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  • TitleTHE CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FORRESEAERCH, MANAGEMENT AND CONSERVATIONON SEA TURTLES IN VIET NAM

    Author(s) Dung, Phan Hong

    Citation Proceedings of the 3rd Workshop on SEASTAR2000 (2002):13-21

    Issue Date 2002

    URL http://hdl.handle.net/2433/44151

    Right

    Type Conference Paper

    Textversion publisher

    Kyoto University

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    THE CHALLENGESAND OPPORTUNITIES FOR RESEAERCH, MANAGEMENTANDCONSERVAT10N ON SEATURTLESrNVIETNAM

    PhanHongDung

    ResearchlnstituteforManneF(Sheries 価血和/Of戸払わeJT郎Of>fefN∂m em∂〟ごdun97960@γa/IOO.COm

    ABSTRACT

    ItisrecognizedthattherearefivespeciesofseaturtlesinVietnam’sseawaters(loggerhead,01弓verid[ey. leatherback.greenandhawksbi[lturtles),butthereareonlyfourspeciesoftennestonVietnamrsbeaches・MaJOT nestingbeachesarenotccncentratedintheno-1hernpaTtOTthesouthernoneofVietNamseawaters・lnaddition・ theremaybenestsonmostofFshoreislands・DeterminednestingbeacheswerefoundinthelbnkinGulf・Central coastsandtheislandsintheGulfofThailand.

    1tissigniflCantthatdeclineshaveoccurredinbothforag■ngandnestingpopulationsofaIIfIVeSeatUrLle speciesfoundinVietNarTl・lnadditiontotheprotectionofnestingturtlesandtheirnestslreductioninthemortalityof juvenileandaduEtIifestagesispeltinenttotheprotectionofseaturtlesinVietNam(LeXuanAi・,2001;MarkHamann・, 2002).

    TheEargestcurrentthreatsformarlneturtlesinVietNamare= ★theaccidentalandopportunisticcapturebyflSheTmenandlocaEs, ★thedirecttakeofnestingfemalesandtheireggsatbeaches・ ThespecifLCflSheriessectoTSthatposethelaTgeStrlSkformaTinetL.rtlesarebottomtrawlers・PurSeSeine

    opeTatOrS.■ong-IInenetWithseveralhookoperatorsanddivingactivities・lngeneral・mOStgreenlhawksbi”andolive rldleyturLEesthatarecaptuTedbythesemethodsareeitherkiIledforfoodortheproductionofsouvenirs・

    Baseduponourresearchprq]eCtWhichhasbeenconductedsince19981theseresultsshowedthatoverthe lasttwotothreedecades,mOStOftheeggsandnestingturtleswerecollectedforfoodortheirshelL・Withthe exceptionofThoChuIsEand(KienGiang),ConDaoNationalPark(Vunglbu)andNuiChuaReserveATea(NinhThuan Province).andharvestofnestingturLlesandnearlytolOO%ofeggsstiFloccurringforeachspeciesnestinginViet Nam(thefInalresultwillbepubEishedin20041snationalreportastheendofprqJeCt)・

    Mostseaturtlesthatarekilled(indirectlyordirectly)areeatenbylocalflShermenorsoldforfoodorshe11 products().Thomson,TRAFFIC_lndochina2002)・Continuationofthistrade・WhichpFacesamonetaryvalueonsea turLles,a10ngWiththeadditiona■threatssuchasnsheriesby-CatChandeggharvestingwi111eadtotheinevitabIe extinctionofseaturtlesinVietNamintheforthcomingdecades.

    1.1NTRODUCT10N

    Theseaturtlehasbeenrecognizedasoneof Eeatherbackturtle(Dermoche/ysco/TaCea),hawksbil[ theendangeredspeciesintJleWOHdbyIUCN(Lntemationalturtle(Eretmochelysimbrjcata)・OIiveridleyturtle unionofConservationNature).Therearesevenspe-(Lepidochelys olivacea)1kemp’s TidLey turtEe cies,Whichconsistsofgreenturtle(Cheloniamydas),(Lepidochelyskempi)・logge「headturtle(CareEta

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    Caretta)and blackturtle(Cheloniaagassizi).whichis

    StillstruggIlngtOSurViveinvariouspar[softheoceans・

    The seawaters of some countries belonging to

    Asian Countries are recognized as criticaIhabitatsfor

    Sea turtles ofthe world.Research,COnSerVation and

    managementactivitiesonseaturtleshavebeenconducted

    ineachcoastalcountrylnthereg10n,buttherearest…

    gapsinourknow】edgeofthebiologlCalcharacteristics

    aswe”ashabitatsofseaturtres.ThereareonEy5species

    Ofthem.whichhadbeenfoundinVietnamseawaterand

    theyhavebeenthreaten[ngSPeCies.Therefore.seaturtles

    need to be seriouslystudied and p「oper[y managedin

    each memberofAsian Countriesaswellinothercoastal

    nations.

