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Number 91 January 2001

Editors: Brendan J. Godley & Annette C. Broderick Marine Turtle Research Group School of Biological Sciences University of Wales Swansea Singleton Park, Swansea SA2 8PP Wales U.K.

Editorial Board: Nicholas Mrosovsky Karen L. Eckert Jack G. Frazier Peter L. Lutz Jeff D. Miller Anders G. J. Rhodin

Guest Editorial:

Developing Sea Turtle Ecotourism in French Guiana: Perils and Practicalities - Matthew H. Godfrey & Ouissem Drif

Articles:

Growth Rates of Juvenile Green Turtles (Chelonia mydas) from the Atlantic Coastal Waters of St. Lucie County, Florida, USA - Michael Bresette & Jonathan Gorham

Helping the People Help the Turtles: The Work of Projeto TAMAR-IBAMA in Almofala, Brazil - Eduardo H.S. Moreira

Notes:

New Kind of Illegal Trade of Marine Turtles in Uruguay - Milagros Lopez & Alejandro Fallabrino

Meeting Reports:

Meeting of the Leatherback Task Force - Frank Paladino

The IV Regional Workshop to Sea Turtle Conservation in Central America - Didiher Chacon

Fourth World Congress of Herpetology Colombo, Sri Lanka

Announcements:

Olive Ridley Turtles Make First Day Cover - Priyambada Mohanty-Hejmadi

Moratorium Declared on Trawling in Kenyan Waters - Richard Zanre

Ship Shock Test Planned for May 2001 Offshore: Either Mayport, Florida or Pascagoula, Mississippi

Sea Turtle Tag Inventory - Alan B. Bolten, Peter J. Eliazar & Karen A. Bjorndal

Online Bibliography of Caretta caretta Revised - C. Kenneth Dodd, Jr.

Tagged Leatherback of Unknown Origin Captured In Benin - Angela Formia, & Jacques Fretey

Sea Turtles of the Guianas

Book Reviews:

St. Helena and Ascension Island: A Natural History

Coastal Ecosystem Processes

Sea Turtles of the Georgia coast: Occasional Publication of the Cumberland Island Museum. Number 1.

NEWS AND LEGAL BRIEFS

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Publication of this issue was made possible by donations from the following individuals: Stephanie Brady, S. Jean Cantwell, Center for Marine Conservation, Eliza Gilbert, Matthew H. Godfrey, Suzanne Kingsmill, Michelle Kinzel, Elaine A. Logothetis-Jack, Marilyn B. Major, Sandra E. Shumway, Robert P. Stoll, In honor of Ann Tomeshiro, and Itaru Uchida.

The following organizations support the MTN: Caribbean Conservation Corporation, Cayman Turtle Farm, Ltd., Center for Marine Conservation, Chelonian Research Foundation, Chicago Zoological Society, Columbus Zoo, Conservation International, Hanover High School, Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, New Brunswick Museum, North Carolina Aquarium, Sea World, Inc., US Fish & Wildlife Service, US National Marine Fisheries Service-Office of Protected Resources, Vancouver Aquarium.

The MTN-Online is produced and managed by Michael Coyne. Angela M. Mast translates and produces the Spanish edition, Noticiero de Tortugas Marinas with assistance from Roderic B. Mast, Christine Mittermeier and Ricardo Zambrano.

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