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Number 109 July 2005

Editors: Brendan J. Godley & Annette C. Broderick Marine Turtle Research Group School of Biological Sciences University of Exeter Prince of Wales Road Exeter EX4 PS4, UK

Editorial Board: Nicholas Mrosovsky Karen L. Eckert George Balazs Lisa Campbell Angela Formia Matthew H. Godfrey Colin Limpus Roderic B. Mast Nicholas J. Pilcher Manjula Tiwari Kartik Shanker Roldán Valverde Jeanette Wyneken

Editorial:

Tsunami Fund Update - Michael S. Coyne

Guest Editorial:

An Economist's Reflections on the 25th Annual Symposium for Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation: Empirical Program Evaluation and Direct Payments for Sea Turtle Conservation. - Paul J. Ferraro

Notes:

Report of Olive Ridley Nesting on the North Coast of Trinidad - Suzanne R. Livingstone

New Leatherback Conservation Project in Papua, Indonesia - Hiroyuki Suganuma, Akil Yusuf, Yacob Bakarbessy & Masashi Kiyota

A Note on the Illegal Trade in Stuffed Turtles in South Java, Indonesia - Maartje Hilterman & Edo Goverse,

Meeting Reports:

The Second Mediterranean Conference on Marine Turtles, Turkey (4-7 May 2005) - Dimitris Margaritoulis

North Carolina Sea Turtle Project Annual Meeting - Matthew H. Godfrey

Second Annual Galápagos Student Sea Turtle Symposium, Puerto Ayora, Galapagos Islands - Joshua Klaus

Northwest Pacific Sea Turtle Monitoring Data Report Available -

MTSG Update:

IUCN / Marine Turtle Specialist Group Update - Nicolas J. Pilcher, Roderic B. Mast, Jeffrey Seminoff, Dimitris Margaritoulis & Brian J. Hutchinson

Announcements:

Grupo Tortuguero’s 3rd Annual Festival of the Caguamas -

Developments under the IOSEA Marine Turtle MoU - Doug Hykle

The Brock Initiative: Making Films That Make a Difference - Sarah Matthews

2006 IOSEA Year of the Turtle Preparations Set to Begin - Douglas Hykle

The 26th International Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation "Diverse Cultures, One Purpose" - Dimitris Margaritoulis

Obituary:

In Memory of Peter L. Lutz. - Jeanette Wyneken, Sarah Milton & Molly Lutcavage

NEWS AND LEGAL BRIEFS

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Publication of this issue was made possible by donations from the following individuals: Karen Bjorndal & Alan Bolten, Nelia M Coyle, Ken Dodd, Gordon Firestein, Julia Hazel, Matt Kelly, Bill Margolis, Irvin S. Naylor, Karen Rankin-Baransky, Steve Stancyk, Kathy W. Vires, and organisations: Cayman Turtle Farm, Ltd., Conservation International, International Sea Turtle Society, Sea World, Inc., Sirtrack Ltd., PeopleŐs Trust for Endangered Species, Save-A-Turtle, Inc., Senckenbergische Bibliothek, South Ponte Vedra Turtle Patrol, US National Marine Fisheries Service-Office of Protected Resources, Western Pacific regional Fishery Management Council, World Wildlife Fund.

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