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Number 110 October 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

Guest Editorial:

Wild and Head-started Kemp's Ridley Nesters, Eggs, Hatchlings, Nesting Beaches and Adjoining Nearshore Waters in Texas Should Receive Greater Protection - Charles W. Caillouet, Jr.

Articles:

Strandings of Green Turtles along the Saurashtra Coast, Gujarat, India - P. Kannan, S. Venkatesan, M. Rajagopalan & E.Vivekanandan

First Sea Turtle Tagging Programme in Iran - Asghar Mobaraki & Amir Mohammad Elmi

Notes:

Observations of Green Turtles in the Lakshadweep Islands, West Coast of India - P. Kannan & M. Rajagopalan

Gladiatorial Attack on a Turtle - Flegra Bentivegna

Length-width and length-weight relationships of Caretta caretta from Italy, Mediterranean Sea - Paolo Casale, Daniela Freggi, Roberto Basso, Roberto Argano

Programme Profile: Tanzania Turtle & Dugong Conservation Programme - Catharine Muir

Meeting Reports:

The Annual BoD Retreat of the International Sea Turtle Society (Shepherdstown, West Virginia, USA, 15-17 August 2005): Improving Procedures and Transparency - Dimitris Margaritoulis

Second Meeting on Research and Conservation of Sea Turtles in the Southwestern Atlantic (ASO) - Laura Prosdocimi, Alejandro Fallabrino, Martin Laporta & Gilberto Sales

Marine Turtle Conservation in the Western Indian Ocean Region: Enhancing Regional Collaboration in Research and Management - Gladys Okemwa & Nyawira Muthiga

MTSG Update:

IUCN/SSC Marine Turtle Specialist Group Hosts the Second Burning Issues Assessment Workshop - Roderic B. Mast, Brian J. Hutchinson, Emily Howgate & Nicolas J. Pilcher

Book Review:

Carolina's Story: Sea Turtles Get Sick Too! - Michael S. Coyne, Isabel C. Coyne and Tyler J. Coyne

Announcements:

The 26 th International Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation "Diverse Cultures, One Purpose" (Island of Crete, Greece, 2-8 April 2006) THIRD ANNOUNCEMENT - Dimitris Margaritoulis

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Awards First Grants for Marine Turtle Conservation Act Fund - Earl Possardt

Special Issue: Marine Turtles as Flagships -

Third Meeting of Research and Conservation of Sea Turtles in the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean -

Ancient Mariners Phone Home -

Demonstration of Blood Collection Video - Eliot Jacobson

News and Legal Briefs

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Publication of this issue was made possible by donations from the following individuals: Greg & Lani Muelrath, Dena Dickerson, Itaru Uchida, R. Thomas Ross, Robert Krause, Walter Allen, John A. Musick, Charles and MaryLee Warnock, Harold F. Hirth, Robert Prescott, Frank J. Schwartz and organisations: Cayman Turtle Farm, Ltd., Chelonian Research Foundation, Conservation International, International Sea Turtle Society, Sea World, Inc., Sirtrack Ltd., PeopleÕs Trust for Endangered Species, US National Marine Fisheries Service-Office of Protected Resources, Western Pacific regional Fishery Management Council.

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