guess is that 309,360 embryos of leatherback turtles never had a 

 chance — because of the existing attitudes, education, and 

 enforcement that prevails now along this wonderful but decaying 

 coast. 



I respectfully petition the government and the people of 

 Costa Rica to stop this slaughter during 1988 and to protect and 

 manage wisely their sea turtle resources in the future. 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 



I am grateful to many who assisted in this survey effort. 

 Some of these are acknowledged here: Robert Carlson, Anne 

 Meylan, Roxanne Diaz, David Carr, Michael Kaye, Douglas Robinson, 

 Darrell Berry, Eduardo Herrera, Ross Witham, Pedro Gonzales, 

 Robert Lankford, Arthur Dammann, Antionette Marchf elder, Larry 

 Ogren, and the pilots who flew us with variable results and 

 reliability but with safety. 



Special acknowledgement is awarded to Franklin Cole for 

 walking the Matina Subzone, to Victor Tato Coto for the Jalova 

 subzone results, and to John M. Hall III, whose help, 

 perseverance, dedication, facilitation, and friendship were 

 great . 



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