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Number 104 April 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:

Nesting of Hawksbill Turtles in Paraíba-Brazil: Avoiding Light Pollution Effects - Rita Mascarenhas, Robson Guimarães dos Santos , André Souza dos Santos , & Douglas Zeppelini

Stranding of Small Juvenile Leatherback Turtle in Western Australia - Robert I.T. Prince.

Postnesting Movements of Green Turtles Tagged in the Turtle Islands Tawi-Tawi, Philippines - Virgilio G. Sagun

Notes from Preliminary Market Surveys in Morocco - Wafae Benhardouze , Manjula Tiwari, Mustapha Aksissou1, Benoît Viseux & Matthew H. Godfrey

Notes:

Recoveries of Two Post-Hatchling Loggerhead Turtles in the Northern Adriatic Sea - Marco Affronte & Silvia Franzelliti

Green Turtle Nesting on the Gulf of Oman Coastline of the Islamic Republic of Iran - Asghar Mobaraki

Confirmed Nesting of the Loggerhead Turtle in Corsica - Michel Delaugerre & Cathy Cesarini

Marine Turtles in Iran: Results from 2002 - Asghar Mobaraki

Sightings of the Leatherback Turtle off the Southern Coast of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Valéria Cristina Lopes Marques , Michele Ferreira Fernandes , Patrícia Greco Campos , Guilherme Fluckiger , Rose Emília Macedo de Queiroz & Sheila Marino Simão

The 24th Annual Sea Turtle Symposium: Largest Ever Gathering of Sea Turtle Biologists, Conservationists and Enthusiasts (San Jose, Costa Rica - February 23-27, 2004) - Roderic B. Mast

Meeting Reports:

First Meeting on Research and Conservation of Sea Turtles in the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean (ASO) - Alejandro Fallabrino , Andrés Estrades , Milagros López-Mendilaharsu , Martin Laporta , Laura Prosdocimi , Gilberto Sales & Carlos Drews

Central & South American Terrestrial & Freshwater Chelonian Session: 24th International Sea Turtle Symposium 2004 - Chuck Schaffer

Third Reunion of Mediterranean Sea Turtle Specialists in San Jose (Costa Rica), 22 February 2004 - Dimitris Margaritoulis

UCN/SSC Marine Turtle Specialist Group News First Quarter 2004 - Roderic B. Mast , Brian J. Hutchinson , Nicolas J. Pilcher

BOOK REVIEWS

Announcements:

A New Resource Devoted to Tagging Sea Turtles is Now Available on SEATURTLE.ORG

First Announcement: 25th Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation (Savannah, Georgia, USA, January 16-22, 2005) - Thane Wibbels

Organizational Profile: The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council, Sea Turtle Conservation Program - Irene Kinan

Proposal for a Cooperative Mediterranean Monitoring Programme on Sea Turtle Interaction with Fisheries and Relative Abundance - Paolo Casale , Carlos Carreras , Abdulmaula Hamza , Bojan Lazar , Aliki Panagopoulou , Sara Pont , Jesús Tomás , Michael White

IOSEA Interactive Mapping Sytem

NEWS AND LEGAL BRIEFS

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Publication of this issue was made possible by donations from the following individuals: Keith Rittmaster, Nelia Coyle, Jorge Luis Pi–ero, Sandra E. Shumway, David R. Stoddart,, Gerald Soslau, Ph.D., Peter C.H. Pritchard, Maura C. Kraus, Sally R. Murphy, Jill J. Ladd, John Frazier, James Perran Ross, Donna J. Shaver, S. Jean Cantwell, Pat Wells, Margaret M. Barker, Jean Thurston, Joseph R. Dinardo, Glynnis L. Nakai, George L. Heinrich, Thomas W. Adams, Jon H. St. Onge, Laura Faller, Cynthia J. Lagueux, Manjula Tiwari, Roger Bour, Kevin Marvel, Laurel Brannick, William Redfoot.

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