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Number 69 April 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

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IN THIS ISSUE: Adobe Acrobat (PDF) Version

C.I.T.E.S. Approves Marine Turtle Ranching Guidelines. - James Perran Ross

Sea Turtle Ranching Guidelines. - Anonymous

Report Of Marine Turtle-Related Issues At C.I.T.E.S. Cop 9. - Phil Williams

Convention On International Trade In Endangered Species Of Wild Fauna And Flora (CITES). - CITES Secretariat, Geneva

Simple Biopsy Technique For Sampling Skin For DNA Analysis Of Sea Turtles - Peter Dutton And George H. Balazs

Albino Sea Turtle Hatchlings In Brazil - Maria Marcovaldi, Eron Paes E Lima And Ricardo Penteado

Comment On Albino Sea Turtle Hatchlings In Brazil. - Matthew H. Godfrey and N. Mrosovsky

An Update Of Sample Sex Composition Data For Head Started Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtles. - Charles W. Caillouet, Jr.

National Mexican Turtle Center. - Javier Vasconcelos Perez And O. Ernesto Albavera Padilla

Poaching In Everglades City, Florida, Trivialized By Sentences. - David S. Addison

Sea Turtles Killed By Flotsam In Northern Australia. - Ray Chatto and Shaun Conway

Northern Cyprus Is Critical Habitat For Mediterranean Turtles. - Brendan Godley and Annette Broderick

Correction. - Anonymous

Mediterranean Marine Turtle Stranding Network. - Brendan Godley

Kenya's "Turtle Awareness Walk" Raises Awareness And Money. - George M. Wamukoya

Hatchlings Found Adrift With Sea Grasses. - Lisa King

Sea Turtle Recovery Action Plans. - Anonymous

Recent Publications. - Anonymous

Legal Briefs. - Anonymous

Short Courses On Sea Turtle Biology And Conservation In Venezuela. - Hedelvy J. Guada And Ana Trujillo

Sea Turtle And Manatee Projects At Gales Point, Belize. - Anonymous

Buck Island Reef Hawksbill Turtle Project. - Anonymous

1994 Herpetological Index. - Anonymous

1994 Joint Resolution: Society For The Study Of Amphibians And Reptiles And The Herpetologist's League. - Anonymous

Publication of this issue was made possible by donations from J. Perran Ross (Gainesville, FL), Mark Laubach (Mt View, CA), Sneed Collard (Santa Barbara, CA), Guido Gerosa (Rome, Italy), Greg Forbes (Grand Rapids, MI), Longboat Key Turtle Watch (Longboat Key, FL), Ursula Keuper-Bennett (Ontario, Canada), Jane Starbird (San Jose, CA), Katie Distler (Athens, GA), Amanda Lis and family (Ontario, Canada), Donna OĠDaniel (Tinian, Marshall Is), Richard Byles (Albuquerque, NM), John Ryan (Ottawa, Canada), Paula Olson (Narragansett, RI), Wilma Katz (Englewood, FL), Thomas Ross (Silver Spring, MD), Emma Hickerson (College Station, TX), Diana Gardener (Medford, OR), Karger Libri (Frankfurt, Germany), Cayman Turtle Farm Ltd., The Chelonia Institute, and the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). 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.

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