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Number 101 July 2003

Editors: Brendan J. Godley & Annette C. Broderick Marine Turtle Research Group School of Biological Sciences University of Exeter Prince of Wales Road Exeter EX4 PS4, UK

Editorial Board: Nicholas Mrosovsky Karen L. Eckert George Balazs Matthew H. Godfrey Roderic B. Mast Nicholas J. Pilcher Anders G. J. Rhodin Kartik Shanker Roldán Valverde Jeanette Wyneken

Articles:

Sea Turtles in Spanish Mediterranean Waters: Surprises in 2001 - J. Tomás, M. Fernández & J.A. Raga

Confirmed Leatherback Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) Nests from North Carolina, with a Summary of Leatherback Nesting Activities North of Florida - David R. Rabon, Jr., Steve A. Johnson, Ruth Boettcher, Mark Dodd, Marcia Lyons, Sally Murphy, Shanna Ramsey, Steve Roff & Kelly Stewart

Monitoring Nesting Loggerhead Turtles (Caretta caretta) in the Central Caribbean Coast of Colombia - Diego Amorocho

Incidental Capture of Loggerhead Turtles (Caretta caretta) on Boa Vista (Cape Verde Islands) - L.F. López-Jurado, N. Varo-Cruz & P. López-Suárez

Observations on Sea Turtles in the State of Paraíba, Brazil - Rita Mascarenhas, Douglas Zeppelini Filho & Valdi Silva Moreira

Epibiotic Associates of Oceanic-Stage Loggerhead Turtles from the Southeastern North Atlantic - Michael G. Frick, Arnold Ross, Kristina L. Williams, Alan B. Bolten, Karen A. Bjorndal & Helen R. Martins

Notes:

The First Report of Oral Tumors Associated with Fibropapillomatosis in Florida, USA - Michael J. Bresette, Allen M. Foley, David A. Singewald, Karrie E. Singel, Richard M. Herren & Anthony E. Redlow

The First Records of Olive Ridleys in Florida, USA - Allen M. Foley, Peter H. Dutton, Karrie E. Singel, Anthony E. Redlow & Wendy G. Teas

Olive Ridley Sea Turtles in Porto-Novo, Tamil Nadu, India, with an Observation of an Asian Giant Softshell Turtle - I. Sujjahad Hussain

Green Turtle with Living Tag Captured in the Southern Bahamas - Karen A. Bjorndal, Alan B. Bolten, Alejandro Arenas, Julio Zurita, Adriana D’Amiano, Catalina Calderón, Joe Parsons & Jeffrey A. Seminoff

Second Record of a Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas) Tagged in Brazil and Captured in Nicaragua - Eduardo H.S.M. Lima, Cynthia J. Lagueux, Paulo C. R. Barata & Maria. Â. Marcovaldi

When a Turtle is Worth a Hook - Paolo Casale & Giusy Cannavò

Possible Factors Leading to Non-Occurrence of ‘Arribada’ at Gahirmatha, Orissa, India in 2001-02 - Anup K. Nayak

Meeting Reports:

President's Report on the 23rd Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation - Nicolas J. Pilcher

Travel Grants to Attend the 23rd Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - Jeffrey A. Seminoff

Report from the “Research on Use” Session at the 23rd Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - Matthew H. Godfrey, Lisa M. Campbell, Kartik Shanker & Charles Tambiah

Discussion Forum: “Reducing fishing-induced sea turtle mortality - Available methods for large scale campaigns”, at the 23rd Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, Kuala Lumpur - Paolo Casale

Report from the Tagging Workshop at the 23rd Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - Matthew H. Godfrey, Lisa M. Campbell, Brendan J. Godley & Nicholas J. Pilcher

Report of the Xth Meeting of Latin American Sea Turtle Specialists (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, March 16-17, 2003) - Alejandro Fallabrino, Joca Thomé, Héctor Barrios, Anny Chaves

The Second Reunion of Mediterranean Sea Turtle Specialists in Kuala Lumpur - Dimitris Margaritoulis

Asian Terrestrial and Freshwater Chelonian Session at the 23rd Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - Chuck Schaffer

African Reunion, Kuala Lumpur - Manjula Tiwari & Angela Formia

Indian Ocean - Southeast Asian Marine Turtle Secretariat Operational - Douglas Hykle

Mini-Symposium on Sea Turtles - VI Latin American Congress of Herpetology - Andrés Estrades

Announcements:

FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT: 24th Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation (San Jose, Costa Rica, February 22-29, 2004) - Roderic B. Mast

Travel Assistance for the 24th Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation in San Jose, Costa Rica

The Sea Turtle Activist Newsletter

A Sea Turtle Conservation and Research Project Between Countries of South East Asia - Monica Aureggi

Kachhapa 8 Now Available - Kartik Shanker & Karthik Ram

Book Reviews:

Introduction to Conservation Genetics - Angela Formia

The Mediterranean Sea - A Source of Life - Sue Ranger

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