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Number 37   June 1986

Editor: Nat B. Frazer Department of Biology College of Liberal Arts Mercer University Macon, GA 31207 USA

Editorial Advisors: Peter C. H. Pritchard Anders G. J. Rhodin Harold F. Hirth N. Mrosovsky

Editorials:

Ascension Island Turtles Still in Trouble - John Fletemeyer

Commentary on the Situation at Ascension Island - Jeanne A. Mortimer

Articles:

Harnessing Leatherbacks - S. A. Eckert and K. L. Eckert

Self-Inflicted Injuries on Female Leatherbacks - Jaques Fretey

Kemp's Decline: Special Alarm or General Concern? - Nat B. Frazer

Cold-Stunning in Long Island Sound, New York - Anne Meylan and Sam Sadove

Announcements:

Mediterranean Sea Turtle Meeting

Kemp's Ridleys Released

Sea Turtle Head-Start Open House

Area Closed to Shrimp Trawling

More Good News on TED

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Acknowledgements:

Partial funding for MTN 37 was provided by the US Fish and Wildlife Service, the Cayman Turtle Farm (1983), Ltd., the Carolina Research & Development Foundation, Deanne L. DuFresne and Katherine Frazer.

The opinions expressed herein are those of the individual authors and are not necessarily shared by the Editorial Board, Mercer University, or other individuals or organizations providing financial support.

The MTN-Online is produced and managed by Michael Coyne.

Errata:

Please note the following corrections to the article by Caillouet et al. (MTN 36:5-6):

• The second author is Clark T. Fontaine.
• Table 1. For the 1980 year-class, the parenthetical expression should read: (some individuals were tagged between scutes RC2 & RC3, RC3 & RC4, LH & LP, and LP & LA).