    The GovernmentofViet Nam recognlZeSthe

    important ro(ein terms of the sea turtle research,

    management and conservation.Viet Nam was「e-

    initiated the necessary action only after ASEAN

    WOrkshop on ASEAN Sea Turtles Conservation

    Programme held4-5December1997inJakarta.

    lndonesia.Sinceearly1998,theMinistryofFisherieshas

    appointedtheResearchlnstituteforMarlneFisheTleS(RIMF)

    as Nationallnstitution taking responsibilityforresearch

    activities and proposing the generalframeworkin

    managlngandprotectingseatu「tlesinVietNam.

    ★Use questionnaires,

    ★BasedlinesuNeyandmulti-discipllnarylnVeSti-

    gation,Whichfocusonturtlenesting beachandtheir

    ecosystemaswd10therconcerned,

    ★lbkepicturesofspecimenandhabitats,

    ★SetAuPtheNationalSeaTuTtleDatabasebyuslng

    SPSS,Access...‖SOftwaretoanalyzetheirdistribution,

    frequencynesting,breedingseason,location,bio10glCal

    Characteristics,food chain,etC.

    4.POPULAT10NSANDDISTRIBUT10N

    OFSEATURTLES

    SomedeflnitionsconcernIng ShouId beidentif[ed

    as followlng二

    ★■■SeaTurtIes”liveinVietNamSeawaters,meanS

    anyofthespecieslistedintablel.

    Tablel:The five name ofsea turtIe speciesin

    Viet Nam Seawaters.

    Vietnamesename Englishname Scientif】cname

    Vich Greenturtle C/†eJo/1/∂myd∂S

    Doi Moi Hawksbi”turtle

    ′椚br/C∂f∂

    RuaOLuu

    0ノル∂Ce∂

    Rua Da LeatherbackturtIe

    COrJ∂Ce∂

    QuanDong

    2.OBJECTIVESOFTHEPREVIOUSAND

    FUTUREPROJECTSARE:

    -1bfaciIitate appropriate research,COnSerVation

    and management of sea turtles between ASEAN

    CountriesandVietNam.

    一Ib enhance the common awarenessin term of

    PrOteCtingtheseaturtles andothers,

    n Tointroduce the advanced techno[ogyln

    rnonito「lng,COntrO”lngandsurveylngforseaturtleswith

    integrated coastalzone managementapproaches

    ’lHabitats11meansalltheaquaticandterrestrial

    environmentswhich seaturtlesarein atanystage

    Oftheirlife cycles,

    ’Vietnamese seawaters”means alIofthe water bod

    iesandcoastalVietNamintheSouthChinaSea,

    Which are underits」urisdiction.

    ’lConservation status of sea turtles”means the sum

    Oftheinf[uencesactingonaseaturt(especiesthat

    maya什ectitsbngrtermdistribution andabundance.

    ”Conservation status”wiIr be taken as11favorable”

    When:

    a)populationdynamicsdataindicatesthatthe

    SeaturtlespeciesaremaintainIngitseIfonalong-

    termbasisasaviablecomponentofitsecosystems;

    b)therangeoftheseaturtlespeciesis neither

    Currentlybeing reduced,nOrisrikelytobe「educed,

    Ona10ng-termbasis;

    3.METHODOLOGY

    Prq)eCtmethodo】ogyareto:

    ★considerand classifytheirtaxonomy by using

    IUCNstandardsandcategories】

    ★FieldsurveyontheflShermanboats,andassess

    the uslngflShing gear,etC

    ★GatherandcoIlectinformationfrDmlogbookof

    fishing boats,

    ★1nterview,meetinganddiscussionatthecoastal

    COmmuneS(RRA,PRAtool),

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    Table2.Sea turtle species and theiT OCCurrenCein Vietnam seawaters

