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Number 71 October 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

Teaching critical concepts for the conservation of sea turtles - Jeanne M. Mortimer

Endoscopic removal of polyethylene cord from a loggerhead turtle - Flegra Bentivegna

Results of the 1994 nesting season at Chenkan, Campeche, Mexico - Manuel Sanchez Arjona, Rafael Barrios Sandoval, Adriana Paredes Medina, Alberto Contreras Rejon and Fernando Alvarez Rivas

Fondazione cetacea and the conservation of sea turtles - Cristina Meotti, Alessandro Bortolotto and Leandro A. Stanzani

Important Mediterranean nesting beaches discovered - Anonymous

Illegal turtle trade in Sri Lanka and the Maldives - Sue Fisher

"Last chance lost?" or is it? a book review - David Wm. Owens

Using sea turtles for tourism marketing - Roel Cosijn

A note on the occurrence of sub-adult olive ridley turtles along the gahirmatha coast - Bivash Pandav ,B. C. Choudhury and C. S. Kar

A global strategy for marine turtles - Marydele Donnelly

Earth day celebration at sandspit turtle beach - Fehmida F. Asrar

Encounter with a juvenile hawksbill turtle offshore Sapelo Island, Georgia - Lindsey G. Parker

Asean symposium workshop on sea turtle conservation - Romeo B. Trono

Recent Papers

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Publication of this issue was made possible by donations from James Parham (Middletown, RI), Barbara Dietsch (Jackson, SC), Debby Crouse (McLean, VA), Ray Aument, Jr. (Lancaster, PA), Tamara Devitre(Creve Coeur, MO), Frances Velay (Philadelphia, PA), Jonathan Dill (Mequon, WI), Richard Byles (Albuquerque, NM), Robert Pitman (La Jolla, CA), IUCN/SSC Marine Turtle Specialist Group, Columbus Zoo, Sea World Inc., The Chelonia Institute, and the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). Angela Mast translates and produces our Spanish edition, Noticiero de Tortugas Marinas. 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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