Assessment of methods for identification and monitoring the worldwide marine turtle populations (Caretta caretta) for their conservation

Abstract

[eng] Different implications for the conservation of Caretta caretta have been applied over the last decades. The emergence information that gave us the arrival of new tracking technology can be used to obtain the actual lack of information over foraging habitats, migratory behavior and other implications for population assessment. The aim of this paper is to localize the information gaps and evaluate the different methodologies to fill them. For so, the different RMUs defined by ICUN Red List of Threatened species has been used to evaluate the conservation of the subpopulations in terms of ecological implications, use of territory, how the new technology impacts on it, and how human impacts and economy affect to their development. Finally exposing different ways to combine the methods available for the different concerned countries, considering their economic level.