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Marine Turtle Newsletter 26:1-2, © 1983

Western Atlantic Turtle Symposium (WATS)

WATS took place 17-23 July 1983 in San Jose, Costa Rica. It was attended by more than 300 people, with representatives from 33 nations and 5 additional reports presented on behalf of others. As well as being a major forum for information exchange, it emerged during the meeting that the process of requesting national reports for WATS had stimulated considerable interest in turtles and that various investigations in a number of nations had resulted. Two publications are arising from the meeting:

1. A Manual of Sea Turtle Research and Conservation Techniques, Edition 11
    
   Authors: P.C.H. Pritchard, P.R. Bacon, F.H. Berry, J. Fletemeyer, A. Carr, R.M. Gallagher, R.R. Lankford, R. Márquez M., L.H. Ogren, W.G. Pringle, H.A. Reichert, and R. Witham.
   Editors: K. Bjorndal and G. Balazs
   Cost $10.00 US. Specify if English or Spanish edition required.
2. Proceedings of the Western Atlantic Sea Turtle Symposium
    
   Publication should occur during late 1983. The Proceedings will include Rapporteur Reports, Glossary, Sea Turtle Annotated Bibliography, and updated Computerized Data Base.
   Free to all Registered Attendees at the Symposium. For sale to others at $20.00 U.S. per copy.
   Specify if English or Spanish edition required.