Vol. 9 / No. 2

Published by Friends of the Monk Seal

November 2006 

This issue in Acrobat-PDF format [940KB].

International News

Hawaiian News

Mediterranean News

– including:

• Algeria
Summer birth in the west

• Greece
New management bodies in protected areas – new hope or further delays?

• Italy
Monk seal sighting in Pantelleria strikes again

• Madeira
Seal finds stardom

• Mauritania & Western Sahara
Notable increase of newborn pups at Cabo Blanco

• Spain
Balearic Islands Fishermen’s Cooperatives to work for the monk seal’s return

• Turkey
Campaign to replace patrol boat in Foça SPA

Cover Story: Anatomy of a Conference. Controversy and lost opportunity in Antalya

by William M Johnson

Research:

• Seals of Northern Cyprus, by Ali Cemal Gücü, Meltem Ok, Serdar Sakinan, Billur Çelebi, Ekin Akoglu

• To what extent can the Cilician monk seal colony recover under existing regulations? by Meltem Ok and Ali Cemal Gücü

Letters to the Editor

– including: Conference controversy,
by Cem Orkun Kiraç

Recent Publications

Publishing Info

Mauritania: Pup boom at Cabo Blanco

Cover Story: Controversy and lost opportunity in Antalya

Research: A Turkish visitor to Northern Cyprus?

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