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Morin, R. , Snapping turtle management in maryland, goal-driven collaboration within a workgroup. Unpublished paper presented at USFWS Workshop on Conservation and Trade Management of Freshwater and Terrestrial Turtles in the United States.
Added by: Sarina Wunderlich (06 Jul 2014 16:17:10 UTC) |
| Resource type: Conference Paper BibTeX citation key: anon2010.16344 View all bibliographic details  |
Categories: General Keywords: Chelidae, Emydura macquarii, Habitat - habitat, Nordamerika - North America, Schildkröten - turtles + tortoises Creators: Morin Collection: USFWS Workshop on Conservation and Trade Management of Freshwater and Terrestrial Turtles in the United States |
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A commercial fishery has harvested snapping turtles in Maryland without regard to conservation since at least the early 1870’s. A workgroup was assembled in 2007 to make snapping turtle management recommendations to the Maryland Department of Natural Resources Fisheries Service. The primary recommendation was to study tidewater snapping turtles and establish a minimum size limit that would be re-examined in one year after a study provided data. Interim regulations went into effect in 2008 and a fishery-dependent snapping turtle study was conducted. The workgroup continued to meet in 2008 with clearly defined goals and objectives. Based upon the results of the length analysis, the workgroup considered options and recommended a new minimum size limit of 11 inches which was intended to protect over 50% of the females in the fishery. In 2009, new regulations were promulgated in an attempt to manage snapping turtles for sustainability. Commercial turtle harvesters submit monthly reports of daily harvest (number, pounds) and effort (number of traps). Compliance with permitting and reporting is high. The workgroup has established a continuously evolving process in which dialogue, trust and cooperation lead to results that are useful to the management of this species.
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