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Number 42   June 1988

Editor: Nat B. Frazer Department of Biology Mercer University 1400 Coleman Avenue Macon, GA 31207 USA

Associate Editor: John P. Eylers

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

Articles:

Marine Turtles in Baluchistan (Pakistan) - Brian Groombridge, Aban Marker Kabraji, and Abdul Latif Rao

Turtle Nesting in Quintana Roo, Mexico - Reyna Gil H. and Jack B. Woody

An Update on the Leatherback Turtles of Rantau Abang, Terengganu, Malaysia - E. H. Chan

Black Turtle Project in Michoacan, Mexico: Plastic vs. Metal Tags - J. Alvarado, A. Figueroa, and P. Alarcon

A Confirmed Hawksbill, Eretmochelys imbricata Nesting in Broward County Florida - Jeanette Wyneken, and Judy Hicklin

Loggerhead Sea Turtle Travels from Padre Island, Texas to the Mouth of the Adriatic Sea - Sharon A. Manzella, Clark T. Fontaine, and Barbara A. Schroeder

Sea Turtle Nesting on Texas Beaches in 1987 - Donna J. Shaver, and Anthony Amos

Aggregations of Young Hatchling Loggerhead Sea Turtles in the Sargassum off North Carolina - Frank J. Schwartz

Announcements:

Inter-Island Migration of Nesting Green Turtle, Chelonia Mydas - Anastasia Kontos, Scott Eckert, Karen Eckert, Jose Luis Gomez, Robert Lee, and Robert Van Dam

Sea Turtle Center Involved in Two Protection Projects - Michael Rugge

Stockpiling Sea Turtle Carcasses - Charles W. Caillouet, Jr., Marcel J. Duronslet, Andre M. Landry, Jr., and Erich K. Stabenau

Who has Tagged Mediterranean Loggerhead? - Dieter Gramentz

Free Padre Island National Seashore Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle Project Reports Available

Acknowledgements:

Partial funding for MTN 42 was provided by the US Fish and Wildlife Service.

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