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Number 98 October 2002

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 Matthew H. Godfrey Peter L. Lutz Roderic B. Mast Jeff D. Miller Nicholas J. Pilcher Anders G. J. Rhodin Rold‡n Valverde

Articles

Preliminary Check-List of the Epizootic Macroalgae Growing on Loggerhead Turtles in the Western Mediterranean Sea - José C. Báez, Juan A. Camiñas, Julio Valeiras, Francisco Conde & Antonio Flores-Moya

Recent Sightings of the Green Turtle Chelonia mydas on the Coast of Andhra Pradesh, India - Basudev Tripathy & B.C. Choudhury

Cayman Turtle Farm Head-starting Project Yields Tangible Success - Catherine D.L. Bell & Joe Parsons

Notes

Results of Experimental Carapace Tagging - Marco Affronte & Dino Scaravelli

Observation of Accidental Capture of a Loggerhead Turtle by Hand-line Fishing in Kefalonia, Greece - Michael White

Green Turtle Encrusted with White Matter Observed Nesting at Akyatan Beach, Turkey - Monica Aureggi

Meeting Reports

22nd Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Bioglogy and Conservation (April 4-7, 2001, Miami, USA): President's Report - Earl E. Possardt

WIDECAST: Visualizing a Future for People and Sea Turtles in the Caribbean Sea - Karen L. Eckert

Short Report on the Meeting of Mediterranean Specialists (Miami, USA, 3 April 2002) - Dimitris Margaritoulis & Fiona Glen

Short Report on the Meeting of Mediterranean Specialists (Miami, USA, 3 April 2002) - Ana R. Barragán, Fabián Sánchez, Joanna Alfaro & Anabella Barrios

Report from the West African Meeting at the 22nd Annual Symposium on the Biology and Conservation of Sea Turtles, Miami - Jacques Fretey, Alexis Billes & Manjula Tiwari

First Steps toward Sea Turtle Conservation in Cambodia - I. Try, N. Pilcher, J. Miller & N. Cox

Regional Training Workshop: Marine Turtle Research and Monitoring in the UK Overseas Territories in the Caribbean - Brendan J. Godley, Lisa M. Campbell, Susan Ranger & Peter Richardson

BOOK REVIEW: Turtle Conservation - Matthew H. Godfrey & Lisa M. Campbell

BOOK REVIEW: The Beach House - N. Mrosovsky

LETTER TO THE EDITORS: “Hype”- a reply - J.A. Musick

Announcements

Annual Florida Keys Sea Turtle Workshop - Sue Schaf

Sea Turtle Image Library

Update Notes for the 23rd Annual Sea Turtle Symposium 17-21 March 2003, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - Nicolas J. Pilcher

Exhibition of Marine Turtles - Bojan Lazar

Editorial Note: Cuba Withdraws Proposal to CITES

Online GIS Application: Maptool

Marine Turtle Rescue Centre Opens in Croatia - Milena Micic & Bojan Lazar

NEWS AND LEGAL BRIEFS

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Publication of this issue was made possible by donations from the following individuals: Joann E. Lincoln, Laura J. Morse, Tamara Tamburro and Stephen T. Viada.

The following organizations support the MTN: Caribbean Conservation Corporation, Cayman Turtle Farm, Ltd., Center for Marine Conservation, Chelonian Research Foundation, Conservation International, Hidden Harbor Marine Environmental Project, Sea World, Inc., US Fish & Wildlife Service, US National Marine Fisheries Service-Office of Protected Resources.

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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