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Number 58   July 1992

Editors: Karen L. Eckert & Scott A. Eckert Hubbs-Sea World Research Institute 1700 South Shores Road San Diego, California 92109 USA

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

Editorials:

CITES and Scientists--Conservation in Conflict - Brian Bowen

Articles:

First Report of a Loggerhead Sea Turtle From Alaska - Gil Bane

The Sustainable Sea Turtle - Glen Hill

The TED Experience: Claims and Reality

Hatching Success of Wave-Tossed Loggerhead Turtle Eggs - Gilbert S. Grant and Beverly B. Green

Loggerhead Dies After Ingesting Marine Debris - Walter Allen

The Etymological Riddle of the Ridley Sea Turtle - Harold A. Dundee

Cayman Turtle Farm Cited for International Trade Infractions - Marydele Donnelly

Protection for Hawksbill and Green Sea Turtles in Rio Largartos, Yucatan, Mexico In 1990 - Rene Márquez M., Mauricio Garduño, Patricia Castañeda, Miguel A. Carrasco, Raul Lope-M., and Aristoteles Villanueva

Research at Rancho Nuevo, Tamaulipas, Mexico in 1990 - Rene Márquez M., Manuel Sanchez P., Juan Diaz F., Javier Vasconcelos, Ignacio Flores, Israel Arguello, Miguel A. Carrasco, and Aristoteles Villanueva

A Folklore of Turtle Calling in Fiji

On the Reauthorization of the U. S. Endangered Species Act - excerpted from Bean, M. J. 1991. Issues and Controversies in the Forthcoming Reauthorization Battle. Endangered Species Update 9(1/2):1-4. U. S. Department of Interior.

U. S. Administration Accused of "Creating" Crisis - Source: Center for Marine Conservation Press Release, 21 April 1992.

Study Concludes TEDs Needed in all Areas at all Times, Caribbean Nations Should also Comply - excerpted from Henwood, T., W. Stuntz, and N. Thompson. 1992. Evaluation of U. S. Turtle Protective Measures under Existing TED Regulations, Including Estimates of Shrimp Trawler Related Turtle Mortality in the Wider Caribbean. NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC-303. U. S. Department of Commerce.

Sea Turtle Restoration Project 1992 Volunteer Expeditions - Kathy Nielsen

Earth Island Institute's Education Campaign - Kathy Nielsen

Meeting Reports:

Second International Conference on Marine Debris

12th Annual Sea Turtle Symposium a Big Success

Announcements:

NMFS Proposes New Sea Turtle Protection Measures

New Lights May Prevent Sea Turtle Hatchling Deaths

South Pacific Driftnet Ban in Force

Leatherback Turtle Rescued in Nevis - Joan Robinson

!! Support the Archie Carr Sea Turtle Refuge !!

13th Annual Sea Turtle Symposium Planned - Sally Murphy

What Can You Do?

"Do Not Disturb Our Turtles"

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

NEWS AND LEGAL BRIEFS

Acknowledgements:

Publication of this issue was made possible by donations from Rodney Jackson (Anchorage, AK), Hedelvy Guada (Caracas, Venezuela), George Pisani (Lawrence, KS), Daryl McNeilly (Woodbridge, CA), John and Marguerite Church (McLean, VA), Ron Berger (Gresham, OR), Diana Gardener (Medford, OR), Melodylyn Ray (Bahamas), Pat McLaughlin (San Francisco, CA), Pieter Borkent (Amsterdam, Holland), Michael Salmon (Boynton Beach, FL), 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.

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