New at Reason: Ronald Bailey on the Deliciousness of Sea Turtle Steak

March 9, 2010

The Cayman Island Sea Turtle Farm was established by entrepreneur and libertarian hero Antony Fisher in 1968. Unfortunately, the farm went bankrupt when the trade in sea turtle products was banned internationally. Now a government-owned corporation, the farm is a huge tourist attraction supplying turtle meat to the local market; it also releases thousands of turtles into the wild. Aware of the vexed history of the farm, Reason Science Correspondent Ronald Bailey traveled to the Cayman Islands to discover just how tasty sea turtle can be.

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