    A「ea Number of Species ScientifECnameOfSpecies

    lbnkinGulf 4 C†】e/0仰amy由S

    C∂/℃什∂C∂/℃打∂

    De/mOC/Ie/γSCO「T∂Ce∂

    亡refmoc/】叫唱血加c∂r∂

    CentralSeawater 4 C∂re亡fac∂/℃打∂

    C/1eJo/1/∂myぬ5

    Frefmoc/1e/y5fmbr/c∈Iね

    Dermoc/】e小吉CO/TaCe∂

    South-eaSternSeawater 4 C∂J℃ff∂C∂/℃#∂

    C/1e/oJlねmy由ざ

    亡代わ10CJ】eレS/m上l〟c8fa

    」ep/doc/Te恒OJル∂Ce∂

    South-WeSternWater 3 Careけac∂refね

    (GulfofThailand) C/1eJo〃由mydaざ

    Erefmoc/1eルS/m上〉r/C∂ね

    Hoang Sa Archipelago 2 C∂re什∂C∂/℃ffa

    (Paracels) 亡refmoc/7(ヲレ5血bJTC∂ra

    TruOng Sa Archipelago 2 C/?e/0〃/∂仰ydaぶ

    C)thereis,andwillbeinthefo「eseeable

    future.sufficienthabitattomaintainthepopulation

    oftheseatuTtlespeciesonaEongLtermbasis;and

    d)thedistributionandabundanceofthesea

    turtlespeciesapproachlevelstotheextentthat

    POtentia11ysuitableecosystemsexistandtothe

    extentconsistentwith wisewi[dlife management.

    wisdom.Therefore,fishermen always trytoavoidto

    CatChmaTineturtles.【fflShermenincidenta”ycatchturtles,

    theyshouIdreleasethemimmediatelybacktothesea・

    Someinterview-based studies were carried out

    in1998-2002byRIMFinThanhHoa(lbnkinGuEf),Quang

    Nam,Da Nangand Khanh Hoa provinces(Centralof

    Vietnam),ConDaoandThoChulsLands(Southempart

    andGulfofThailand).Theresultsshowedthatmostof

    themarineturtleswereincidentallycaughtbydifferent

    typesoffishing gears especial[yby bottomtrawIs・

    glllnets.Iong-llneandsometimesbypurseseine・However,

    numberofmarineturtlesincidentallycaughtbyfishing

    gearsasby-CatChinVietNamwasestimatedtobeles

    thanlOOindividuaEsperyear,

    Ontheotherhand,COaStaIhabitantswhoarenot

    invoIved h fisheries activities are stillhunting marine

    turtles byscubadivingandlong-lLneSfortourism pur-

    posesorcollectingmarinetunleeggsfordomesticcon-

    SumPtionasfood・

    4.1.SPEC[ESOCCURRENCE

    These five species of sea turtles have been

    identifiedin Viet Nam and the occurrence ofthese

    speciesthroughoutseawatersofVietNaminlbbIe2・

    4.2.AFFECTOFHUMANACTIVITIESONPOPULATION OFMARINETURTLES

    Ln Viet Nam,tu止Ieis considered asoneofthe

    fourcultanimals.TurtlesaresymboLofLongevityand

    DtheranimalsaresymboIsofpower,happ■neSSand

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    0bservations on nesting behaviourofsea

    turt7esshowedthatturtlesusuaIEynestmostlyatnightat

    about15minutesbeforeoraf(erspnngtide.

    Hatch rate of sea turtles depends on the

    interaction ofa numberoffactors,SuCh as salinity】

    humidity,temPeTature,gaSflow,rainfalE,tidalinundation,

    erosion,and predation,The hatch rate ranged with

    average of75.3%.

    5LNestingseasonandeggco”ection

    Con Dao(Ba RiaLVunglbu),ThoChu(Kien

    Giang)andNuiChua(NinhThuan)ReserveAreaarethe

    main nestingsitesofseaturtlesinVietNam.Annually.

    thousandsofseaturtlesgoashorefornestingonsand

    beachesofthese ma]OrneStingsites.Nesting season

    for sea turtles differs among different species.]n

    general.nestingseason[astsfrom Marchto November

    WiththepeakfromMaytoOctober.

    Table3:Distribution by sea turtle speciesin the seawaters ofViet Nam,

    Area Leatherback Olive Ridley Loggerhead Green HawkshilI

    1もnkin Guげ

    Centralwaters

    Southeast waters

    Southwest waters

    Parace】sarchipelago

    Spratly archipelago

    十 ・ト +

    + ・ト +

    十 十 +

    + ・十 ・ト

    ・ト ・+ ・ト

    Source:LX.Ai&Thuoc1999,D.D.Dat,et.al.2002.

