Holistic Strategy for Pacific Sea Turtle Conservation Peter H. Dutton anD Dale SquireS Chapter 4 | 60 Can We Improve Our Conservation Bang for the Buck? Cost-Effectiveness of Alternative Leatherback Turtle Conservation Strategies HeiDi gjertSen Part Two Nesting Beaches | 85 Chapter 5 | 87 Nest Relocation A Necessary Management Tool for Western Pacific Leatherback Nesting Beaches Manjula tiwari, Donna l. Dutton, anD jeanne a. garner viii | Contents Chapter 6 | 97 Tragedy of the Malaysian Leatherback Population What Went Wrong HoCK-CHarK liew Chapter 7 | 108 Conservation Project on Yakushima Island The Biggest Nesting Site in Japan KazuyoSHi oMuta Chapter 8 | 120 Importance of Networks for Conservation of the Pacific Leatherback Turtle The Case of “Proyecto Laúd” in Mexico aDriana laura Sarti anD ana reBeCa Barragán Chapter 9 | 132 Reconciling Dual Goals of Leatherback Conservation and Indigenous People’s Welfare Community-Based Sea Turtle Conservation Initiative in Papua Barat, Indonesia CreuSa HitiPeuw Chapter 10 | 148 Projeto TAMAR-ICMBio Sharing Sea Turtle Conservation Experiences Maria angela MarCovalDi Chapter 11 | 164 Direct Incentive Approaches for Leatherback Turtle Conservation HeiDi gjertSen anD toDD C. StevenSon Part Three Fisheries-Related Conservation | 183 Chapter 12 | 185 Fisheries Impacts on Sea Turtles in the Pacific Ocean CHriStina C. faHy Chapter 13 | 226 Managing Marine Turtles and Pelagic Fisheries on the High Seas Kitty M. SiMonDS Chapter 14 | 248 Which Commercial Swordfish Fishing Gear Is Best for Balancing Protected Species Conservation and Fishing Opportunity? StePHen M. StoHS anD Craig HeBerer Chapter 15 | 277 Sea Turtle Conservation in Peru Limitations and Efforts joanna alfaro-SHigueto anD jeffrey C. Mangel Contents | ix Chapter 16 | 290 Sea Turtle–Fisheries Interactions in Coastal Fisheries A Case Study of the East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia Bee Hong yeo, Dale SquireS, KaMarruDDin iBraHiM, HeiDi gjertSen, SyarifaH KHaDiejaH SyeD MoHD. KaMil, raHayu zulKifli, tHeoDore groveS, Peter H. Dutton, Meen CHee Hong, anD CHun Hong tan Chapter 17 | 319 Can Coastal Fisheries Bear the Cost of Sea Turtle Conservation? Evidence from the East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia Bee Hong yeo, Dale SquireS, KaMarruDDin iBraHiM, HeiDi gjertSen, SyarifaH KHaDiejaH SyeD MoHD. KaMil, raHayu zulKifli, tHeoDore groveS, Peter H. Dutton, Meen CHee Hong, anD CHun Hong tan Chapter 18 | 350 Performance and Technology Standards in International Environmental Agreements Potential Lessons for Sea Turtle Conservation and Recovery Dale SquireS, MaHfuzuDDin aHMeD, anD Bee Hong yeo Chapter 19 | 370 Policies to Reduce Stochastic Sea Turtle Bycatch An Economic Efficiency Analysis KatHleen SegerSon Chapter 20 | 396 The Conservation of Sea Turtles under the Law of the Sea Convention, the UN Fish Stocks Agreement, and the WCPF Convention Martin tSaMenyi anD joytiSHna jit Chapter 21 | 415 Trade and the Environment Implications for Sea Turtle Conservation and Management DaviD f. Hogan Appendix | 427 Action Plan Developed by the Nesting Beach Working Group as Part of the Bellagio Sea Turtle Conservation Initiative Workshop Held in Terengganu, Malaysia (July 2007) List of Contributors | 459 Index | 471 ...