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Number 115 January 2007

Editors: Lisa M. Campbell Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, Duke University 135 Duke Marine Lab Road Beaufort, NC 28516 USA Matthew H. Godfrey NC Sea Turtle Project NC Wildlife Resources Commission 1507 Ann St. Beaufort, NC 28516 USA

Founding Editor: Nicholas Mrosovsky University of Toronto, Canada

Editorial Board: Brendan J. Godley & Annette C. Broderick (Editors Emeriti) George Balazs Karen L. Eckert Angela Formia Colin Limpus Roderic B. Mast Nicholas J. Pilcher Manjula Tiwari Kartik Shanker Roldán Valverde Jeanette Wyneken

Editorials:

Guest Editorial - Peter C.H. Pritchard

Beach Driving Management Cape Hatteras and Cape Lookout National Seashores, USA - L.R. Nester & N.B. Frazer

Articles:

Interactions Between Marine Mammals and Turtles - Dagmar Fertl & G.L. Fulling,

Identification of Bacterial Isolates from Unhatched Loggerhead (Caretta caretta) Sea Turtle Eggs in Georgia, USA - Kathryn S. Craven, Judy Awong-Taylor, Laura Griffiths, Crystal Bass & Mario Muscarella

Notes:

Captive-raised Loggerhead Turtle (Caretta caretta) Found Nesting Eight Years After Release - Antonio de Padua Almeida,, CecÌlia Baptistotte, Alexsandro SantíAna dos Santos & Thiago Zagonel Serafini

Tarballs and Early Life Stages of Sea Turtles in ParaÌba, Brazil - Robson G. Santos & Erich F. Mariano

Rapid Survey of Marine Turtles in Agalega, Western Indian Ocean - O. Griffiths & V. Tatayah

Kemp's Ridley (Lepidochelys kempi) Shell Damage - Wayne N. Witzell

Live Loggerhead Observed in Newfoundland, Canada in Late Autumn - Wayne Ledwell

IUCN-MTSG Quarterly Report:

IUCN-SSC Marine Turtle Specialist Group Quarterly Update - Brian J. Hutchinson , Nicolas J. Pilcher, Roderic B. Mast & Alice Costa

Meeting Report:

Workshop on Marine Turtles in Taiwan, May 2006 - I-Jiunn Cheng

Obituary:

OBITUARY: Boyd Nathaniel Lyon 1969-2006

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