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Number 117 July 2007

Editors: Lisa M. Campbell Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, Duke University 135 Duke Marine Lab Road Beaufort, NC 28516 USA Matthew H. Godfrey NC Sea Turtle Project NC Wildlife Resources Commission 1507 Ann St. Beaufort, NC 28516 USA

Founding Editor: Nicholas Mrosovsky University of Toronto, Canada

Editorial Board: Brendan J. Godley & Annette C. Broderick (Editors Emeriti) George Balazs Angela Formia Colin Limpus Nicholas J. Pilcher Manjula Tiwari Kartik Shanker Jeanette Wyneken

Articles:

Marine Turtles in Mozambique: Towards an Effective Conservation and Management Program - Alice Costa, Helena Motta, Marcos A.M. Pereira, Eduardo J.S. Videira, Cristina M.M. Louro & José João

Predation on the Zoanthid Palythoa caribaeorum by a Hawksbill Turtle in Southeastern Brazil - Sérgio N. Stampar, Paulo Francisco da Silva, & Osmar J. Luiz Jr.

Rat Eradication as Part of a Hawksbill Turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) Conservation Program in an Urban Area in Cabedelo, Paraíba State, Brazil - Douglas Zeppelini, Rita Mascarenhas& Guntram G. Meier

Morphodynamics of an Olive Ridley Nesting Beach in the Baja Peninsula - Victor M. Gómez-Muñoz & Lucio Godínez-Orta

Notes:

First Records of Olive Ridley Turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea) in Seychelles - Selby Remie & Jeanne A. Mortimer

Sexual Harassment By A Male Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas) - Brian W. Bowen

Incidental Capture of a Leatherback Along the Coast of Ceara, Brazil - Eduardo H.S.M. Lima, Maria Thereza D. Melo & Matthew H. Godfrey

Book Review - Noella Gray

IUCN-MTSG Quarterly Report - Brian J. Hutchinson , Roderic B. Mast & Nicolas J. Pilcher

Announcements:

Clearing House for Satellite Tracking Data - Michael S. Coyne and Brendan J. Godley

28th Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation Loreto, Baja California Sur, Mexico January 19-26, 2008 - Wallace J. Nichols

NEWS AND LEGAL BRIEFS

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Publication of this issue was made possible by donations from the following individuals: Robson Santos, Arthur Kopelman, Bob Pitman, Daniela Hetzel, Karger Libri, David Fein , John A Musick, Debbie Fritz-Quincy, Hobe Sound Nature Center, Rosalie Ohlson, John Frazier, Kennard Watson, Katherine Mansfield, South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, Frank J Schwartz, Nicholas Mrosovsky and organisations: Cayman Turtle Farm, Ltd., Conservation International, International Sea Turtle Society, IUCN Marine Turtle Specialist Group, Sea World, Inc., Sirtrack Ltd., US National Marine Fisheries Service-Office of Protected Resources, Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council, WWF International.

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