© Projeto TAMAR / Brazil INDEX REGIONAL OVERVIEW ............................................................................................................ 1 1. RMU: Caretta caretta – Southwest Atlantic ..................................................................... 1 1.1 Distribution, abundance, trends .................................................................................... 1 1.1.1 Nesting sites .............................................................................................................. 1 1.1.2 Marine areas ............................................................................................................ 1 1.2 Other biological data ...................................................................................................... 1 1.3 Threats ............................................................................................................................. 1 1.3.1 Nesting sites .............................................................................................................. 1 1.3.2 Marine areas ............................................................................................................ 1 1.4 Conservation .................................................................................................................... 1 2 RMU: Dermochelys coriacea - Southwest Atlantic ............................................................. 2 2.1 Distribution, abundance, trends .................................................................................... 2 2.1.1 Nesting sites .............................................................................................................. 2 2.1.2 Marine areas ............................................................................................................ 2 2.2 Other biological data ...................................................................................................... 2 2.3 Threats ............................................................................................................................. 2 2.4 Conservation .................................................................................................................... 2 3 RMU: Chelonia mydas - Southwest Atlantic ....................................................................... 2 3.1 Distribution, abundance, trends .................................................................................... 2 3.1.1 Nesting sites .............................................................................................................. 2 3.1.2 Marine areas ............................................................................................................ 2 3.2 Other biological data ...................................................................................................... 2 3.3 Threats ............................................................................................................................. 2 3.3.1 Nesting sites .............................................................................................................. 2 3.3.2 Marine areas ............................................................................................................ 3 3.4 Conservation .................................................................................................................... 3 4 RMU: Chelonia mydas - Southcentral Atlantic ................................................................... 3 4.1 Distribution, abundance, trends .................................................................................... 3 4.1.1 Nesting sites .............................................................................................................. 3 4.1.2 Marine areas ............................................................................................................ 3 4.2 Other biological data ...................................................................................................... 3 4.3 Threats ............................................................................................................................. 3 4.3.1 Nesting sites .............................................................................................................. 3 4.3.2 Marine areas ............................................................................................................ 3 4.4 Conservation .................................................................................................................... 3 4.5 Research ........................................................................................................................... 3 5 RMU: Eretmochelys imbricata – Southwest Atlantic .......................................................... 3 5.1 Distribution, abundance, trends .................................................................................... 3 5.1.1 Nesting sites .............................................................................................................. 3 5.1.2 Marine areas ............................................................................................................ 4 5.2 Other biological data ...................................................................................................... 4 5.3 Threats ............................................................................................................................. 4 5.4 Conservation .................................................................................................................... 4 6 RMU: Lepidochelys olivacea - West Atlantic ...................................................................... 4 6.1 Distribution, abundance, trends .................................................................................... 4 6.1.1 Nesting sites .............................................................................................................. 4 6.1.2 Marine areas ............................................................................................................ 4 6.1.3 Other biological data ............................................................................................... 4 6.2 Threats ............................................................................................................................. 4 6.3 Conservation .................................................................................................................... 5 Table 1. ................................................................................................................................... 6 Figures .................................................................................................................................. 13 ARGENTINA ............................................................................................................................... 23 1 RMU: Caretta caretta – Southwest Atlantic ...................................................................... 23 1.1 Distribution, abundance, trends .................................................................................. 23 1.1.1 Marine áreas .......................................................................................................... 23 1.2 Other biological data .................................................................................................... 23 1.3 Threats ........................................................................................................................... 23 1.3.1 Marine areas .......................................................................................................... 23 1.4 Conservation .................................................................................................................. 23 2 RMU: Dermochelys coriacea - Southwest Atlantic ........................................................... 23 2.1 Distribution, abundance, trends .................................................................................. 23 2.1.1 Marine áreas .......................................................................................................... 23 2.2 Other biological data .................................................................................................... 23 2.3 Threats ........................................................................................................................... 23 2.4 Conservation .................................................................................................................. 23 3 RMU: Chelonia mydas - Southwest Atlantic ..................................................................... 23 3.1 Distribution, abundance, trends .................................................................................. 23 3.1.1 Marine áreas .......................................................................................................... 23 3.2 Other biological data .................................................................................................... 24 3.3 Threats ........................................................................................................................... 24 3.4 Conservation .................................................................................................................. 24 BRAZIL ........................................................................................................................................ 36 1 RMU: Caretta caretta – Southwest Atlantic .....................................................................