World Status, Exploitation and Trade - WIDECAST

JAMAICAunderstand how the German Management Authority could have interpreted thisas "pre-Convent ion" . Much of the shell was subsequently re-exported fromF.R. Germany as "carvings", many of which are believed to be spectacleframes. It has been suggested (Milliken and Tolcunaga, 1987a) that theincrease in Japan's imports of belclco from Jamaica in 1986 was attributableto its newly adopted unofficial policy of obtaining supplies from countriesnot party to CITES.LEGISLATIONMorant and Pedro Cays Law 1907Prohibited to catch turtles on the said Cays, or within three miles ofthem, without a licence from the Colonial Secretary.Wildlife Protection Act, 20 September 1945It is an offence to take, attempt to take, sell, or possess for thepurpose of sale, any turtle egg.Wildlife Protection (Amendment of Third Schedule) Regulations 1982 6 July1982.C. mydas , E. imbricata , C. caretta , L. kempi , P. coriacea .The above species are added to the list of species protected under theWildlife Protection Law. They may not be hunted and the possession ofwhole animals or parts thereof is prohibited.275