With only one turtle nesting beach being actively monitored in Jamaica, while widespread poaching of both turtle eggs and meat continues across Jamaica, it is imperative that a more comprehensive sea turtle monitoring programme be implemented.  In September 2009 a JET staff member visited the Jumby Bay Hawksbill Project in Antigua to learn sea turtle monitoring methods.  JET, with help from the National Environment and Planning Agency and Mr. Melvyn Tennant, who monitors Gibraltar Beach in St. Mary, hosted a sea turtle monitoring workshop for other non-government organizations and academic institutions.   The workshop led to the formation of the Jamaica Sea Turtle Project that plans to identify additional sea turtle nesting beaches across Jamaica that can also be monitored.  We also hope to implement an island-wide education and awareness programme aimed at highlighting the threats currently faced by sea turtles and to stop the poaching of eggs and adult turtles.