    6.CONSERVAT10NANDMANAGEMENT

    ln1995,the Programme”Sa[vation ofSea

    Turtlesin Vietnam”has beenlaunched and supported

    byWWF.0bservationson nesting behaviou「Dfmarine

    turtles havebeenconducted during reproduction period

    inCon DaoIsland.Nestingon nestingsitesinCon Dao

    are recorded and marked,and those being threatened

    bewashed awaybywaveshould beremovedtosafe

    Sites.Newlyemerged hatchlingsare rearlnglnartificial

    lakesforsometimethenisreleasedtosea.

    Thenumberofsavedhatchlingswasincreased

    gradua”yyearbyyear.ln19940nly6,000hatch[ings

    have been reLeasedinto Vietnam Sea,increased to

    28,500】70,000andlOO.000hatchlingturtlesin1995,1997

    and2001,reSPeCtively.

    The difficult prob[ems we are facingln

    reseaTChand conservation ofmarinetur[lesinVietNam

    areshortageoffinancialsupport,1ackoftrairmgoppor-

    tunities,insufficient knowIedgetotechno10gyandit’s

    appllCations,etC.

    7.RESEARCHACT]VITIES

    Present research has been conducted in relation

    toseaturtlesinVietNam.Thetopictitled”Studyonmarine

    tu「tlesresources,tOdeterminemeasurestoprotectand

    developtheirresourcesinseawatersofVietNamsince

    19980nryandwithveryllmitedbudgetgrantedbyMinistry

    OfFisheriesofVietNam.Themainoり]eCtivesofthestudy

    are as foFIows:

    ★To estimate the abundance and distribution of

    sea turtles.

    ★lb study on tagglng,neSting behaviourand

    biology.

    ★lt)Studyonaffectoffishinggearsonseaturtles.

    ★lb estabrish sanctuaries

    Ontheotherhand.activities on conservation

    of sea turtles in Can Dao have been carried out since

    1995withassistanceoflUCN_VNandWWFlndochina

    in both technicaland fLnanCialterms.

    1nstitutionscurrent[ylnVOIvedinresearchand

    conservation on sea turtlesin Viet Nam are:Research

    lnstituteofMarineFisheries(RIMF),Con Dao National

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    Table4:Nurslng grOundsofseaturt[esfoundin Vietnanl

    No Nursingground Sea tultle species

    ConDaoIsland(incIuding16places) C/-e/oJl由mγda5,E「efmoc/】e/γSlmbrrc∂亡∂.

    Ca/℃抒∂C∂J℃汀∂

    2 NuiChua(NinhThuan) CJle/0/1由myd∈iぶ,亡refmocわeレ5/m加TC∂由

    3 QuangNinh(incIudingVinhThucIslaTld C/】e/oJ?伯my由s

    andMinhChaubeach)

    4 BachLongVylsland(HaiPhong) C/1eJon由mγ由$

    5 Spratlyarchipelago C/le/oJl由myd8ざ

    6 Phu Ouy lsland C/1eJo/1由myぬ5

    7 PhuQuocIsland C/?eJo〃/∂my由5

    8 Tho Chu lsland C/?e/0∩由叫′由5

    Source:PhanHongDung2002;D.T.Datet.al.2002

    Park and NuiChua Reserve Area.The following

    researchers areinvoIvedin sea tuTtles research:from

    RIMP-Dr.ChuTienVinh,Mr,PhanHongDung,Mr,Dinh

    ThanhDat.FromConDaoNationalPark-Mr.DaoXuanAi.

    Mr.NguyenTruongG】ang.FromNuiChuaReserveArea-

    Mr.TranPhong.

    -NationalLaw on Environment Protectionis-

    suedin1993.

    ・PTOVisionsNo415rTTgdated20August19940f

    PrimeMinisterpromulgatingthestatuteontheorganiza-

    tionand activitiesofStatelnspectorsinthefieldofpro-

    tection of fisheries resources.

    TheMinistryofFisheriesofVietnam hasaIsois-

    Suedotherrelatingdocuments,namely:

    ・CircularNoO4-TSITTdated4August1990guid-

    1ng eXeCUtion ofordinance on protection and develop-

    ment offisheries resources.

