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Marine Turtle Newsletter-Online
Number 134 July 2012

MTN134 Cover
Wann family clearing the fish trap at low tide, with reef flat and mangrove habitat in the background, during an extended cooperative research project on sea turtles in Exmouth Gulf, Western Australia, see pages 3-8 (photo: Jo Wann).

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Editorial

mtn134p1Editorial: Do Male-Producing Kemp’s Ridley Nesting Beaches Exist North of Tamaulipas, Mexico? - Charles W. Caillouet, Jr.

Article

mtn134p3Species, Size Classes, and Apparent Growth Rates of Sea Turtles Recorded Associating with a Net and Trap Fishery in Exmouth Gulf, Western Australia: December 1990 - June 1998 - Robert I. T. Prince, Ray H. Wann, Jo P. Wann & Andrew A. E. Williams

mtn134p9Tortoiseshell Trade in Sri Lanka: Is Centuries-old Trade Now History? - Rupika S. Rajakaruna, Nayana Wijayatilaka, E.M. Lalith Ekanayake & K.B. Ranawana

mtn134p12Quantification and Recommended Management of Man-Made Debris Along the Sea Turtle Nesting Beach at Playa Caletas, Guanacaste, Costa Rica - Julia Ramos, Christopher Pincetich, Lotti Adams, Katherine Comer Santos, Joël Hage & Randall Arauz

mtn134p17Anti-fungal Properties of Sea Turtle Cloacal Mucus and Egg Albumen - Andrea D. Phillott & C. John Parmenter

Note

mtn134p21Natal homing by an adult male green turtle at Tortuguero, Costa Rica - Brian M. Shamblin, Karen A. Bjorndal, Alan B. Bolten, & Campbell J. Nairn

Report

mtn134p23PERSPECTIVE The Content and Culture of the International Sea Turtle Symposium - Stephen Gaughran

mtn134p24The 4th Mediterranean Conference on Marine Turtles (November 7-10, 2011 Naples, Italy) - Flegra Bentivegna

mtn134p25President’s Report from the Southeast Regional Sea Turtle Meeting, Jekyll Island, GA, February 1-4, 2012 - Kim Sonderman

mtn134p27President’s Report from the 32nd Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology & Conservation, 11-16 March 2012 in Huatulco, Oaxaca, Mexico - Ana R. Barragán

Announcement

mtn134p31FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT: 33rd Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, February 2-8, 2013 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA - Ray Carthy

Publications

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Editors Managing Editor Editorial Board
Kelly R. Stewart
NOAA-National Marine Fisheries
Service Southwest Fisheries Science Center
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Matthew H. Godfrey
NC Sea Turtle Project
NC Wildlife Resources Commission
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Beaufort, NC 28516 USA
E-mail: mtn@seaturtle.org

Michael S. Coyne
SEATURTLE.ORG
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Durham, NC 27705 USA

Founding Editor

Nicholas Mrosovsky
University of Toronto, Canada

Brendan J. Godley & Annette C. Broderick (Editors Emeriti)
George Balazs
Alan B. Bolten
Robert P. van Dam
Angela Formia
Colin Limpus
Nicholas J. Pilcher
Manjula Tiwari
ALan F. Rees
Kartik Shanker
Oğuz Türkozan
Jeanette Wyneken

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Acknowledgements:

Publication of this issue was made possible by donations from the following organisations: Conservation International, IUCN - Marine Turtle Specialist Group, US National Marine Fisheries Service-Office of Protected Resources, Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council.

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