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Number 108 April 2005

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 Lisa Campbell Angela Formia Matthew H. Godfrey Colin Limpus Roderic B. Mast Nicholas J. Pilcher Manjula Tiwari Kartik Shanker Roldán Valverde Jeanette Wyneken

Articles:

Record 42 Kemp’s Ridley Nests Found in Texas in 2004 - Donna J. Shaver, Anthony F. Amos, Ben Higgins & Jody Mays

Sea Turtle Strandings and Mortality in Ecuador: 1994-1999 - Juan José Alava, Pedro Jiménez, Magali Peńafiel, Windsor Aguirre, & Paola Amador

Observations of Marine Turtles During Seismic Surveys off Bahia, Northeastern Brazil - Lívio Moreira de Gurjăo, Joăo Eduardo Pereira de Freitas & Douglas Silva Araújo

Zakynthos Sea Turtle Odyssey – A Political Ball Game - Lily Venizelos & Keith Corbett

Notes:

Hurricane Effects on Nesting Caretta caretta - James Perran Ross

Loggerhead Turtles in the Dalyan River, Mulğa Province, Turkey, 2004 - Markus Keller

IUCN MTSG Update:

Marine Turtle Specialist Group News: Overview of Activities for a New Year - Brian J. Hutchinson, Roderic B. Mast, Nicolas J. Pilcher & Jeffrey A. Seminoff

Meeting Reports:

The 25th Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation,Our Silver Anniversary Symposium. Savannah, Georgia, USA, January 18th-22nd, 2005 - Thane Wibbles

Meeting Report: The Third Annual Terrestrial and Freshwater Turtle Session - Chuck Schaffer

Fourth Reunion of Mediterranean Sea Turtle Specialists at the 25th Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Conservation and Biology - Paolo Casale, Alan F. Rees, Dimitris Margaritoulis

Atlantic Leatherback Strategy Retreat at St Catherines Island - Gale Bishop, Milani Chaloupka, Llewellyn M. Ehrhart, Jean-Yves Georges, David Godfrey, Edo Goverse, Emma Harrison, Graeme C. Hays, Maria Angela Marcovaldi, Philip Miller, Terry Norton, Peter Pritchard, Christopher Sasso, David Smith, Guy-Philippe Sounguet, James Spotila, Manjula Tiwari & Sebastian Troëng^7*

Séptima Reunión Anual del Grupo Tortuguero: ˇRevolución Tortuguera! - Kama Dean

The African Regional Meeting at the 25th Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation - Angela Formia & Manjula Tiwari

Workshop Report: Rehabilitation of Injured Sea Turtles in the Mediterranean - Aliki Panagopoulou

Seri Leatherback Release Ceremony: Renewing Spiritual and Ecological Traditions - Kama Dean

Report of the XII Meeting of Latin American Sea Turtle Specialists (Savannah, Georgia, January 17-18, 2005) - Shaleyla Kelez, Martin Laporta, Gustave Lopez & Anabella Barrios

Book Review:

Sea Turtles: A Complete Guide to Their Biology, Behavior, and Conservation - Matthew H. Godfrey

Announcements:

The Sea Turtle Symposium in Greece - Dimitris Margaritoulis

International Graduate School of Conservation Biology 2005 - Bojan Lazar

The UK Leatherback Turtle Tour - Jodie Le Cheminant

Research Vessel Available - Mike Marshall

Bibliography of the Loggerhead Sea Turtle - C. Kenneth Dodd

Biology of Sea Turtles -

NEWS AND LEGAL BRIEFS - UN Report: Shut Down Fisheries to Save Sea Turtles

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