 turtle industry turtle industry ray mon 8292011 308 biloxi small craft harbor  2013  turtle industry and exploitation   1880 a turtle was taken from the st john s river in florida with the spanish coatofarms and the date 1700 engraved on its back  the turtle was released into the rive r with the added inscription   eastern herald palatka florida 1897   the pascagoula democratstar january 9 1880 p 2  1891 george bills zio benachi tony benachi george andrews ed musgrove and the old reliable alex bidault  left for horn island on board the good friday in search of sea turtles and their eggs  from the looks of their provision bill and snake bite cure they will remain several days the biloxi herald june 20 1891 p 4  1892 ed bosarge brought in from the marsh 500 turtles in his little sloop sea birch  at 55 cents each  this will bring ed 275 the biloxi herald january 30 1892 p 1  joseph c delamarre and tom cleary captured a turtle on ship island that weighed in excess of 700 pounds  the large turtle required four men to turn it on its back the biloxi herald june 11 1892 p 4  1893   1900 a visiting reporter wrote that a biloxi turtle farm had 5000 turtles and that they sold for 36 per dozen the biloxi daily herald august 26 1900 p 12  1903 the honorable joseph w swetman got hold of several diamond backs and decided to give a small feed to a few of his friends  he took john kennedy into his confidence and together with the assistance of aj meynier they evolved a great feast which was pertaken last night at kennedy s hotel by the following gentlemen jack lacoste martinez willie manion mangin eb stafford rj angamar of nola tj rosell jw swetman percy l elmer dr holt wp henley george haas albert b austin f schaub jesse smith aj meynier patrick kennedy william p kennedy and john j kennedy the biloxi daily herald july 13 1903 p 4  moran turtle pen  courtesy of the genealogy and history departmentbiloxi public libraryjane shambra director  1906 during the september 1906 hurricane  the turtle farm owned by ernest moran lost between 8000 and 10000 diamond back turtles his loss was estimated at not less than 14500 somewhere between 3000 and 4000 turtles were recovered placed in barrels and returned to his yard  the biloxi daily herald september 27 1906 p 2  1911 since selling his pool room some time ago  john eglin has fitted out a boat and sails the high seas and bayous in search of alligators and other large game on a trip to the islands this week he captured two monster sea turtles  each weighing close to three hundred pounds  both were butchered and sold as steaks and soup meats from the eglin market the ocean springs news june 17 1911 last night  joseph w swetman oscar johnson and boy bennett visited ship island in quest of turtle eggs and returned this morning with a monster turtle weighing between 450 and 500 pounds and 1050 eggs  this find of eggs is the largest that has ever been brought to biloxi  the turtle which is of the green variety and the choicest of its kind will be butchered tonight and distributed among the friends of the gentleman named above the daily herald july 1 1911 p 8  1912 in july jw swetman aboard tom  his motorized excursion boat and with a crew of five turtle egg hunters captured a 501 pound turtle on horn island  they saw two larger turtles than the captured that were to heavy to transport the daily herald july 30 1912 p 8  captain peter kennedy running for the lopezdesporte canning company and aboard the eva foster brought a 300pound green turtle to the wharf of the former plant of this company the large turtle was captured at creole gap where the vessel had been dredging for oysters  the daily herald september 21 1912 p 1  1913   1924 william p kennedy while on a trip to the chandeleurs aboard the anna long and with captain steve sekul george williams rv abbley and rv abbley jr of pass christian went into the water and physically captured a 200 pound sea turtle which was subsequently landed and killed for its meat barnacles on the dorsal side of the turtle caused slight injuries to the hands of the captor the daily herald june 13 1924 p 3  1932 the cc canning company  william cruso owner who has been handling fresh water turtles has recently received such large orders that he sent a boat to horn island for sea and green turtles captain eugene ryan aboard the radio caught ten sea turtles in his trawl that weighed 350 pounds each  when processed at cruso s factory 1250 pounds of pure turtle meat was recovered  cruso believes that he can develop a large trade in turtle meat and plans to sens a boat out at regular intervals today he is shipping a carload of shrimp to new york anthony ragusin photographed the turtle catch the daily herald june 23 1932 p 1  1934 in late june 1934 a party of fifteen returned from the chandeleur islands aboard the louis b beaugez jr and landed in ocean springs at the john r seymour wharf at the foot of washington avenue with two large turtles weighing in the 250pound range  their backs were barnaclecovered the hunters also raided nine turtle nests recovering 100130 eggs per nest  the turtles were killed and the meat used locally the daily herald june 25 1934 p 5  2013 proposal to protect turtle habitats the sun herald july 18 2013 p 5a turtle rules not likely to affect coast the us fish and wildlife service is considering designating almost 750 miles of beach from north carolina to mississippi as protected habitat for endangered loggerhead sea turtles the sun herald august 10 2013 p 5a scientists keeping close eye on turtle nests  scientists are monitoring loggerhead turtle nesting sites in pass christian waiting