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Number 111 January 2006

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

Editorial:

Does the Mediterranean Green Turtle Exist? - N. Mrosovsky

Comment on the Guest Editorial By Paul J. Ferraro - Peter C.H. Pritchard

Response to Comment by Peter C.H. Pritchard - Paul J. Ferraro

Articles:

Report on Long-Term Transmitter Harness Retention by a Leatherback Turtle - Sebastian Troëng, Roberto Solano, Ana Díaz-Merry, Jimmy Ordoñez, Joshua Taylor, Daniel R. Evans, David Godfrey, Dean Bagley, Llew Ehrhart & Scott Eckert

Marine Turtles on the Southern Coast of Bioko Island (Gulf of Guinea, Africa), 2001-2005 - Heidi Rader, Miguel Angel Ela Mba,, Wayne Morra & Gail Hearn

Incidental Capture of Marine Turtles in Marine Fisheries of Southern Spain - José C. Báez, Juan A. Camiñas & Lucía Rueda

First Evidence of Leatherback Movement from Africa to South America - Alexis Billes, Jacques Fretey, Bas Verhage, Bas Huijbregts, Bruno Giffoni, Laura Prosdocimi, Diego A. Albareda, Jean-Yves Georges & Manjula Tiwari

Notes:

Charybdis hellerii, a Non-indigenous Portunid Crab from the Gastrointestinal Contents of a Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtle (Lepidochelys kempi) in Georgia, USA - Michael G. Frick & Kristina L. Williams

An Update on Eritrea’s Marine Turtle Programme and First Record of Olive Ridley Turtle Nesting in the Red Sea - Nicolas Pilcher, Sammy Mahmud, Steffan Howe, Yohannes Teclemariam, Simon Weldeyohannes,

Epibionts Associated with Chelonia mydas from Northern Brazil - Sara Pereira, Eduardo H. S. M. Lima, Luís Ernesto, Helena Mathews & Anunciação Ventura

Small Leatherback Found in Dominica - Rowan Byrne & Scott A. Eckert

MTSG Update

IUCN/SSC Marine Turtle Specialist Group Hosts the First Multi-Species Bycatch Mitigation Workshop - Nicolas J. Pilcher, Roderic B. Mast & Brian J. Hutchinson

Announcements

Recommendations for Mediterranean Marine Turtles from Barcelona Convention - Dimitris Margaritoulis

The 26th International Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation (Island of Crete, Greece, 3-8 April 2006) UPDATE ON PREPARATIONS - Dimitris Margaritoulis

A Bibliography of The Loggerhead Sea Turtle Caretta Caretta (Linnaeus, 1758), Including References To Fossils Placed In The Genus Caretta -

A Bibliography of The Loggerhead Sea Turtle Caretta Caretta (Linnaeus, 1758), Including References To Fossils Placed In The Genus Caretta -

Oman to Host Next IOSEA Marine Turtle Conservation Forum -

International Meeting on Sea Turtles in São Tomé. 30th January to 3rd February 2006 -

NEWS AND LEGAL BRIEFS

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Publication of this issue was made possible by donations from the following individuals: Dimitris Margaritoulis, Anton D. Tucker, William Redfoot and organisations: Cayman Turtle Farm, Ltd., Conservation International, International Sea Turtle Society, Sea World, Inc., Sirtrack Ltd., US National Marine Fisheries Service-Office of Protected Resources, Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council, World Wildlife Fund.

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