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Number 56   January 1992

Editors: Karen L. Eckert & Scott A. Eckert National Marine Fisheries Service Southwest Fisheries Science Center c/o SWFSC, Post Office Box 271 La Jolla, California 92038-271 USA

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

Editorials:

Japan Hawksbill Import Ban--Too Early to Rest on Our Laurels! - Todd Steiner

Articles:

Observations on First Breeding by a Loggerhead Turtle - Colin J. Limpus and Darryl Reimer

Turtle Excluder Device (TED) Technology Transfer to Latin American Shrimp Fisheries - John F. Mitchell

Sea Turtle Conservation in Laguna de Tacarigua National Park, Venezuela - Hedelvy J. Guada and Pedro Vernet P.

Once Thriving Colony of Leatherback Sea Turtles Declining at Irian Jaya, Indonesia - William Betz and Mary Welch

News from the Madras Crocodile Bank, India - Harry Andrews

Sea Turtle Arribadas: For Massacre or Conservation? - B. Pradeep Kumar

It's Time to Give Kemp's Ridley Head-Starting a Fair and Scientific Evaluation! - Carole H. Allen

Southeast USA Stranding Update

Sea Turtle Center Seeks to Make a Difference - Michael Rugge

U. S. Stamps Commemorating Sea Turtles? - Gary A. Miller

"The Green Turtle was a Human Being"

Meeting Reports:

IV Workshop on Programs of Sea Turtle Conservation 11-13 March 1991, Mérida, Yucatan, Mexico - Jack Frazier, and Elvia Rodriguez

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

Announcements:

Caribbean Conservation Corporation Offers Training, Internships at Tortuguero, Costa Rica - Charles Luthin

Florida Seeks Environmental Specialist/Sea Turtles

Dredging Fatalities Lead to Positive Action

Cuba Opens Doors to Sea Turtle Biologists

Japan to Compensate Hawksbill Shell Industry

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Acknowledgements:

Publication of this issue was made possible by donations from Jean Beasley (Surf City, NC), Robert Lockhart (London, U.K.), Keith Rittmaster (Beaufort, NC), Aquarium of the Americas (New Orleans, LA), Gilbert Grant (Sneads Ferry, NC), 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.

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Erratum:

Some folks received copies of the October 1991 issue of the Marine Turtle Newsletter (MTN 55) that were missing pages, or contained duplicate pages. If you have received a defective Newsletter, please don't hesitate to request a clean copy from the Editors. KLE/SAE