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The first panellist will focus on the jurists view on the legislative proposal on DCC, discuss proportionality of measure, incl. key considerations for DCC and PLF data combinations. A basic overview on the differences between vaccination, certificates, immunity passports and other passes, and the key characteristics of the DCC will be provided. Feasibility in terms of implementing acts across EU Member-States will be elaborated upon, incl. both potential expiry and revocation, as well as potential remedies in case of emerging issues, i.e., right to DCC, but no vaccine, strong contraindication against vaccination, known issues of reduced immunity despite vaccination, etc. Critical aspects with relevance for both the European and the global dimensions, i.e., GDPR and data transfer agreements, secondary use of health data, human-rights' issues, implications for vulnerable groups, etc., will also be discussed.

Abundance estimates corrected for changes in detection are needed to assess population trends. We used transect-count surveys and N-mixture models to estimate green turtle Chelonia mydas and hawksbill turtle Eretmochelys imbricata detection and total abundance at foraging grounds in Bonaire during 2003-2018, and we used these total abundance estimates to fit a Bayesian state-space logistic model and make abundance predictions for 2019-2030. During 2019-2022, we also recorded distance categories to estimate detection and total abundance using distance sampling and N-mixture models. In the present study, we focus on distance sampling to estimate observer detectability and total abundance, and to determine if total abundance increased, declined, or did not change during 2019-2022 and when compared with 2003-2018 estimates and 2019-2030 predictions. Detectability averaged 0.53 (SE = 0.02) for green turtles and 0.51 (SE = 0.06) for hawksbill turtles. Density (ind. km-2) and population size (individuals in the 4 km2 survey region) averaged 72.1 (SE = 17.3) and 288 (SE = 69) for green turtles and 21.8 (SE = 4.6) and 87 (SE = 18) for hawksbill turtles. Green turtle total abundance did not change during 2019-2022 (p > 0.05) but remained low when compared with 2003-2018 estimates and 2019-2030 predictions. Hawksbill turtle total abundance declined between 2020 and 2021 (z = 2.15, p = 0.03) and increased between 2021 and 2022 (z = -3.04, p = 0.002), but 2019-2022 estimates were similar to 2003-2018 estimates and 2019-2030 predictions. Our methodology can be used to monitor sea turtle populations at coastal foraging grounds in the Caribbean.

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