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Number 100 April 2003

Editors: Brendan J. Godley & Annette C. Broderick Marine Turtle Research Group School of Biological Sciences University of Wales Swansea Singleton Park, Swansea SA2 8PP Wales U.K.

Editorial Board: Nicholas Mrosovsky Karen L. Eckert Jack G. Frazier Matthew H. Godfrey Peter L. Lutz Roderic B. Mast Jeff D. Miller Nicholas J. Pilcher Anders G. J. Rhodin Roldán Valverde

Marine Turtle Newsletter 100: A Celebration - Brendan J. Godley & Annette C. Broderick

MTN 100: Looking Back, Looking Forward - N. Mrosovsky

Concerning Those Things Which We Ought to Have Done: Reflections on the Future of Sea Turtle Research - Nat B. Frazer

Why Do We Do This? - J.G. Frazier

From Ghosts to Key Species: Restoring Sea Turtle Populations to Fulfill their Ecological Roles - Karen A. Bjorndal & Alan B. Bolten

Improved Assessments and Management of Shrimp Stocks Could Benefit Sea Turtle Populations, Shrimp Stocks and Shrimp Fisheries - Charles W. Caillouet, Jr.

Challenges for Interdisciplinary Sea Turtle Research: Perspectives of a Social Scientist - Lisa M. Campbell

Sea Turtle Conservation along the Atlantic Coast of Africa - Angela Formia, Manjula Tiwari, Jacques Fretey & Alexis Billes

Marine Turtles in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Regional Perspective of Successes, Failures and Priorities for the Future - Maria Ângela Marcovaldi, Joca Thomé & J. G. Frazier

Marine Turtle Conservation in South and Southeast Asia: Hopeless Cause or Cause for Hope? - Kartik Shanker & Nicolas J. Pilcher

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Publication of this issue was made possible by donations from the following individuals: Kristina Carroll, Deborah T. Crouse, Laura T. Faller, Allen Foley, Zandy Hillis-Starr, Sandra Hitt, Thomas S. Howick, Ann B. Humphrey, Cliff A. Jones, Margaret McMillan, Robert Nawojchik, Paula A. Olson, Robert Prescott, Alan Rees, Mette Skinbjerg, Heather Miller Woodson.

The following organizations support the MTN: Caribbean Conservation Corporation, Cayman Turtle Farm, Ltd., Center for Marine Conservation, Chelonian Research Foundation, Conservation International, Sea World, Inc., US Fish & Wildlife Service, US National Marine Fisheries Service-Office of Protected Resources.

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