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Number 93 July 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

Articles:

Preliminary Evaluation of Helicopter Survey as a Method of Assessing Sea Turtle Nesting Distribution in the Ten Thousand Islands of Florida - Ahjond S. Garmestani, H. Franklin Percival & Kenneth M. Portier

The National Marine Park of Zakynthos: A Refuge for the Loggerhead Turtle in the Mediterranean - Dimitrios Dimopoulos

Notes:

Record of Pelagic East Pacific Green Turtles Associated with Macrocystis Mats Near Baja California Sur, Mexico - Wallace J. Nichols, Louise Brooks, Melania Lopez & Jeffrey A. Seminoff

Organisational Profile: Ghana Wildlife Society - Richard Adjei, Gerard Boakye & Samuel Adu

Organisational Profile: Save Our Sea Turtles (SOS) Tobago: A Research, Education and Action Programme (REAP) - Nicole Leotaud

Third Leatherback Turtle Stranding in Belgium - Jan Haelters, Francis Kerckhof & Thierry Jauniaux

Meeting Reports:

Population Dynamics Workshop - Analysis of Nesting Beach Data for Application to Population Models - Selina Heppell, Bill Kendall & Rhema Kerr Bjorkland

21st Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation “Coming of Age” Philadelphia, USA February 24-28, 2001: President's Report - James R. Spotila

Sea Turtles and Beachfront Lighting: An Interactive Workshop for Industry Professionals and Policy-Makers in Barbados - Julia Horrocks

6th International Wildlife Law Conference: The Seas and International Law - J. Frazier

VIII Annual Meeting of the Latin American Marine Turtle Conservation Network - Benson Venegas

Sea Turtle Genetics Planning Meeting at the 21st Annual Symposium - Peter H. Dutton & Robin Leroux

21st Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation: Workshop/Seminar: Treaties, MOUs and Other International Instruments for Marine Turtle Conservation - J. Frazier

Resolutions of the 21st Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA February 24-28, 2001 - J. Frazier

Third Annual Meeting of the Sea Turtle Conservation Network of the Californias (Grupo Tortuguero de las Californias) - Wallace J. Nichols & Fernando Arcas

Obituaries:

Obituary: Dr. Elvira Carrillo Cárdenas (1941-2001) -

Obituary: A Remembrance of Fred H. Berry - Bruce Stender & Karen Eckert

Announcements:

Travel Grants to Attend the 21st Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation - Wallace J. Nichols

Recent Change in the Status Listing of Leatherback Turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) and Mediterranan Green Turtles (Chelonia mydas) - Brendan Godley & Annette Broderick

The 22nd Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation (April 4-7, 2001, Wyndham Miami - Biscayne Bay, Miami USA): Announcement and Call for Papers - Earl E. Possardt

PIT-Tagging of Leatherbacks Caught in the Irish Tuna Fishery - John Davenport, Lee Maltings, & Kevin Flannery

Travel Assistance for the 22nd Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation in Miami, USA - Jeffrey A. Seminoff

Web Page on Loggerhead Epidemic in Florida <http://www.vetmed.ufl.edu/sacs/wildlife/loggerhead/loggerhead.htm/> - Elliott Jacobson

New CMS publication on Marine Turtles - Douglas Hykle

New Conservation Programme for Marine Turtles in UK Waters and the UK Overseas Territories - Peter Richardson

Kachhapa - The Newsletter and the Web Site - Kartik Shanker & Karthik Ram

Workshop-Symposium Announcement: Incidental Capture of Marine Turtles: An Evaluation of the Present Situation (15 - 16 November 2001, Havana, Cuba) - J. Frazier

The Action Plan for the Conservation of Mediterranean Marine Turtles Adopted Within the Framework of the Mediterranean Action Plan - Atef Ouerghi

Sea Turtle Protection Across Frontiers, Trilateral Cooperation - Bernhard H.J.D. Oosting, Willem E.J. Hoekert

Book Report:

Title: Seas at the Millennium: An Environmental Evaluation -

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