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Number 57   April 1992

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

Articles:

Hawksbill Turtle Nesting at Manatee Bar, Belize, 1991 - Greg W. Smith

Sea Turtles Killed in Australian Shark Fin Fishery - Michael L. Guinea and Ray Chatto

Loggerhead Turtles Released After Ten Years in Captivity - Antonio Reséndiz S. H. and Beatrice A. Jimenez de Reséndiz

Surgical Reconstruction of the Carapace of a Loggerhead Sea Turtle - Robert C. Schoelkopf

New Protection for Sea Turtles in France - Jacques Fretey and Jean Lescure

1991 a 'Record Year' for Leatherback Productivity on St. Croix, U. S. Virgin Islands - Peter Dutton, Donna McDonald and Ralf Boulon

New Nesting Areas for Sea Turtles on the Peninsula De Paria,
Sucre State, Venezuela - Hedelvy J. Guada and Pedro Vernet P.

Turtle Trouble in the Dominican Republic - Sandra and Robert Stam

Sea Turtles Stimulate Environmental Education in Greece - Anna Kremezi-Margaritouli

Emergency Rule to Protect Sea Turtles from Summer Flounder Trawls, USA

Woongarra Marine Park is Declared to Protect Turtles

Turtle Business Obscures Protection Efforts in Bali

Loggerhead Turtle Survey in Georgia, USA

Southeastern USA Stranding Tally, 1991

Facts About Marine Debris

Turtles Versus Tourists

MEDASSET Activities in 1989-1991

Announcements:

18/52 Rev2: 1990 IUCN Sea Turtle Ranching Resolution

Volunteers Needed for Turtles in Greece

USA Lifts Ban on Shrimp From Suriname

Turtle Identification Sheets Available

A Message from the Editors

Meeting Reports

Resolutions of the Second Meeting and Workshop of the Regional Marine Turtle Conservation Programme (RMTCP)

LEGAL BRIEFS

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Acknowledgements:

Publication of this issue was made possible by donations from Lyn Peter Kershaw (Cambridge, England; in memory of), William Rainey (Berkeley, CA), Laura Faller (Decatur, GA), Matthew Godfrey (Ontario, Canada), Robert Pitman (San Diego, CA), Amy Mackay (St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands), Ernest Hall (Marquette, MI), Rebecca Bell (Little Cumberland Island, GA), Barbara Dietsch (Aiken, SC), Thomas Ross (Silver Spring, MD), Glynnis Nakai (Sunderland, MA), Frances Velay (Philadelphia, PA), Diana Gardener (Medford, OR), Ursula Keuper-Mussen (Ontario, Canada), Pieter Borkent (Amsterdam, Holland), 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" will resume in July 1992

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