OK Guys -- here's a couple more ideas as related to the turtle regs...

I. Only trade in baby/juvenile turtles. They say taking the adults is what makes it unsustainable. They say there is no way to tell if captive born or wild caught. Taking hatchlings is sustainable. All you're doing is stealing a predator's meal. A sustainable number still survive, the Wiley ones you and the predators miss.

No trade in adult or near adult would take care of the sustainability problem. 99% of the adults in the trade are wild caught, I'd bet. So, NO ADULTS. No females. Maybe a limited number males.

Just trade in juveniles. Very high probability captive born. Taking w.c. hatchlings (low probability) is sustainable.

II. How about a season and bag limits?

III. If done right, one officer and an administrative assistant could oversee, monitor, audit, and enforce all the documentation and data for the whole she-bang. That's maybe $100K - $150K a year.

jsc
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