The world according to me....

This is the third meeting of the Leatherback Turtle Expert Working Group, sponsored by NMFS and hosted by Scott Eckert in Trinidad. The meeting is being held at a small guest-house set high up on a large hill; the photo above is visible from one of the main windows. We are continuing our discussions on how to describe the leatherback stock(s) in the Atlantic Ocean, including trends (if any) and potential research needs for the future. We were supposed to visit some of the leatherback turtle nesting beaches in Trinidad, but our schedule has been thrown off by Hurricane Wilma, which is threatening to make it difficult or impossible for some of us to fly back to North America. We are planning on meeting a final time to finalize the product of our group's work. The rumor is that we are going to Canada for the fourth meeting, either Halifax or maybe Ottawa.