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Number 55   October 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 Board: Nat B. Frazer Nicholas Mrosovsky David W. Owens Peter C. H. Pritchard James I. Richardson

Editorial:

Guest Editorial: It's Time to Stop Headstarting Kemp's Ridley - Jack B. Woody

Articles:

Post-Hatchling Loggerhead Turtles Eat Insects in Sargassum Community - James I. Richardson and Phil McGillivary

Post-Hatchling Turtles Off Northern Australia - Terry A. Walker

Sea Turtle Survey at Oroluk Atoll and Minto Reef, Federated States of Micronesia - John J. Naughton

Preliminary Report on Natural Reproduction of Hawksbill Sea Turtles in Palau - Fumihiko Sato and Becky B. Madriasau

Archie Carr NWR Still Needs Your Support - Susan Marynowski

Announcements:

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

Japan Announces End to Sea Turtle Trade

CITES Update

Regulations Governing Beach Furniture Passed in Florida - Charles LeBuff

Volunteers Needed For U.S. - Mexico Kemp's Ridley Project

'Centre for Sea Turtle Studies' Established in Zakynthos

Turtles Rehabilitated After Persian Gulf Oil Spills

Book Review

BOOK REVIEW

General

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Instructions for Contributors

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

LEGAL BRIEFS

Acknowledgements:

Publication of this issue was made possible by donations from Mr. and Mrs. George H. Parsons (Seattle, WA), Project Turtle Watch (Hilton Head Island, SC), Therese Conant (Harkers Island, NC), Frank Lopez (Pt. Richmond, CA), Christine Ann Meek (Panorama City, CA), Steven Everhart (Buies Creek, NC), Heather Troyer (Lithopolis, OH), Patricia Finfrock (Winters, CA), 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 U. S. National Marine Fisheries Service, Conservation International, or any individuals or organizations providing financial support.

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