USVI Hawksbill Conservation Action Plan

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In partnership with the University of the Virgin islands and the Ocean Foundation, we are creating a working consortium of hawksbill turtle specialists and stakeholders with the goal of publishing An Action Plan for Hawksbill Sea Turtle Research and Conservation in the USVI. Our team of experts will compile known information, align information with goals and objectives of Federal recovery plans, detail projects that can be done to answer key questions, and write a clear plan for achieving measurable outcomes, including the identification of data gaps. The information will be organized by life stage (hatchlings, juveniles, and adults) to establish their historical and current status, to define drivers of decline and/or threats, and provide specific recommendations and defined goals to guide the recovery effort for this species in this part of its range.