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shake d livin wake d dead wrote:pios kill you dead you is some kinda white man eh,my lawdddddd,you just dreaming you could be living in a first world status country when in reality you are not,all you does do is bark like ah pot hound and complain,geeezzzzzzzz.
Dizzy28 wrote:shake d livin wake d dead wrote:pios kill you dead you is some kinda white man eh,my lawdddddd,you just dreaming you could be living in a first world status country when in reality you are not,all you does do is bark like ah pot hound and complain,geeezzzzzzzz.
But isn't having a dream the 1st step to reaching there??
shake d livin wake d dead wrote:^^ The arrogance and stupidity of this guy just amazes me.
Turtle hunting to be banned year-round
A year-round ban on turtle hunting is expected to take effect within the next few weeks.
Food Production Minister Vasant Bharath confirmed yesterday he has received Cabinet approval to amend the Fisheries Act and make it illegal to hunt any turtle.
In February, Bharath met with local environmental group Trini Eco Warriors, the members of which are Marc DeVerteuil, Stephen Broadbridge and Kyle DeLima, as well as international conservationist Pete Bethune, to discuss a ban on turtle hunting.
A loophole in the Fisheries Act allowed the hunting of turtles between October 1 and February 28, but this will now be illegal following Monday's amendment to the Protection of Turtle and Turtle Eggs Regulations, made under Section 4 of the Fisheries Act, Chap 67:51.
"An amendment has been made to the existing Fisheries Act to effectively close this loophole and ban turtle hunting year-round," Bharath said yesterday. "This amendment has to be gazetted, which could happen in the next two weeks, and it will go into effect immediately afterwards."
The amendment, referred to as the Protection of Turtle and Turtle Eggs (Amendment) Regulations, 2011, now "prohibits the killing, harpooning or selling of turtle". It further states: "No person shall, at any time, kill, harpoon, catch or otherwise take possession of any turtle, or purchase, sell, offer or expose for sale or cause to be sold or offered for sale any turtle or turtle meat."
Trinidad and Tobago has nesting populations of five of the seven species of marine turtles occurring worldwide and has one of the largest nesting populations of leatherback turtles in the world, second only to Africa.
All turtles are regarded as critically endangered worldwide, according to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Fauna and Flora (CITES), to which Trinidad and Tobago is a party.
DeVerteuil said yesterday his group is honoured to have been the catalyst in gaining effective laws against turtle hunting, a fight that has been carried on by local environmentalists for decades. "It looks like we won't be killing sea turtles any more," he said.
"We commend this minister for signing this amendment, but we do have questions about specificity and we look forward to further details of the ban."
DeVerteuil has also called for the reinstatement of the Honorary Game Warden programme, under which selected volunteers are given the policing powers of game wardens.
"There are 14 game wardens and two fisheries officers. It is impossible for them to enforce all our wildlife laws. The volunteer programme could serve to make the law much more effective."
Eco Warriors, which celebrates its first anniversary on October 14, is also advocating a ban on net fishing in turtle nesting areas. Roughly 3,000 critically endangered leatherback turtles are caught in artisan nets every year, about 1,000 of which die as a result.
rfari wrote:pioneer what about hunting in moderation? not taking more than u can consume?
rfari wrote:shakes, when you making a move invite me nah.
daz no scn..but we hadda get confirmation yes...I does be up in manzan side eh..btw I hear it have ah deer roaming these days 
so yuh noe wa is d scn..shake d livin wake d dead wrote:rfari wrote:shakes, when you making a move invite me nah.
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