A WESTERN Division conservationist is calling for a complete halt to the killing of sea turtles.
Mamanuca Environment Society project manager Betani Salusalu said it was important that there was no harvesting or killing of the sea creatures because they were in their nesting season.
"The nesting period for all species of turtles runs from October to April each year and this should be a strictly no-take period as outlined in the Fisheries Act Cap 158 and its amendment regulation, the Protection of Turtles Regulation," he said
"It is only from June to August, a permit maybe acquired through the Ministry of Fisheries for turtle harvesting strictly for significant traditional events like the installation of district or paramount chief or the death of a chief."