Assessment of Leatherback Turtle Nesting and Consumptive Use in the Autonomous region of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea

Abstract

The Western Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Council (WPRFMC) has been funding several leatherback turtle recovery projects in Melanesia for a number of years. The major contribution by the WPRFMC in Papua New Guinea (PNG) is the ongoing support of the Huon Coast Leatherback Turtle Conservation Project (HCLTCP) in the Morobe Province