Reports and References

for Dermochelys coriacea (Leatherback Sea Turtle)

Reports from BC Conservation Data Centre

BC Species Summary

 

BC Conservation Status Report

Reports from Other Databases

E-Fauna BC: Electronic Atlas of the Wildlife of British Columbia

 

Environment Canada's Species at Risk Website

 

Global Comprehensive Report (NatureServe Explorer)

Status Report

COSEWIC. 2001. COSEWIC assessment and update status report on the leatherback turtle Dermochelys coriacea in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada.
Ottawa. vii + 25 pp.

 

COSEWIC. 2012i. COSEWIC assessment and status report on the Leatherback Sea Turtle Dermochelys coriacea in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. Ottawa.
xv + 58 pp.

 

COSEWIC. 2022f. COSEWIC status appraisal summary on the Leatherback Sea Turtle, Dermochelys coriacea, Pacific population,in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. Ottawa. xxvii pp.

Recovery and Management Plans

B.C. Ministry of Environment. Recovery Planning in BC. B.C. Minist. Environ. Victoria, BC.

 

Department of Fisheries and Oceans. 2015c. Report on the Progress of Recovery Strategy Implementation for Leatherback Sea Turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) in Canadian Pacific Waters for the Period 2007-2012. Species at Risk Act Recovery Strategy Report Series. Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Ottawa. v + 12 pp.

 

Pacific Leatherback Turtle Recovery Team. 2006. Recovery Strategy for Leatherback Turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) in Pacific Canadian Waters. Species at Risk Act Recovery Strategy Series. Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Vancouver, v + 41 pp.

Other Related References

Gregory, P.T., and R.W. Campbell. 1984. The Reptiles of British Columbia. Royal B.C. Mus. Handb. 102pp.

 

The Reptiles of Briish Columbia: Pacific Leatherback Turtle, Dermochelys coriacea shlegeli. 2004. Univ. Coll. of the Cariboo, and B.C. Minist. Water, Land and Air Prot. Online. Available: http://www.bcreptiles.ca/turtles/pacleatherback.htm

 

Thompson Rivers University and BC Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy. 2025. B.C. Reptiles and Amphibians. Accessed January 2025. https://bcreptilesandamphibians.ca/

 

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