    ●CircuIar No O4-TSITTdated21November1994

    guidingtheexecutionofenactmentNo85-CPonadminis-

    trative punishmentinfisheries resources protection,

    ・Decision682TS/QDdatedllSeptembeT1993

    enactingtheprovisionsonmarine「esourcesexploitation

    and managementinkeyfishinggrounds

    ・Theordinancedated25April1989stipulatesthat

    ‖TheGovernmentofVietNamwelcomesand readyto

    COOPerate Closerywith any reg10nalandinternational

    Organizationsinprotecting,COnSerVIngflSherleSreSOurCeS,

    theirhabitatsandothersharedaquaticlivlngreSOurCeS”.

    8.LAWANDENFORCEMENT

    Thereare notanyspecialenactments,regu[a-

    tionson pertainingtoseaturtIesinVietNam.However,

    thefo”owlng[egaEdocumentsissuedbytheGovernment

    OfVietNamrelathgtotheFisheriesResourcesProtection

    andDeve10Pment(includingseaturt(es)canbelisted:

    ・Ordinancedated25Apri119890nProtectionand

    developmentofflSheriesresources,Whichstipulatedthat:

    =’Prohibitanyactionscauslngharmfula打ectson

    resources,habitatsofaquaticlivingresourcesl’(Chapterl,

    A「ticle5),

    い’Exploitation andcommerceoflivlngaquatic

    resourcesofhigheconomicvaIuebeingrare,threatened

    Orendangeredshouldbebanned■1(Chapterll.ArticIe12).

    ・EnactmentNo195-HDBT(CouncilofMinisters)

    dated2June1990guidingonexecLrtionoftheOrdinance

    dated25/Aprjl/1989.

    ・DecisionNo130-CPdated20Ap「‖991onEs-

    tabIishmentoftheFisheriesProtectionDepa止mentunder

    MinistryofFisheries,

    9.LEARNEDLESSONSANDFUTURE

    ACT10N PLAN:

    9.1Learnedlessons

    ★Manyresearch,COnSerVationandmanagement

    activities on sea turt[es have been donein Vietnam.

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    allowpopulationsto recoverfrom theirreduced state,:

    ★itis strongly urged necessary to enforce the

    PrOVisionsoflocal(grouplofdecree48/CP)andinter-

    national(CITES)Eegislationforthepreventionoftradein

    Sea turtle products.

    ★ltisstronglyurgedtoupgradethereg10nallUCN

    Red Listcategoriesforal=lVeSPeCiesofseaturtlein

    VietNam,

    *We strong[y reconlmend that along withlocal

    NGOgroups,WeShoulddevelopatwo-yearPrOJeCtthat

    (1)developscommunitybased conservationinitiatives

    through education and awareness raislng StrategleS,

    and(2)expandsthebiologicalknowledgebaseforsea

    turtIesinVietNam.

    It is strongly urged to undertake or support a a

    Single yearmoIecularecology projectto address(1)

    asslgnmentOfnestingrookeriesintomanagementunits,

    and(2)analysisofDNAco”ectedfromanimalscaughtat

    Seain ordertodeterminewhich managementunits are

    beinglmPaCtedbytheaccidentalanddirecttakeofsea

    turtlesin Vietnam Seawaters.

    ★werecommendthatMinistryofFisheries(MoFl),

    buildingonexperienceand knowledgegained byother

    ASEAN nations,initiate research and developmentof

    TEDrsin the Vietnamese trawlfESheries with the aim of

    implementatiDnWithinthreeyears・

    ★The ProvincialOffices of MoFl(as Fishery

    ResourceProtectionDepartment-FRPD)andMinistryof

    Science,lbchnologyandEnvironment-MoSTE(asDe-

    PartmentOfScience】l七chnologyand Environment-

    DoSTE)areurgedtoundertakebaselinesurveysalong

    selected rnainland andisland beaches to determine

    sourcesandapproximatelevelsDfbeach-WaShed Eitter,

    fIoatinglitter.andsubmergedlitter・

    ★We recommend that the Provincia10ffices of

    MoFlinPhu、ねn,BinhThuan,BaRia-VunglbuandKien

    Giangsupportap■lotresearchproJeCttOCOl)ectbaseline

    biolog■CaldataonforaglngareaPOPuIations・1fimple-

    mented,thiswouldbethefirstsystematicforaglnggrOund

    StudyinSouthEastAsia・

    ★We recommend that representativesfrom the

    MinistryofDefence-MoDontheSpratlyandParace‖slands

    beprovidedvJiththenecessarytrain■ngand equlPment

    toconductbaselinesurveys ofseaturtledistnbution,

    abundance,StatuS andthreats.

