Freshwater turtle use on the Morrosquillo Gulf, Sucre, Colombia ; Uso de quelonios continentales en el golfo de Morrosquillo, Sucre, Colombia

At Morrosquillo gulf, in Sucre, Colombia it is possible to find many waterholes which are occupied by freshwater turtles of which were selected 65 with an area greater than 1,000m2; a representative sample of 12 randomly selected cattle ponds that were not linked was used. The population data were collected with samples taken between January and March of 2014. Interactive dialogues were held with members of the community in order to identify people who are engaged in hunting, trading or consuming turtles of economic interest; surveys were carried out to gather information on the availability and use of captured turtles. The users of this resource were all male with 30% illiteracy, opportunistic exploiters of the turtles that obtain an annual income of between $300,000.00 and $400,000.00 Colombian Pesos. The most widely used turtle was T. callirostris, which was sold or consumed by the families. ; En el Golfo de Morrosquillo, Sucre, Colombia, se encuentran un gran número de jagüeyes que son ocupados por quelonios continentales, de los cuales se seleccionaron 65 con área mayor a 1.000 m2, se trabajó con una muestra de 12 jagüeyes escogidos al azar y sin comunicación alguna entre ellos. Los muestreos se realizaron entre enero y marzo de 2014. En la comunidad se llevaron a cabo diálogos interactivos para identificar a los pobladores que se dedican a la cacería, comercio o consumo de quelonios de interés económico; se les aplicaron encuestas para recopilar la información sobre la disponibilidad y patrones de uso de los quelonios capturados. Los usuarios del recurso son en su totalidad hombres con un 30% de analfabetismo, realizan aprovechamiento opor­tunista de los quelonios y derivan ingresos anuales entre Col. $ 300.000.oo y 400.000.oo. El quelonio de mayor uso es T. callirostris, cuyos ejemplares son vendidos vivos o consumidos en el entorno familiar.