Mariculture and the Cayman Turtle Farm
- Date:
- 1973-1982
- Reference:
- PP/AMO/F
- Part of:
- Amoroso, Professor Emmanuel Ciprian CBE, FRCP, FRS (1901-1982)
- Archives and manuscripts
About this work
Description
Based in the Cayman Islands, British West Indies, Mariculture Set up a series of large salt-water enclosures for the commercial farming of turtles. Amoroso was appointed Deputy Chairman of the Scientific and Research Division of Mariculture, 1979-1976 in order to establish husbandry methods that would improve the breeding number of the captive turtles, which had been significantly low.
Mariculture Ltd went into receivership in (1975) and was succeeded by Cayman Turtle Farm Ltd which continues today. Amoroso resigned from the company in 1976, but continued to have a vested interest in the work and research of the organisation.
The files contain research collected by the scientific and research development division, data relating to the turtles, and also material relating to the Green Sea Turtles status as an Endangered or a Threatened species which effected the commercial aspect of the organisation. Material has been arranged broadly chronologically between the two versions of the company.