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Number 68   January 1995

Editors: Karen L. Eckert & Scott A. Eckert Hubbs-Sea World Research Institute 2595 Ingraham Street San Diego, California 92109 USA

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

Editorials:

Sea Turtle Decoys—Could they Be Used to Establish Nesting Colonies? - Charles W. Caillouet, Jr.

Articles:

Cleaning Symbiosis Behavior Between a Captive Kemp's Ridley and Porkfish - Don Moll, Blayk Michaels, Mitchel W. Henson, Jr. and Andrew D. Roberts

Long-Term Breeding Histories of Male Green Turtles and Fidelity to a Breeding Ground - Nancy N. Fitzsimmons, Anton D. Tucker, and Colin J. Limpus

Tourism and the Green Turtle in Conflict on Wan-An Island, Taiwan - I-Jiunn Cheng

The Turtle Harness: Reducing Handling and Transportation Stress - Ian B. Nielsen

Status of Nesting Populations of Sea Turtles in Thailand and Their Conservation - Sam Settle

Egg and Hatchling Take for the Kemp's Ridley Headstart Experiment - Charles W. Caillouet, Jr.

A Traditional Fishery of Leatherback Turtles in Maluku, Indonesia - Martha Suarez and Christopher Starbird

New Hunting Regulations in Chile Protect Sea Turtles for the First Time - Jose Luis Brito Montero

IUCN/SSC Marine Turtle Specialist Group Update

Announcements:

1995 Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation - J. A. Musick

The First Sea Turtle Tagging Efforts in Chile - José Luis Brito Montero

Loggerhead Turtle Notching Evaluation

Turtles Nest on Wafor Beach, Biak Numfor Regency, Irian Jaya - Johnn Arthur Maturbongs

Recovery Plan for U. S. Population of Hawksbill Sea Turtle

New Sea Turtle Conservation Book Published in Japan - Naoki Kamezaki and Kazuo Horikoshi

Order of the Golden Ark Award

"Herpetological Natural History" -- A New Journal

"Amphibian and Reptile Conservation" -- A New Newsletter

IMO Project Review: Clean-Up at Karan Island

Instructions for Contributors

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

BOOK REVIEW

NEWS AND LEGAL BRIEFS

Acknowledgements:

Publication of this issue was made possible by donations from Stephanie and Keith Carter (Wrightsville Beach, NC), Aquarium of the Americas (New Orleans), Louise Hamlin (West Lafayette, IN), P. K. Probert (Dunedine, New Zealand), Emma Hickerson (College Station, TX), J. Perran Ross (Gainesville, FL), 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.

The opinions expressed herein are those of the individual authors and are not necessarily shared by the Editors, the Editorial Board, Hubbs-Sea World Research Institute, Conservation International, or any individuals or organizations providing financial support.

The MTN-Online is produced and managed by Michael Coyne.

An Apology:

Our notice of availability of a new book by Peggy and Sam Fosdick entitled, "Last Chance Lost? Can and should farming save the green turtle sea turtle?" was inadvertently presented as a Book Review [MTN 67:31]. In fact, as some of you have kindly chided, the book was not reviewed, only advertised. Our mistake -- thanks for being alert! KLE/SAE.