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SEA TURTLE DISTRIBUTION AND NESTING GROUND Title IN

Author(s) Longdy, Va

Proceedings of the 3rd Workshop on SEASTAR2000 (2002): Citation 121-123

Issue Date 2002

URL http://hdl.handle.net/2433/44171

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Kyoto University †2†

SEA TURTLE DISTRIBUT10N AND NESTlNG GROUND IN CAMBODlA

VaLongdy

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ABSTRACT

Twospeciesofseaturtle，hawksbilland g「eentu「tle，areCOmmOninCambodia．Thesetwospeciescan be Seenandcaughtaccidenta11ybyfishermenwhousestingrayhooksandline．1nKepmunicIPa［itylOO－120turtlesare Caughtperyear．GreenturtlescanbeseeninKampotprovince】intheeasternpartofKohKarangofKepmunicIPality and Koh KrassofKoh Kong province；hawksbiIIturtIeoccursin Kampotprovince，WeStOfKohAngkrarlg，SOuth of KohKaranginKepmunicIPality．andinKohKongprovince．Moreover，bothhawksbillandgreenturtlescanbefound hlSihanoukville．SeaturtlescometothebeachtolaytheireggsfromSeptembertoApril．Hawksbi11turtlesareseen tomlgratetOthebeachofKohSesinthemiddleofSeptembertolayitseggs．Recently，SOmeneStingbeachesof tu州es have beenidentifled bygatheringinformationfrominterviewrngthe coastalfishermen．

lNTRODUCT10N on the cooperative research and conservation in the RecentstudieshaveindicatedthatCambodiahave future．（iv）toincrease the knowledge on biology】 fivespeciesofseaturtles，namelyloggerhead turtIe taxonomy，SurVeyteChniques and conservation ofsea Carettacaretta，OliveridleyturtleLepidocheb／SOJIVaCea， turtIes and（V）to collect and update allinformation greenturtleCheloniamydas，hawksbil［turtleEretmocheVsrelatedtoseaturtlepopulations．distribution，COnSerVation imb11Cataandleatherbackturtle Dermocheb／SCOITaCea andmanagementinASEANreg10n． Among thesefive species，Onlytwo，greentu「tle and Theaimofthis paperisto presentinformation hawksbilrturtle．arecommonlyfoundandknowntonest COnCerning distribution and abundance for future alongtheCambodiancoast［ine． COnSerVationandmanagementofseatu「tlesinCambodia． DuetothelackofinfomlatiDn On Seaturtledistri－ butionandnestingsitesformanag■ngandconservingof SeatuTtlesinCaTTlbodia．theDepa「tmentofFisheriesin METHODS cooperationwithVVWF－1ndochinaconductedaseminar／ workshop on the sea turtle research，bio10gy and Two methodswere selected forthis study：the conservationinCambodia．Thisseminar／WOrkshopwas flrStistointen／iewfishermen who haveexperiencedin held from2ndto4th September2002．Theaim ofthis Seaturt（eflShingandcoIIectingeggalongthecoastline Seminar／workshopvvere（i）toexchangeinformationand OfCambDdiaandthesecondisquestioningtheoldfish－ experiencesfrominternationaLexpertsaboutseaturtles ermenwhoarelivlng andfishinglnthecoastalarea． conservationandresearch，（ii）toestabrishanetworkofThese surveyscDnSisted of12fishermeninwhich，9 seaturtlescientistsandmanagersforfutureco”abo「ation， fishermenarelivlnginKampotprovinceand3flShermen CaPaCitybuildingandpublicawareness，（iii）todiscussare living in . 丁22

