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Number 49   April 1990

Editors: Karen L. Eckert and Scott A. Eckert Physiological Research Lab (A-004) Scripps Institution of Oceanography University of California-San Diego La Jolla, California 92093 USA

Editorial Advisors: Nat B. Frazer Nicholas Mrosovsky David W. Owens Peter C. H. Pritchard James I. Richardson

Editorial:

Guest Editorial: Sea Turtle Conservation and Management, the Need for a Unit Stock Approach - Charles W. Caillouet, Jr.

Articles:

Kemp's Ridleys are Rarer than We Thought - Peter C. H. Pritchard

Leatherback Turtles Disappearing from the BVI - Gillian Cambers and Halstead Lima

An Update on Green Turtle Fibropapilloma - Elliott R. Jacobson

Incidental Capture of Marine Turtles by the Swordfish Fishery at San Antonio, Chile - Jack G. Frazier and José Luis Brito Montero

Successes and Failures: Conservation and Tourism on the Nesting Beaches of Laganas Bay, Zakynthos, Greece, 1989 - Dimitris Margaritoulis

Playa Grande Leatherback Turtle Rookery in Danger - Jack G. Frazier

Announcements:

Indonesian Hawksbill Turtle Ranching: A Pilot Project - Ismu Sutanto Suwelo

Sea Turtle Parts Wanted for Age Determination Studies - George R. Zug

Saudi Arabian Turtle Report Available

TED's and the Popular Press

Volunteer for Turtles in Greece

Turkish Village Requests Help to Save Turtle Beach, Archaeological Site in Mediterranean

Health Advisory for Fibropapilloma Disease - George Balazs and Elliott Jacobson

Spanish Edition of the Marine Turtle Newsletter Planned

**Thank You!**

Letters

An Open Letter to the President of Mexico

Meeting Reports

Report of the Sea Turtle Working Group Meeting, I.C.S.E.M. - Jacques Maigret

Book Review

"The Leatherback Turtle, A Malaysian Heritage"

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LEGAL BRIEFS

Funding for MTN 49 was provided by Peg Barker (Maple Shade, New Jersey), Therese Conant (Bellingham, Washington), Amy Mackay (St. Croix, USVI), Charles Warnock (Savannah, Georgia), Greenpeace-USA, Center for Marine Conservation, Conservation International, and the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

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