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Number 54   July 1991

Editors: Karen L. Eckert and Scott A. Eckert National Marine Fisheries Service Southwest Fisheries Science Center Post Office Box 271 La Jolla, California 92098-0271 USA

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

Editorial:

Guest Editorial: TEDs are Not Enough! Additional Measures are Needed - C. Robert Shoop

Articles:

Japan Bans Import of Hawksbill Shell Effective December 1992 - Marydele Donnelly

Caribbean Nations Vote to Protect Sea Turtles - Karen L. Eckert

Current Status of Trade and Legal Protection for Sea Turtles in Indonesia - Catherine Barr

Marine Turtle Protection Act Passes Florida Legislature - Susan Marynowski

Green Turtles Nesting At Kazanli, Turkey, 1990 - Stephanie Coley and Andrew Smart

Sea Turtle Nesting in Sierra Leone, West Africa - Jacques Fretey and Jean-Pierre Malaussena

Hawksbill Turtles in the Mediterranean Sea - Luc Laurent and Jean Lescure

Head-Started Kemp's Ridley Recaptured in Caribbean - Sharon Manzella, Karen Bjorndal, and Cynthia Lagueux

Stranded Juvenile Loggerheads in the United Kingdom - Jenny Mallinson

Measuring and Tagging Procedures Standardized in Japan - Hiroyuki Suganuma and Naoki Kamezaki

International Trade Aspects of the Japanese Hawksbill Shell ('Bekko') Industry - Jeffrey Canin

Zakynthos 1990: An Update on the Public Awareness Programme - Dimitrios Dimopoulos

'Bungee Cord' Harnesses on Captive Loggerhead Turtles - Frank J. Schwartz

Japanese Driftnet Fishery for Squid Kills Sharks, Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles

Acquisition Sought for Important Mediterranean Nesting Beach - Georgia Valaoras

NMFS Proposes Strengthening Sea Turtle Conservation and Enforcement Regulations

The IUCN/SSC Marine Turtle Specialist Group: An Update

Announcements:

Record Numbers of Turtles Die in U. S. Shrimp Trawls

NOAA/NMFS Appoints Sea Turtle Coordinator

International Short Courses in Marine Turtle Conservation and Management, Tortuguero, Costa Rica - Charles Luthin

Australian Minister for Environment and Heritage Calls on Australian Neighbors to Help Save Turtles

Sea Turtle Center 1991 Volunteer Expeditions - Michael Rugge

Caribbean Stranding Network: An Invitation to Participate - Antonio Mignucci

Florida's Beach "Armoring" Policy Inadequate

Twelfth Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Conservation and Biology - James I. Richardson

Conservation International Offers Support to the Marine Turtle Newsletter

General

Words of Wisdom

Meeting Reports

IUCN/SSC MTSG Calls for Research on Hawksbill Turtles and an End to International Trade in Hawksbill Products - Karen A. Bjorndal

Obituary

Douglas Robinson (1936-1991): In Memory - Anny Chavez and Steve Cornelius

LEGAL BRIEFS

Acknowledgements:

Publication of this issue was made possible by donations from John Keinath (Gloucester Point, VA), Mr. and Mrs. George H. Parsons (Seattle, WA), Lenore Ballard (New York, NY), Karen Bjorndal and Alan Bolten (Gainesville, FL), Francesco Aiello (Toronto, Ontario), Charles Warnock (Savannah, GA), Wilma Katz (Englewood, FL), Andrew Guthrie (Washington D.C.), Ann Cavanaugh (Minneapolis, MN), Center for Marine Conservation (Washington D.C.), Greenpeace-Switzerland, Cayman Turtle Farm Ltd., The Chelonia Institute, Greenpeace-USA, World Wildlife Fund-USA, and the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). The Spanish edition is supported by Confederación Universitaria Centroamericana, World Wildlife Fund-USA, and USFWS, and is produced by Susana Salas, Coordinadora, Noticiero de Tortugas Marinas, CSUCA, Programa de Tortugas Marinas-UCR, Apdo. 271-2050, San Pedro, Costa Rica.

The opinions expressed herein are those of the individual authors and are not necessarily shared by the Editors, the Editorial Board, the National Marine Fisheries Service, Conservation International, or any individuals or organizations providing financial support.

"Recent Papers" and "Technical Reports" will resume with the October 1991 issue—Editors

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Corrections:

In the article entitle, "First Japanese Sea Turtle Conference" (MTN53:25), the second sentence should have begun: "The conference was coordinated by Mr. Hiroyuki Suganuma...", not "M. Hiroyuki Suganuma". In "U.S. Shrimper Penalized" (MTN 53:23), the last sentence should have read: "On both occasions the defendant was charged with failing to tow qualified TEDS." The Editors regret the errors.