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Number 113 July 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:

New Editors for MTN! - Annette C. Broderick & Brendan J. Godley

Articles:

Hawksbill and Olive Ridley Nesting on Masirah Island, Sultanate of Oman: an Update - ALan F. Rees & Sonja L. Baker

Preliminary Data and Observations from an Increasing Olive Ridley Population in Sergipe, Brazil - Jaqueline C. de Castilhos & Manjula Tiwari

Notes:

First Report of Green, Chelonia mydas, and Kemp's ridley, Lepidochelys kempii Turtle Nesting on Wassaw Island, Georgia, USA - Kristina L. Williams, Michael G. Frick & Joseph B. Pfaller

Letters:

Cuba: Who Won? The Hawksbills?

Cayman Island Turtle Farm: Under Fire by Conservationists

Cayman Turtle Farm – A Response To NGO Comments

Meeting Reports:

Training workshop for fishermen at Casablanca port, Morocco - Wafae Benhardouze, Manjula Tiwari, Mustapha Aksissou1 & Matthew H. Godfrey

The 26th Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation: President's Report on the Symposium and ISTS Business - Dimitris Margaritoulis

Longline Fishery Panel Discussion at the 26th Annual Sea Turtle Symposium: Cooperative Approaches to Implement Sea Turtle Bycatch Solutions in Longline Fisheries - Irene Kinan

Second International Guanahacabibes Sea Turtle Conservation Workshop - Fernando Bretos, Rogelio Diaz-Fernandez & Marydele Donnelly

MTSG Update:

The Role of the IUCN Marine Turtle Specialist Group in Setting Priorities for Sea Turtle Conservation - Roderic B. Mast, Jeffrey A. Seminoff Brian J. Hutchinson & Nicolas J. Pilcher

Announcements:

The 27th International Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation - Michael S. Coyne

NEWS AND LEGAL BRIEFS

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Publication of this issue was made possible by donations from the following individuals: Karen Holloway-Adkins, William Redfoot, Peggy Chipman and Dani Breitenbucher, Sandra Shumway, Gary Wagner, Carol Ruckdeschel and organisations: Cayman Turtle Farm, Ltd., Conservation International, International Sea Turtle Society, IUCN Marine Turtle Specialist Group, Sea World, Inc., Sirtrack Ltd., US National Marine Fisheries Service-Office of Protected Resources, Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council, WWF International.

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