World Status, Exploitation and Trade - WIDECAST

BKAZIL1986). Schulz and Reichart (1980) reported "an abundance of stuffedHawksbill and carapace products" on sale in Maceio and Salvador.International trade Brazil ratified CITES on 6 August 1975. The onlyrecords of trade in sea turtles involving Brazil contained in CITES AnnualReports were imports to the USA of four shells of C. mydas and 28 items ofE. imbricata . The UK also reported exporting six carvings of C . mydas toBrazil in 1982.The Customs reports consulted contained no record of any trade in turtleproducts with Brazil.LEGISLATIONLey No. 5197, 3 January 1967The collection, hunting, transportation or capture of wild animals isprohibited, except for scientific purposes or exhibitions at specialisedscientific Institutions upon official authorisation.The export of raw reptile skins is prohibited.[This law does not apply to fish which, together with other aquaticanimals, are regulated under Ley No. 221; however some sea turtles areincluded in the list of protected species].Portaria No. 303, 29 May 1968, superseded by Portarla No. 3481, 31 May 1973A regulation issued to Implement Ley No. 5197, setting out a list ofprotected species, recognised as threatened with extinction. They aregiven total protection, and may not be hunted or exploited in any way.Exports are also prohibited. The list includes E. Imbricata andD. corlacea .Ley No. 221, 22 February 1967Controls the exploitation of freshwater and marine species, by means ofseveral Portarias.Portarla No. 109, Sports fishing, 31 March 1969.The taking of the following species by sport fishermen Is prohibited:C. caretta . C. mydas . E. Imbricata and D. corlacea .Portarla No. 18, Capture of sea turtles, 29 October 1976Prohibits the disturbance of sea turtles at their nesting sites.Prohibits the capture, commercialisation, transport or keeping of allspecies of sea turtle and their eggs except C. mydas and C. caretta .Fishing for these two species is permitted only between 1 May and30 November, subject to the following minimum size limits:C. mydas 80 cmC. caretta 70 cmPortarla No. 27, Hunting, lA September 1982.Prohibits the taking, dlsembarcation, transport, sale or detention ofC. caretta . E. imbricata . L. ollvacea and D. corlaceaProhibits the collection of eggs of any species of sea turtle.Prohibits the disturbance of any species of turtle on the nesting beach.Prohibits the taking of C. mydas of less than 80 cm.C. mydas may not be caught with nets having a mesh size of less than 2 mor between 1 October and 30 April.[Supersedes Portaria No. 18].102