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Number 79 January 1998

Editors: Brendan J. Godley & Annette C. Broderick Marine Turtle Research Group Graham Kerr Building University of Glasgow G12 8QQ Scotland U.K.

Editorial Board: Karen L. Eckert 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

Present Status of Gahirmatha Beach in Bhitara Kanika Sanctuary, Orissa - Banka Behary Das

Gahirmatha Beach Declared a Marine Sanctuary! - Srimoy Kar

Arthropod Succession in Leatherback Turtle Carrion and Implications for Determination of the Postmortem Interval - Jacques Fretey and Regis Babin

Preliminary Observations on Green Turtles, Chelonia Mydas, in Foraging Pastures of the United Arab Emirates - Saif Al-Ghais, George Balazs, and Carlos Hasbun

Results Of a 1996 Survey of Chelonia in Turkey - S. V. Yerli and A. F. Canbolat

Poaching Threatens the Green Turtle Rookery at Tortuguero, Costa Rica - Sebastian Troeng

Legal Action Taken to Stop the Hunting of Green Turtles in Costa Rica - Patricio Opay

Testing Hypotheses of the Kemp's Ridley Head-Start Experiment - Charles W. Caillouet, Jr.

Hawksbill Tagged In The Bahamas Recaptured in Cuba - Karen A. Bjorndal and Alan B. Bolten

Turtle Voyages from Pakistan to Africa - Fehmida F. Asrar

Long-Term Tag Returns from Juvenile Kemp's Ridleys - Wayne N. Witzell

Plastic "Rototags" May Be Linked to Sea Turtle Bycatch - Wallace J. Nichols and Jeffrey A. Seminoff

First Record of a Loggerhead Turtle in the Fernando De Noronha Archipelago, Brazil - Claudio Bellini and Taisi Maria Sanches

Loggerhead Nesting On Akrotiri Peninsula, Cyprus - Amanda Maclean, Jennifer Crane, Stephanie Freeman, David Lundie and Josephine Mendum

Central American Workshop on Sea Turtle Conservation: Hopes and Action - Didiher Chacon

Recent Papers

Legal Briefs

Publication of this issue was made possible by donations from Bob Pitman (La Jolla, CA), Suzie Geermans (Happy Valley, Hong Kong), Nancy Israel (Pt. Townsend, WA), Judith Anderson (Puerto Vallarta, Mexico), Robert Kasperek II (Davie, FL), Aquarium of the Americas (New Orleans), Paddy Tatum (Nenana, AK), Joseph Lobuglio (Brookline, MA), Libby Foster (Charlotte, VT), The Chelonia Institute (Arlington, VA), Sea World (Orlando, FL), the Center for Marine Conservation (Washington, D.C.), the Columbus Zoo (Powell, OH), and the U. S. National Marine Fisheries Service. Angela Mast translates and produces the 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, the University of Glasgow, Conservation International, or any individuals or organizations providing financial support.

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