to see if hatchlings will emerge there is also a nest on deer island in addition to a few on cat island the sun herald august 11 2013 p 2a  four loggerhead turtles hatch on pass christian beach  only recently have loggerhead turtles returned to this area to nest moby solangi president and executive director of the institute of marine mammal studies the sun herald september 19 2013 p 1a  notes on mississippi s turtle industy  this circa 1925 vintage image depicts a group of north biloxi fishermen near the fountain cemetery demonstrating to their audience how to transport a captured marine turtle these large reptiles nested on mississippi s barrier island and their meat and eggs were exploited both for domestic and commercial use lr lawrence beaugez 18891965 eugene rodriguez 18981969 thomas fountain 19031974 reno beaugez 18931967 emile tiblier boy fountain and albert fountain jr image and identifications courtesy of velma beaugez garlotte along the mexican gulf both marine and terrestrial turtles or terrapins were once hunted for their meat and eggs the barrier islands especially horn island and ship island were favored areas for turtle exploitation due to their propinquity to the populated coastline although most of the turtle s edible parts and eggs were for local consumption there was some commercial development especially of the ubiquitous diamondback turtle which inhabits the estuarine marshes and rivers of the southeastern united states w ernest moran 18571925 who lived on lameuse steet in biloxi was one of the leading dealers in diamondback terrapins on the mississippi coast during the  september 1906 hurricane  his  turtle farm  lost between 8000 and 10000 diamondbacks moran s loss was estimated at not less than 14500 somewhere  between 3000 and 4000 turtles were recovered placed in barrels and returned to his yard  the biloxi daily herald september 27 1906 p 2 the thurston canning company a factory to primarily process marine turtles from the western caribbean was erected at bay st louis mississippi in the fall of 1917 by harry j thurston 18811920 a native of indiana mr thurston expired at houston texas in late february 1920 in the later years of the spanish influenza pandemic the daily herald october 8 1917 p 5 and the sea coast echo february 28 1920 p 2 thurston s testudine reptiles were transported by steamer to new orleans and then to the bay by train here they were penned in the bay of st louis and fed until slaughtered to make canned turtle soup primarily for the demanding new york market about 5000 green loggerheads mobilians and terrapins were processed annually the daily herald may 1 1918 p 2 the endangered species act of 1973 and its amendments now protect the following marine turtles and their habitants green loggerhead leatherback hawksbill kemp s ridley and olive ridley our local shrimp industry was directly affected and was required to use teds turtle exclusion devises to protect the kemp ridley  references  marine educational leaflet no 29 loggerhead sea turtles  gulf coast research laboratoryjl scott marine education center and and aquarium ocean springs mississippi  marine educational leaflet no 33 sea turtles of the gulf of mexico  gulf coast research laboratoryjl scott marine education center and and aquarium ocean springs mississippi  the biloxi herald   local happenings   june 20 1891 the biloxi herald   back bay   january 30 1892 the biloxi herald   local happenings   june 11 1892 the biloxi daily herald   biloxi a hustling city   august 26 1900 the biloxi daily herald   a terrapin feast   july 13 1903 the biloxi daily herald   worse storm than that of october 1893   september 27 1906 the biloxi daily herald      the daily herald   some turtle and some turtle eggs   july 1 1911 p 8 the daily herald   capture large sea turtle   july 30 1912 p 8 the daily herald   300pound turtle brough to biloxi   september 21 1912 the daily herald   catches with hands 200 pound turtle business   june 13 1924 the daily herald   biloxian plans for big turtle business   june 3 1932 the daily herald   500 pounds of turtle   june 25 1934 p 5 the ocean springs news   local news   june 17 1911 the pascagoula democratstar    news     january 9 1880 the sun herald    turtle farming a thing of the past   december 14 1997 the sun herald    report 11772 sea turtles injured or killed in 2005 by commercial fishing   september 28 2011 the sun herald    wildlife groups sue for more protection of turtles   october 14 2011 the sun herald    turtles sojourn homekemp s ridley prefers mississippi over florida waters   december 20 2011 the sun herald    shrimpers against turtle protection rules   june 7 2012 the sun herald    heading toward the light  bright casino lights co nfuse loggerhead hatchlings   august17 2012 p a2  the sun herald    turtle study   institute of ma ri ne mammal studies and national marine fisheries service  puts tires in water   january 14 2013 p a1  the sun herald    environmental group dolphin turtle dean a sign of sick gulf   april 3 2013  the sun herald    rehabilitated sea turtles blessed and released   april 28 2013 p a2  the sun herald    new research bolsters theory on how the turtle got its shell   june 1 2013 p c3  the sun herald    sea turtle nest discovered   july 5 2013 p a2  the sun herald    mississippi beaches may get designated as turtle habitat   august 8 2013 p a5  the sun herald    hooked sea turtles heading back into gulf   september 7 2014 p a3  the sun herald    what will this sea turtle nesting season bring   march 2 2015 p a9  the sun herald    rare leatherback sea turtle rescued   march 13 2015 p c6 355 views  