World Status, Exploitation and Trade - WIDECAST

SEYCHELLESTable 177. Export of turtle products from the Seychelles. E. Imbricata :data from Mortimer (1984) show exports of raw tortoiseshell and its averagevalue per kg. The equivalent number of turtles that this represents wascalculated on the assumption that until 1969 the shell comprised a mixtureof back shell, plastron and marginals (1.4 kg per animal), and from 1970onwards, that it was only plastron and marginals (0.5 kg per animal).C. mydas : data from Stoddart (1976), many first compiled by Hornell (1927).The equivalent number of turtles that this represents was calculatedassuming that each yields 1.5 kg of calipee.Year Eretmochelys imbricataPrice Raw Turtle CalipeeRs/kg Shell equiv. kgkgChelonia mydasTurtle Quitouze Cawan Oil Bonesequiv. kg kg kg t1883