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Vol. 6 / No. 2 |
Published by Friends of the Monk Seal |
December 2003 |
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Guest Editorial: Saving seals at Madeira… by Rosa Pires Obituary: Discoverer of the Cabo Blanco Including Mystery at RAC/SPA: Why is the UN agency advocating capture and translocation of pups when its own experts aren’t? Cover Story: by Paul Koberstein In Focus: The Cilician monk seal colony is growing by Ali Cemal Gucu Perspectives: Seeking answers in the Gulf of Iskenderun: do eastern Mediterranean monk seals migrate? by Ali Cemal Gucu, Meltem Ok and Hasan Örek Johnson, W.M. Monk seals in post-classical history. The role of the Mediterranean monk seal (Monachus monachus) in European history and culture, from the fall of Rome to the 20th century [Abstract]. Pires, R. Findings on the reproductive parameters of the endangered Mediterranean monk seal, Monachus monachus, at the Desertas islands – Madeira archipelago. Including – Warped priorities by J.J. Wilcox  |
International News: Mystery at RAC/SPA – are pups more at risk from fishermen, developers… or nature managers? 
Cover Story: Object of desire – A scientist examines a tiny lobster from the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, where the interests of fishermen and ecology clash. 
In Focus: Responding to treatment – a young seal finds refuge along the Cilician coasts of Turkey. |
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