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TUKOT - Montserrat

Nesting hawksbill turtle
(Photo: MTRG)

Status: The status of marine turtles in the Montserrat was recently reviewed as part of the TCOT project. Montserrat hosts annual nesting populations of green turtles and hawksbills.  Occasional nesting activities of loggerhead and leatherback turtles have also been recorded. Although there is a local perception that numbers may be increasing, Montserrat’s nesting turtle numbers are at critically low levels and likely to be remnant of once larger populations.  Little is know regarding the status of marine turtles resident in the waters of Montserrat.  Green and hawksbill turtles are the most numerous species, but are of unknown magnitude, and smaller numbers of loggerheads are also likely to be present.

Monitoring and Research: The nesting populations in Montserrat have been subject to survey work of increasing detail in recent years and one of the first satellite transmitters deployed as part of TUKOT was deployed on Montserrat the green turtle.

Attaching the transmitter
(Photo: MTRG)

Montserrat, the Environment Charter and Multilateral Environment Agreements (MEAs): On the 26th of September 2001, Montserrat signed the Environment Charter, with UK government signing a reciprocal agreement at the same time. A great deal of background regarding the Environment Charter can be sourced in the website of the UKOTCF and the full text can be downloaded as an image.

Of the MEAs most relevant to marine turtle conservation in the region, Montserrat is signatory to the following:

Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES)
Convention on Migratory Species (CMS)
Ramsar Convention on Wetlands (Ramsar)
World Heritage Convention (WHC)

Additional Useful Resources:

Turtles in the UK Overseas Territories Report
TUKOT Bibliography
Montserrat Tracking Project
Montserrat Specific TUKOT Outputs
OT Specific Images

Contacts:

To receive regular updates on the TUKOT project click here
To contact the TUKOT team e-mail us at tukot@seaturtle.org
For specific information regarding marine turtles in Montserrat contact:

Fisheries Department
Ministry of Agriculture
Government of Montserrat
Brades
Montserrat
Telephone: +1 664 4919275
E-mail: mnifish@candw.ag