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Number 103 January 2004

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:

Behavior of Green Sea Turtles in the Presence and Absence of Recreational Snorkellers - Dwayne Meadows

Turtle Strandings in the Southern Eritrean Red Sea - S.A. Howe, B. Asfaha & J.M. Kemp

First Confirmed Occurrence of Loggerhead Turtles in Peru - Joanna Alfaro-Shigueto, Peter H. Dutton, Jeffrey Mangel & Diana Vega

A Harness for Attachment of Satellite Transmitters on Flatback Turtles - Jannie Bech Sperling & Michael L. Guinea

Notes:

Nesting of the Hawksbill Turtle at Shidvar Island, Hormozgan Province, Iran - Asghar Mobaraki

Meeting Reports:

The Bermuda Turtle Project's International Course on the Biology and Conservation of Sea Turtles, 2003 - P. Meylan, A. Meylan & J. Gray

First National Marine Turtle Symposium in Turkey - Ayse Oruç

Second Annual Student Symposium for Costa Rica's Caribbean Leatherbacks (14th June 2003) - Julie Osborn

West Atlantic Green Turtle Population Modeling Workshop - Alan B. Bolten & Milani Chaloupka

IUCN/SSC Marine Turtle Specialist Group News - Nicolas J. Pilcher & Roderic B. Mast

MTSG NEWS FROM THE MEDITERRANEAN/NORTH EAST ATLANTIC REGION - Dimitris Margaritoulis, Regional Vice Chair

Obituaries:

OBITUARY: Henry H. Hildebrand (1922-2003) As Remembered by Two Friends - Pat Burchfield & Wes Tunnell

OBITUARY: C. Robert Shoop (1935-2003) - Tundi Agardy & Keith T. Killingbeck

Announcements:

Unprecedented Support from Costa Rican Head of State for the 24th Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation (San Jose, Costa Rica, February 22-29, 2004) - Roderic B. Mast & Brian Hutchinson

Your Help Needed in International Project to Assess Turtle Mortality by Satellite Telemetry - Graeme C. Hays

Moçambique Marine Turtle Working Group Created

Sea Turtle Conservation Manuals - Harry Andrews & Kartik Shanker

Announcement of Green Turtle Research Project, Entrecasteaux Reef, New Caledonia

Launch of website for the MoU on Indian Ocean and South-East Asian Marine Turtles

NEWS AND LEGAL BRIEFS

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Publication of this issue was made possible by donations from the following individuals: George H. Balazs, Ibrahim Baron, Gumbo Limbo Nature Center, Juan A. Cami–as, Carlos Diez, Marydele Donnelly, Chuck Erikson, Janet Fleetwood, Karen Furnweger, Ann Humphrey, British Chelonia Group, Roy W. McDiarmid, Eckerd College, Paula Olson, Theresa Rigoli, Ricardo Sagarminaga Van Buiten, Gordon Seyfarth, C. Robert Shoop, Homer Singleton, Robert P. Stoll, W. Mark Swingle.

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

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