Chelonitoxism: New case reports in French Polynesia and review of the literature

Fussy, Agnès; Pommier, Philip; Lumbroso, Catherine; Haro, Luc de

doi:10.1016/j.toxicon.2006.12.002

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“…An additional strategy for reducing social acceptance may be to educate residents on why sea turtles might be unhealthy to consume. For example, Senko et al (2009) found that residents in BCS overwhelmingly viewed sea turtle meat as a healthy food source even though growing evidence (see Aguirre et al 2006;Fussy et al 2007) suggests that eating sea turtles may be harmful to human health because of biotoxins, environmental contaminants, parasites, bacteria, and dubious processing and transporting of meat via unregulated black market circuits.…”

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“…Turtle meat has traditionally been served at weddings, Christmas, Mother's Day, Sundays, and most frequently at Easter (Garcia-Martínez and Nichols 2000; Nichols et al 2003;Senko et al 2009). Although recent studies have demonstrated possible health risks associated with the consumption of sea turtle products (Aguirre et al 2006;Fussy et al 2007;Senko et al 2009), the blood is used to treat anemia and asthma, the oil for childhood respiratory problems, and internal organs are sometimes used in soups (Caldwell 1963;Mack et al 1982;Felger and Moser 1987;Senko et al 2009).…”

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To Poach or Not to Poach an Endangered Species: Elucidating the Economic and Social Drivers Behind Illegal Sea Turtle Hunting in Baja California Sur, Mexico

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Despite complete legal protection, improvements in infrastructure, and market conditions that provide easier access to other protein sources, illegal poaching of sea turtles for consumption in Baja California Sur (BCS), Mexico remains a major threat to their recovery. Few studies have focused on understanding the economic and social drivers behind this activity, which is fundamental to determining best practices for discouraging it. From June 2007 to April 2008 we conducted eight in-depth, semi-structured interviews with sea turtle poachers at five coastal communities in BCS to determine the drivers influencing them. The most prevalent reasons for illegal poaching were direct economic benefits, lack of law enforcement and ease of escape from or bribery of authorities, and strong family tradition. Our results suggest that to reduce illegal poaching it will be necessary to better enforce existing environmental laws, reduce social acceptance of sea turtle hunting throughout the region, educate fishers on the ecological importance of sea turtles, and show fishers direct economic benefits from non-consumptive use of sea turtles, such as ecotourism.

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“…The causative toxins of turtle poisoning (chelonitoxism) are not definitely known but are presumed to be acquired by the turtles from their diet (Aguirre et al 2006, Fussy et al 2007, U.S. Air Force 2008. However, lyngbyatoxin, derived from the widespread cyanobacterium Lyngbya majuscula, has been implicated in at least one death following consumption of turtle ( Yasumoto 1998) and is strongly suspected to be at least one group of compounds contributing to other cases of chelonitoxism (e.g., Fussy et al 2007, Gatti et al 2008, Magnino et al 2009.…”

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“…However, lyngbyatoxin, derived from the widespread cyanobacterium Lyngbya majuscula, has been implicated in at least one death following consumption of turtle ( Yasumoto 1998) and is strongly suspected to be at least one group of compounds contributing to other cases of chelonitoxism (e.g., Fussy et al 2007, Gatti et al 2008, Magnino et al 2009.…”

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“…Chelonitoxism is uncommon compared with other forms of seafood poisoning, and most of the reported incidents globally involve E. imbricata, although Chelonia mydas and (much less frequently) Dermochelys coria cea, and Caretta caretta have been implicated (Fussy et al 2007). Records of chelonitoxism for the FSM are especially scanty, and the turtles that were identified in those cases were hawksbills (Buden 2000b).…”

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Reptiles of the Hall Islands, Chuuk State, Federated States of Micronesia

Buden

2011

Pacific Science

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Thirteen species of reptiles are recorded from the Hall Islands, all but two sea turtles for the first time. None of the 11 species of lizards (six geckos, five skinks) is endemic, and most are widely distributed throughout Micronesia and often well beyond. Emoia boettgeri has the most limited range, which extends from Chuuk State in the central Caroline Islands eastward to the Marshall Islands. Emoia caeruleocauda is the most common skink, and Lepidodactylus lugubris is the most common gecko. The apparent absence of other common Micronesian species, such as Nactus pelagicus, Emoia cyanura, E. impar, and Lipinia noctua is unexpected and possibly an artifact of limited sampling. A recent incident of turtle poisoning (chelonitoxism) attributed to the consumption of hawksbill turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata, resulted in the death of six Murilo Atoll islanders and sickened many others.

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Vertebrates: Fish, Reptiles, and Mammals

Kornprobst

2014

Encyclopedia of Marine Natural Products

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The article contains sections titled: Fish Squalene, Fatty Acids and Other Lipid Derivatives of Chondrichthyes and Agnatha Bile Steroids of Sharks and Hagfish: Scymnol, Myxinol, and Derivatives Squalamine and Other Aminosterols of Sharks Migratory Pheromones and Sex Hormones of Lampreys Inhibition of Angiogenesis by Shark Cartilage: Neovastat® General Account of Lipid Derivatives of O steichthyes Venoms and Toxins: Defense Substances of Fish Antifreeze Proteins of Polar Fish Antimicrobial Peptides and Other Proteins Sulfated Glycosaminoglycans of the Extracellular Matrix Reptiles Mammals Lipid Composition and Residues of Chlorinated Pesticides Ambergris, Ambrein, and Ambrox

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Chelonitoxism: New case reports in French Polynesia and review of the literature

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To Poach or Not to Poach an Endangered Species: Elucidating the Economic and Social Drivers Behind Illegal Sea Turtle Hunting in Baja California Sur, Mexico

To Poach or Not to Poach an Endangered Species: Elucidating the Economic and Social Drivers Behind Illegal Sea Turtle Hunting in Baja California Sur, Mexico

Reptiles of the Hall Islands, Chuuk State, Federated States of Micronesia

Vertebrates: Fish, Reptiles, and Mammals

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