    ★ltisstronglyurgedtocontinuesupportingthe

    extremeIyvaluablenestingbeachtagg■ngStudiesatCon

    DaoNationalPark.NuiChua(NinhThuan)ReserveArea

    andThoChulsland(KienGiang),

    ★WerecommendthattheGovernmentofVietnam

    supportmoredetailed baseEinestudiesatseveral

    Since1998】Researchlnstitute for Marine Fisheries

    (RIMF)has responsibilities to study on sea turtlesin

    VietNam,WhichwasappointedbyGovemmentofViet

    Nam.ResearchlnstituteforMarineFisheries(RIMF)has

    COnducted a programmeso-Called”Research on sea

    turtles resourcesto determine soMionsfoT PrOteCtion

    and conservation activitiesin Vietnam seawaters”,

    Which covered allbiologlCaland eco10glCaland man-

    agement aspects.

    ★Marinespeciesconservation:Thiswi11focuson

    dugongandseaturtlepopulations・ResearchonpopuEa-

    tion.behaviour.mgratorypatterns,andrelianceonCon

    Dao’s seagTaSS bedswillbe combinedwith species-

    speciflCteChnicaltrainlngandlinkswithotherreg10naL

    research programs.

    ★Education of10Calpeople and fishermenin

    marineconservation,eSPeCiallyDfthecoralreefeco-

    SyStem andseatunle/dugong protectionand

    ★SaveseaturtlesmeanthattheSharingRespon-

    Sibility+ResponsibLeFisheryOperation十MarineEnvi-

    ronment∂lP「otection

    9.2Future action plan:

    Descriptionofactionpla両ncluding2components,

    whichis combinedinthefollowlng6issues,theyare:

    ★sustainablenestingmanagement:

    a/Nesting and enviTOnmentalconsiderationand

    assessment,

    b/StudyingandpilotapplyingTEDsinflShinggear

    and p「actlces,

    c/Sea turtle resource enhancement:】ncubating

    andhatching/tagging/DNAtechnoLogleSandtaxonomic

    iden“fication,

    d/EstabIishingthe marine protected areas/artifl-

    cialand naturaL reef,SeagraSSforseaturtles・

    ★lntegratedResearch,ConservationandMan-

    agement:

    e/Social-eCOnOmicimpacted research and vol-

    untaTyaCtivitiesinreLationtoseaturtlemanagement

    and conservation,and making a nationalnelwork,

    f/Stopping/banningtheseaturtle■smarket,inno-

    vating regulation and enhanclng aWareneSS PubLic・

    RECOMMENDÅT10NS

    WeherebyrecommendthattheGovernmentof

    theSocialistRepublicofVietNamaddressthefollowlng

    recommendationsinordertopreventfurtherdeclinesin

    theseaturtlepopulationsinVietnamseawaters・andto

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    POSSible nesting beaches along the VietnarTL COaSttO

    Clanfytheimportanceoftheseareasasseaturtle nestL

    lngareaS.ForexampFe,DaNang.PhuYen,KhanhHoa,

    PhuQuy,andtheouterisIandsofthelbnkinGuFf. ★VVe recommendthattheGovernmentofVietnam

    undertake,OrSuPPOrt,aPrqeCtthatusesmodemsatelFite

    telemetry techniques to increase the awareness and

    undeTStandingoflocalVietnameseschooIchildrenand

    Othercornmunitymembersaboutseaturtlemlgration.

    ★WestronglyurgetheGovemmentoftheSocialist

    RepublicofVietNamtoslgnandimplementtheConvention

    OnMigratorySpecies(CMS).

    ACKNOVVLEDGEMENTS

    Thisrepor[formspartofanationaIfundedpro]eCt

    todevelopa MarineTurtIeResearch,Managementand

    Conservation forViet Nam.

    Wewouldliketospec所caElythanktheofflCialand

    【ocalpeopleforparticipatingIn Various aspects ofthe

    SurVey and research,including assisting us to obtain

    Permits.conductloca[fieldsuJ’VeyS.

    Thisassistance,Sharingandcollaborationisgrate-

    fully acknowledged,

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