World Status, Exploitation and Trade - WIDECAST

PAPUA NEW GUINEAThe Customs reports consulted do not contain any record of trade intortoiseshell with PNG.Table 156. All trade in C. mydas . E. imbricata or unspecified sea turtleproducts from PNG recorded in CITES Annual Reports since 1976. All werereported as exports from PNG to the country shown, except those where theimporting country (underlined) reported imports from PNG. AU = Australia,NZ = New Zealand.Cheloni idae C. mydas E. imbricata1985198A19831982198119801979197819771 shell Japan1 shell AU2 leather items USA1 shell UK1 body AU4 shells AU1 shell NZ1 skull USA1 shell NZ1 shell AU1 unspecified USA1 carving USA3 shells AU1 body AU1 shell AU1 unspecified AU1 skull USA4 carvings USA1 body AU4 bodies AU5 shells AU3 leather items AU1 leather item UKi, shells UK9 bodies AU1 shell AU3 unspecified AU1 unspecified USARANCHINGNo sea turtle ranches have yet been set up in PNG, but a Japanese companymade preliminary enquiries to the Government with a view to establishingone. In the event, no formal proposal was made (D. Kwan in litt ,2 December 1986)LEGISLATIONPapua New Guinea acceded to CITES on 12 December 1975.Collection, export, research and filming Involving wildlife; list ofprotected and restricted species. (The list was reproduced from a leafletpublished by the Department of Natural Resources of Papua New Guinea dated26 February 1976)Trade in the following sea turtles is regulated. Export of onlyrestricted numbers is allowed and detailed reasons are needed for theexport of more than four specimens. An export permit is required.C. carettaC. depressaC. mydasE. imbricataL. olivaceaD. coriaceaFauna Protection and Control Act, 1966.D. coriacea is declared a national animal.416