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Assessment information
CMS Instruments	CMS, IOSEA Marine Turtles, Atlantic Turtles
IUCN Status	Critically endangered
Date of entry in Appendix I	1985
Date of entry in Appendix II	1979

Geographic range
Countries	Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Benin, Brazil, Cabo Verde, Cambodia, Cameroon, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Congo (Brazzaville), Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Cuba, Democratic Republic of the Congo (Kinshasa), Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Fiji, France, Gabon, Ghana, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kuwait, Madagascar, Malaysia, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Micronesia, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Oman, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Portugal, Qatar, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, São Tomé and Príncipe, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United Kingdom, United Republic of Tanzania, United States of America, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Viet Nam, Yemen

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Common names
English	Hawksbill Turtle
French	Tortue Imbriquée, Caret
Spanish	Tortuga carey
German	Echte karettschildkröte

Taxonomy
Class	Reptilia
Order	Testudinata
Family	Cheloniidae
Scientific name	Eretmochelys imbricata
Author	(Linnaeus, 1766)
Standard reference	Eckert, K.L., Bjorndal, K.A., Abreu-Grobois, F.A. and Donnelly, M. (Eds) (1999). Research and management techniques for the conservation of sea turtles. IUCN/SSC Marine Turtle Specialist Group Publication No.4.

Other details
Additional notes	In Effect 7/1/1999

Related content

Title	Start date	Status	Country	CMS Instrument
7th Meeting of Signatories	08.09.2014	Concluded	Germany	IOSEA Marine Turtles

Publication	Publisher	Type	Published Date
Conservation Measures for Marine Turtles of the Atlantic Coast of Africa - TS No. 5	UNEP/CMS Secretariat	Technical Series	11 2000
Conservation of Sea Turtles along the Coast of Peru	APECO & GTM-Perú	Technical Reports	2005
Fact Sheet on Illegal Trade in Marine Turtles	IOSEA Marine Turtles, WWF	Fact Sheet
Bay of Bengal Large Marine Ecosystem Project	FAO/BOBME Project	Technical Reports	12 2011
Genetic diversity and phylogeography of hawksbill turtle in the Persian Gulf		Scientific Article	2014
Global Distribution of Two Fungal Pathogens Threatening Endangered Sea Turtles		Scientific Article	2014
Effects of Rising Temperature on the Viability of an Important Sea Turtle Rookery		Scientific Article	2014
A Global Gap Analysis of Sea Turtle Protection Coverage		Scientific Article	2014
A Summary of Sea Turtle Genetic Studies in the Indian Ocean and Southeast		Scientific Article	2014
Sea turtles of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Indian Ocean.		Scientific Article	2014
Positive Conservation Outcome from Religious teachings: Changes to Subsistence Turtle Harvest Practices at Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Indian Ocean		Scientific Article	2014
The Effects of Ocean Acidification on Hawksbill Sea Turtles (Eretmochelys Imbricata): An Ecosystem Approach.	Indian Ocean Turtle Newsletter	Newsletter	2014
Marine Turtle Interaction with Purse-seine Fishery in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans: Lessons for Management		Scientific Article	2014
Marine Turtle Nesting at St. Martin's Island, Bangladesh		Newsletter	2002
Report On Illegal Take and Trade of Marine Turtles in the Indian Ocean Region		Newsletter	2015
Plasma Biochemistry Values in Wild Female Hawksbill Turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata), During Nesting and Foraging Seasons in Qeshm Island, Persian Gulf		Scientific Article	2014
Population Structure of Marine Turtles in Coastal Waters of Qatar		Scientific Article	2015
Risk Analysis Reveals Global hotspots for Marine Debris Ingestion by Sea Turtles		Scientific Article	2015
Spatio-Temporal Patterns of Mitochondrial DNA Variation in Hawksbill Turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata) in Southeast Asia.		Scientific Article	2016
Nesting Ecology and Reproductive Biology of the Hawksbill Turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata, at Kish Island, Persian Gulf		Scientific Article	2016
Satellite Tracking in Sea Turtles: How Do We Find Our Way to the Conservation Dividends?		Scientific Article	2016
Diversity, Habitat Distribution, and Indigenous Hunting of Marine Turtles in the Calamian Islands, Palawan, Republic of the Philippines		Scientific Article	2016
Twenty Years of Turtle Tracks: Marine Turtle Nesting Activity at Remote Locations in the Pilbara, Western Australia		Scientific Article	2016
Status and Ecology of Sirenian, Cetaceans and Marine Turtles in the Farasan Bank, Red Sea, Saudi Arabia			2016
Hatching success of Hawksbill sea turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata) in a protected hatchery site in Nakhiloo Island, Persian Gulf		Scientific Article	2016

Document Number	Title	Publish date	CMS Instrument
COP1 I/13	Hawksbill Turtle - Eretmochelys imbricata		Atlantic Turtles, CMS, IOSEA Marine Turtles