Tag: poaching
Young turtle dies slow death at hands of poachers
(CNS) A young female turtle, estimated to be between ten and fifteen years old, was recently killed by poachers but died a slow death after she was speared through her shell multiple times with a double-pronged spear. The Department of Environment said that conservation officers found the green sea turtle last week after a report […]
DoE nabs suspected repeat poachers
(CNS): Three men are facing poaching charges after Department of Environment conservation officers caught them with an illegal haul of marine life in Governor’s Harbour. The officers were responding to a report of suspected poachers unloading a large catch from their boat. When they arrived, they found it was the same group of men they […]
Suspect poachers caught at Rum Point
(CNS): Four men are facing a list of possible criminal charges for poaching offences after conservation officers from the Department of Environment intercepted their boat last week in a protected marine reserve. On Wednesday, 2 February, DoE officers responded to a report from members of the public about suspicious activity in the Marine Reserve in […]
DoE nets suspect poachers off NWP
(CNS): Two West Bay men can expect to be prosecuted after they were reportedly caught poaching by Department of Environment conservation officers on Monday. The DoE officers were on boat patrol in the Marine Park Zone near North West Point in the district when they found the men in the water taking marine life and […]
Conservation officer injured by suspect poachers
(CNS): A senior conservation officer from the Department of Environment was injured on Tuesday when he was assaulted by suspected poachers in the Gun Bay area of East End. The officer sustained a head injury as he moved to arrest two men, who were believed to be taking conch, not only over and above the […]
Suspect turtle poachers arrested
(CNS): Two men were arrested last Wednesday on suspicion of poaching and drug offences after police and customs found a green turtle shell and meat during a raid at a West Bay home. RCIPS and Customs and Border Control officers carried out a joint operation at a house on Up The Hill Road, where they […]
Turtle shell found in dumpster
(CNS): The shell of an adult green sea turtle was found in a dumpster at the weekend, which officials said appeared to be the remains from another poaching incident. The shell measured 106cm (41.7in) and likely belonged to a 300-400 pound turtle and a once valuable member of the critically endangered wild population. The discovery […]
Battle against turtle poaching continues
(CNS): Following news that poachers made off with a wild turtle that had been nesting on Barkers Beach last week, the Department of Environment has confirmed that they managed to save another turtle on Seven Mile Beach that poachers had flipped on its back in the early hours of 11 July, thanks to the vigilance […]
Poachers smash police car, escape with nesting turtle
(CNS): The Royal Cayman Islands Police Service has confirmed that one of their patrol vehicles was damaged in a collision with suspected turtle poachers early Tuesday morning, after they were called to a report of a turtle in distress at Barkers. Police said the call came into them around 6am, and when a patrol car in […]
People warned not to poach as conch season opens
(CNS): Conch and whelk season opens tomorrow, 1 November, when shellfish-lovers can help themselves to five queen conchs per person per day or ten per boat, and 2½ gallons of whelks in the shell, or 2½ pounds of processed whelks. But the Department of Environment is urging people not to be tempted to poach during the open […]
Enforcement improves as DoE utilizes new powers
(CNS): Department of Environment conservation officers have interrupted dozens of poachers since April and have been able to seize illegal spearguns and even return some poached conch and two green sea turtles back to the sea. Over the last few months officers have used their enhanced enforcement powers to stop illegal fishing, and where it […]
