IV Mediterranean Conference on Sea Turtles
Nominations Committee of the Mediterranean Conferences.
Call for organisers

Dear all,

As you know, the Nominations Committee of the Mediterranean
Conferences on Marine Turtles must announce the location and the
president of the FOURTH MEDITERRANEAN CONFERENCE during the Third
Mediterranean Conference, to be convened in Yasmine Hammamet,
Tunisia, 20-23 October 2008.

The basic criteria to be eligible as organiser of this event are:

1. Availability of one person, known to the sea turtle community,
with willingness and organizational skills to become "president" of
the conference, i.e. to undertake all responsibilities in fund-
raising, programme, proceedings, finances, etc.
2. The eligible "president" should have adequate institutional
backing (legal body), the main use of it being availability in
receiving money and clearing up the finances in compliance with the
accounting procedures in the respective country.
3. Availability of an appropriate facility (i.e. conference venue &
hotel), close to international airport.

In case there will be more than one application, submitted by
different countries, there will be preference for the country where
the conference was not hosted before.

If you wish to SUBMIT A PROPOSAL, please:

SEND A LETTER/E-MAIL WITH A DETAILED PROPOSAL TO AT LEAST TWO OF THE
MEMBERS OF THE NOMINATIONS COMMITTEE (contacts bellow). Indicate your
institution, position, contact information, brief description of your
organising plans and fund-rising possibilities.

Please note that:

THE DEADLINE FOR PROPOSAL SUBMISSION IS 1st SEPTEMBER 2008.

We encourage all of you, interested in organising this important
event for sea turtles and sea turtle researchers and conservationists
in the Mediterranean Sea, to submit your proposals within the above
deadline.

If you have any questions we will be happy to assist you.

Best regards

The Nominating Committee
1. Dimitris Margaritoulis margaritoulis@archelon.gr
2. Monica Aureggi naucrates12@tiscali.it
3. Abdulmaula Hamza abdhamza@yahoo.com
4. Yakup Kaska caretta@pamukkale.edu.tr
5. Jesús Tomás Jesus.Tomas@uv.es; J.Tomas@exeter.ac.uk

MED Posters and presentation
presented at the 28th Sea Turtle Symposium, Loreto, BCS, Mexico
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POSTERS

Anatomy, Physiology and Health

ULTRASOUND GUIDED VASCULAR CATHETERIZATION IN SEA TURTLES.
Antonio Di Bello, Carmela Valastro, Daniela Freggi, and Vittorio Saponaro

DIGESTION TIME OF WILD PREYS IN THE LOGGERHEAD SEA TURTLE CARETTA CARETTA
Paolo Casale, Graziana Abbate, Daniela Freggi, and Roberto Argano

Behavior and Movements

GPS TRACKING FOR FINE-SCALE CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT: SEA TURTLE MOVEMENT PATTERNS IN A MARINE PROTECTED AREA
Gail Schofield, Charles M. Bishop, Grant MacLean, Peter Brown, Martyn Baker, Kostas A. Katselidis, Panayotis Dimopoulos, John D. Pantis, and Graeme C. Hays

IN THE SPOTLIGHT: HATCHLING SEA-FINDING ORIENTATION VS. COASTAL DEVELOPMENT & LIGHT POLLUTION AT THE LARGEST TURTLE NESTING ROCKERY IN THE MEDITERRANEAN
Ines Palomares, Gail Schofield, Kostas A. Katselidis, and Amalia D. Karagouni

Conservation, Management, and Policy

SCIENTIFIC ASSESSMENT FOR ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT OF THE NATIONAL MARINE PARK OF ZAKYNTHOS’ SEA TURTLE NESTING BEACHES
Kostas A. Katselidis, Gail Schofield, Laurent Sourbes, and Amalia D. Karagouni

Nesting Status and Biology

SNACK OR FEAST? ENVIRONMENTAL PREDATOR MANAGEMENT EVALUATION OF BEACH AND NEARSHORE HATCHLING PREDATION BY SEAGULLS
Gail Schofield, Victoria Saravia, Kostas Katselidis, and Amalia Karagouni

LOGGERHEAD SEA TURTLE NESTING ALONG THE SPANISH MEDITERRANEAN COAST: A NEW RECORD FROM VALENCIA (EAST SPAIN)
Patricia Gozalbes, Jesús Tomás, Diana Perdiguero, and Juan A. Raga

EVALUATING THE POTENTIAL EXTENT OF SEAGULL PREDATION ON TURTLE HATCHLINGS: LOGGERHEAD HATCHLING EMERGENCE TIMES ON ZAKYNTHOS, GREECE
Christopher Dean

THE EFFECT OF SHADING ON SAND TEMPERATURE AND ITS POTENTIAL TO INFLUENCE HATCHLING SEX RATIOS IN CARETTA CARETTA, USING TEMPERATURE RECORDS OVER THE 2006 NESTING SEASON ON GERAKAS BEACH, ZAKYNTHOS, GREECE
Elizabeth J. Scott, Chris J. Dean, and Caroline M. Schweder-Goad

FACTORS AFFECTING NEST PLACEMENT BY LOGGERHEAD TURTLES (CARETTA CARETTA) ON SEKANIA BEACH, ZAKYNTHOS, WESTERN GREECE
Bronwen F. Gill and Chris J. Dean

Fisheries

STUDY ON HOOK-RELATED LESIONS OF SEA TURTLES INCIDENTALLY CAPTURED BY LONG-LINE FISHERIES, AND ASSESSMENT OF HOOK-REMOVAL TECHNIQUES
Maria L. Parga, Takahisa Mituhasi, Liliana Rendon, Manuel Parrales, Ferran Alegre, and Martin Hall

REDUCING BYCATCH OF LOGGERHEAD TURTLES IN THE SOUTHWEST MEDITERRANEAN VIA COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH WITH FISHERMEN
Lucia Rueda and Ricardo Sagarminaga

Genetics

Other

 ORAL PRESENTATIONS

Biol. Speed Session

FORAGING BEHAVIOUR OF A JUVENILE LOGGERHEAD TURTLE: HOW FEW TIME IT HAS TO FEED TO KEEP GOING
Sandra Hochscheid, Graeme C. Hays, and Flegra Bentivegna

Conserv. Speed Session

STUDYING THE REASONS BEHIND THE DECLINE OF THE LOGGERHEAD NESTING
POPULATION OF RETHYMNO, GREECE: LESSONS LEARNED FOR THE FUTURE
Aliki Panagopoulou, Olga Karadaki, and Dimitris Margaritoulis

Conservation, Management, and Policy

Nesting Status and Biology