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Number 120 April 2008

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 Angela Formia Colin Limpus Nicholas J. Pilcher Manjula Tiwari Kartik Shanker Jeanette Wyneken

Articles

Loggerhead Turtle Mortality from Attempted Ingestion of Porcupine Fish - Colin J. Limpus, Duncan J. Limpus, Manie Horton & Lance Ferris

Fibropapillomatosis in Stranded Green Turtles (Chelonia mydas) in Paraiba State, Northeastern Brazil: Evidence of a Brazilian Epizootic? - Rita Mascarenhas, & Peter John Iverson

Sea Turtles in Santiago Island, Cape Verde - Nuno de Santos Loureiro

Two New Dive Types with a Gradual Ascent Phase in Flatback Turtles (Natator depressus) - Jannie Bech Sperling

Notes

A Case Report of Hook Ingestion and Expelling by a Green Turtle - Max Rondon Werneck, Bruno de Barros Giffoni, Carlos Eduardo Neves Consulim & Berenice G. Gallo

Book Review

Tales from the Thébaïde: Reflections of a Turtleman of Some Uncommon Turtles - Michael Salmon

IUCN-SSC Marine Turtle Specialists Group Quarterly Report

Meeting Reports

President's Report 28th International Sea Turtle Symposium Loreto, Baja California Sur, Mexico, 19-26 January 2008) - Wallace J. Nichols

The 7th Reunion of Mediterranean Sea Turtle Specialists at the 28th Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Conservation and Biology (Loreto, BCS, Mexico, 21 January 2008) - Paolo Casale & Dimitris Margaritoulis

Speed Sessions in Loreto: An Analysis of a Novel Session Format - Andrew E. Myers, Michael Coyne, Carlos Diez, Karen L. Eckert, DuBose Griffin, Adrian Maldonado, Wallace J. Nichols, Jeffrey A. Seminoff, Amanda Southwood, Sebastian Troëng & Bryan Wallace

Announcements

First Announcement: 29th Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, Brisbane, Australia, 17-29 February 2009 - Colin Limpus & Chloe Schauble

Inauguration of the Masirah Environmental Information Center in Oman - Nancy Papathanasopoulou

NEWS AND LEGAL BRIEFS

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Publication of this issue was made possible by donations from the following individuals: Johnathan Burnham, Bhagvandas Pradeep Kumar, Charles and Nancy Caillouet and organisations: Conservation International, International Sea Turtle Society, IUCN - Marine Turtle Specialist Group, Sirtrack Ltd., US National Marine Fisheries Service-Office of Protected Resources, Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council.

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