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Number 51   October 1990

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

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

Editorials:

Give 'Headstarting' a Chance - Carole H. Allen

Articles:

Incidental Capture of Sea Turtles by Japanese Research and Training Vessels: Results of a Questionnaire - Waichiro Nishemura and Satoru Nakahigashi

Navigational Secrets Identified - excerpted from National Science Foundation News (Press Release), 7 June 1990.

U. S. Shrimpers Face Crackdown on Bycatch: Fish as well as Turtles are at Issue - Source: The NCMC Marine Bulletin 50:1. NCMC, P. O. Box 23298, Savannah, Georgia 31403 USA.

Mexican Ban Should Be Accompanied by Commitment to CITES - For additional information, contact: Sea Turtle Restoration Project, Earth Island Institute, 300 Broadway, San Francisco, California 94133 USA.

Incidence of Turtles with Tumors Increasing - Source: NMFS Southwest Fisheries Center News Release, 9 July 1990.

Fibropapillomas on Sea Turtles in San Diego Bay, California - Donna McDonald and Peter Dutton

Shrimpers Arrested for Non-Compliance as Efforts to Enforce TED Regulations Intensify - Donna McDonald

Male Hawksbill Stranded at Kosgoda, Sri Lanka - Suhashini Hewavisenthi

Tagging Hatchling Leatherback Sea Turtles - Karen L. Eckert and Scott A. Eckert

A Note on the Exploitation of Sea Turtles in Sumatra - Peter Van De Bunt

Panel Review of Kemp's Ridley Headstart Program - Thane Wibbels

Commemorative Stamps Feature Endangered Fauna of Greece - Lily E. Venizelos

German Conservation Organization Calls for Bali Boycott - Brigitte Peter and Günther Peter

Announcements:

Eleventh Annual Sea Turtle Workshop

Strandings Increase in Georgia and North Florida

"TEDs Work": Strandings Down in South Carolina

New Facilities for Headstart Kemp's Ridleys

Conservationist Honored by UNEP for Sea Turtle Efforts

Sea Turtle Conservationists Attacked

Tag Information Requested

Declaration of Hiwasa: A Timeless Pledge

Japanese Marine Turtle Newsletter Available

Stop Press * Your Immediate Attention Requested * Stop Press

Instructions for Contributors

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NEWS AND LEGAL BRIEFS

Acknowledgements:

Partial funding for MTN 51 was provided by Diana Gardener (Medford, OR), John and Marguerite Church (McLean, VA), Christine Ann Meek (Panorama City, CA), Barbara Raney (Ocala, FL), World Wildlife Fund, H.E.A.R.T., Greenpeace (Switzerland), Greenpeace (USA), and the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

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Corrections:

• In "Dying Turtles in Colombian Waters Still a Mystery" [MTN50:4-6], the last sentence of the first paragraph on page 5 should read: "Summarizing the above factors, we calculated that the mortality affected a minimum of 130 and a maximum of 360 individuals."
• In "Legal Briefs" for Bridgetown, Barbados [MTN50:23], the third sentence should read: "Under local law, it is illegal to capture turtles or eggs within 100 yards of shore."