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Number 64   January 1994

Editors: Karen L. Eckert and 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

Editorial:

Guest Editorial: CITES Listing Criteria Revisions - Deborah Crouse

Articles:

Concern Rises over Threat to Indian Turtles

Conservation of Sea Turtles on the Madras Coast - Kartik Shanker

Foreign Tag Recoveries from the Philippines - Rhodora T. D. Ramirez De Veyra

Rare Records of Dermochelys in the Gulf of Venezuela - Alexander J. Acuña P. and Jesus R. Toledo N.

Sea Turtle Eco-Tourism Brings Economic Benefit to Community - Jorge Gutic M.

Leatherback Turtles at Jamursba-Medi Beach, Kepala Burung, Irian Jaya - Ismu Sutanto Suwelo, Cherryta Yunia Yusuf, and Koichi Yamasaki

Hawksbill Turtle in Kepulauan Seribu Marine National Park, Jakarta Bay - Herda P. Hutabarat, Ismu Sutanto Suwelo, and Saddon Silalahi

Ingested Plastic Implicated in Death of Juvenile Hawksbill - Marta Arauz Almengor and Rodrigo A. Morera Avila

Sea Turtle Conservation Problems on Crete and the Need for Long-Term Planning - Tina Ligdopoulou, Monika Zohrer, and Nick Newbury

Sea Turtle Nesting in the Northern Peninsula de Paria, Sucre State, Venezuela, 1993: A Case for Protection - Hedelvy J. Guada, Agustin Quijada, and Alberto J. Martinez

Continuing Sea Turtle Exploitation in Antigua and Barbuda, West Indies - Meg Hoyle

Tampa Bay Oil Spill Threatens Turtles

Post-Hatchling Loggerhead Turtles Consume Tar and Plastic

Announcements:

Update: Sea Turtles in Western Australia - Robert I. T. Prince

IUCN Activities to Conserve Sea Turtles in Oman - Rod V. Salm

Sea Turtle Conservation Training Course - Pamela T. Plotkin

* * Last Notice: 14th Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology & Conservation * * - Barbara Schroeder

Chelonian Conservation and Biology -- A New Journal

Sea Turtles on Postage Stamps - Nancy B. Linsley

One World Work Force - Carl Worl and Heather Paige

A Very Special "Thank You" . . .

Instructions for Contributors

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Acknowledgements:

Publication of this issue was made possible by donations from Paulo Barata (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), Diana Gardener (Medford, OR), Ann Hickson (Shady Side, MD), Donna O'Daniel (Salem, OR), Therese Conant (Pine Knoll Shores, NC), Ron and Carol Berger (Gresham, OR), Jeanette Wyneken (Boynton Beach, FL), Lace Vitunac (Port St. Lucie, FL), Jack Woody (Rio Rancho, NM), Judson Parsons (Medford, OR), Suzanne Kingsmill (Quebec, Canada), the Center for Marine Conservation, Cayman Turtle Farm Ltd., The Chelonia Institute, World Wildlife Fund-US, and the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). The Spanish edition is supported by Confederación Universitaria Centroamericana (CSUCA), WWF-US, Conservation International, 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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