DISTRIBUT10NOFSEATURTLES OIiveRidLeytu州eshavebeenrarelyseenatKbaI RonleaS Of Kampot province and eastern par［of Koh Seatu州esareknowntomlgrateforlongdistances Pou．westofKohAngkrangofKepreso止city・ betweentheirfeeding groundsand nesting sitesduring theiraduFtlives．Fromdataonby－CatChowrngtostingray Thereis noinformation related to Leatherback hooksandline】itisknownthatgreenturtleandhawksbiIl turtle，butinyear2000，OneSPeCimenofthisturtlewas tu止Ieareabundantandcaughtinlargenumbersaround tu止Ieareabundantandcaughtinlargenumbersaround Caughtaccidenta”y bytrawlnet・ltwasimmediately SeagraSSSites；arOundlOO－120seaturtEes，nOtidentifled released because the fisherman was scared and tospecies．arecaughtperyearinKepmunicipality（Fish－believed thatthis speciesis poISOnOuS． ermen，PerS．COmm．）．AccordingtoTry（2003），is［ands SuChasKi10dapiVillage，KbalRomeas．，Koh HawksbilEandgreenturtlesarecaughtaccidentaly RongSanleum，KohKhteas】KohSes，KohPolowai，Koharound PoySareur，Kohlbng，，Koh Russy， Thmey，KohTunsay，Koh Po，KohTbal，KohDong．KohKohThas，KohDong，PoyRongRang，AnEoungSor，Koh Preah，Koh Pring，Kohlbng，，Koh Krass，Ses，KohRongandKohRongSanleum（Try，2003；Fish－ ThmarRieng，ThmarKandalandThmarAnteasBanhhave ermen，PerS．COmm．）． beenidentifled assitesforobseTVing seaturt［es．agaln With no referencetoa particularspecies ofsea turtle， NESTINGGROUNDAND GTLeen tUrtIes can be seen at Koh Khteas，Koh NESTINGSEASON Dong】Kilodapi，KbalRomeasofKampotprovince，eaStern PartOfKohKarangofKepmunicIPaEityandThmarRieng， ln Cambodia，Sea turtleslay their eggs from Thmar Kandaland ThmaTAnteas BaTlh ofKoh Kong SeptembertoApril，eSPeCially，duringthefu）amoonof PTOVince．MoTeOVer，tWO green turtles were caught OctoberandDecember（Try，2002），Actua”y，inthemiddle accidentallybystingrayhooksandl弓neatKoh Krassin September2002，ahawksbiFlturtlewasreportedtohave province（late August2002）．These turtles COmetOthe beach atKoh Ses，Sihanoukvi［Ie，tOlayits Were released during the workshop on sea turtles eggs（Fishermen，PerS．COmm．）． TeSearCh，bio［ogyandconservationinCambodiafrom2－ 4September2002inSihanoukvi11e．Befo「ebeingreleased 01dfIShe「men reportthatoverthelast40years， thoseturtlesvvereweighedandtagged．oneofthemhad therehavebeen manynestsatKoh Ses，Recentlyone aPTTattachedtohercarapace． hawksbilltur［lehavebeenseenatasandybeachofKoh Sesforlaylngitseggsbutunfortunatelythefemaleturtle Thelargerspecimenwasafemaleweighing92 WaS k‖ed by military on theisland before a fishery kg．1twastaggedwithinconerwithCambodiaCodeand Officercouldcontactthem．OverthelastlOyears，SOme aEsohadaPlatformTransmitterTerminar（PTT）attached nestsofseaturtre havebeen seenatKohTunsaybut tohercarapace．Thesmalleranimal（afemale）weighed the actualnumberof nestsis not known． 88kgand wastagged withinconel．Af（ertagglng，they were both reLeasedintothe sea．Theturtle with the PTT OldflShermensaidthattheyhavecoElectedeggs WaSCaughtbyaccidentagainon26SeptemberatThmor from Octoberto Februa「y．Before1988they used to Rieng．SreAmbeldistrict．AfterthecapturetheflShermenCOllectturtleeggSatKohThmeyandKohSesandbefore CarIed the sea turtles working group and theywentto 1993，theycollectedthe eggsata sandy beach ofOh releaseitagalnOn30September2002． Chheuteal（12nests peryear），KohAnloung（10nests Peryear），KohRong（12nestsp？ryear），Brorlaymeas（7 Hawksbillturtlecan beseen atKoh Dong】Kbal nestsperyear）andThmDrKropeur（3nestsperyear）， Romeas．PhoumTaAngofKampotpTOVince．westofKoh Angkrang．andsouthofKohKarangofKepmunicipality Other sea turtle nesting grounds are sandy andThmarRieng，ThmarKandalandThmarAnteasBanh beachesofChkeProus，‾bnunandTrapeangRoungof OfKoh Kong province． and sandy beaches ofKoh Thas． KohRong，KohRongSanleum，KohlbngandKohPring LoggerheadturtIesarerarelyseen】buthavebeen （lbna，1997）・Ofthesesandybeaches．someislands reported atKilodapiofKampotprovinceand south of have beendisturbed byhumanactivities，SOthatturtres KohTbaI，EastofKohKarangofKepresortcity． have to move to other beaches where there are no す23 disturbances（Longdy，2002）．Recently，aCCOrdingtoTryhave no funding for surveys directly at the nesting （2003），Seatu「tle nesting grounds have beenidentifEed grounds．inordertoidentifytheimportantnestingsitesof atKohRong，KohRongSanreum，Kohlbng，KohPring，Sea turtles，lb submita proposalforprotection ofthe Koh Poulewai，KohThmey，Kohlbnsay．Koh Ses，Kohnestsitis necessaryto havecorrectscientifLC reSearCh Dong，PoySa Reurand BrorIaymeas．MoTeOVer．Kohdata． KrasshasbeenidentifledasnestinggroundofHawksbill tu「tle． ACKNOWLEDGEMENT RECOMMENDAT10N 【would［iketo express mydeepthankto Dr， Sincethe RoyaIGovernmenthas no budget KatheR．JensenandMr．lngTry，Deputydirectorofthe forresearch，aCtivitiesdependonsupportingfundsfrDm Depa「tmentofFishery，fortheiradvice，COmmentSand NGOs．1bday，theinformationand activities relatedto COrreCtion ofthis paper． sea turtles are sti［1insufficient because the scientists

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