Kemp's Ridley Turtle r Lepidochelvs keitipi ) 159 



Status Report of the Kemp's Ridley Turtle 159 



Rapporteur Report of the Kemp's Ridley Turtle Status 



Panel Session 169 



Olive Ridley Turtle ( Lepidochelys olivacea ) 175 



Status Report of the Olive Ridley Turtle 175 



Rapporteur Report of the Olive Ridley Turtle Status 



Panel Session 189 



International Management Mechanisms 193 



Rapporteur Report of the International Management 



Mechanisms Panel Session 193 



Management Options 198 



A Philosophical Approach to Population Models 198 



Rapporteur Report of the Management Options -Panel 



Session 208 



Management Research Needs 219 



An Overview 219 



Monitoring Nesting Beaches 220 



Research on Sea Turtles in the Water Needed for 



Management 226 



Research Needed for Management of the Beach Habitat . . 236 

 Research Requirements for Management of the Marine 



Habitat 247 



Natural Mortality in Sea Turtles: Obstacle or 



Opportunity? 251 



Fishing Mortality in Sea Turtle Stocks 265 



Research Needs for Population Biology 276 



Rapporteur Report of Management Research Needs Panel 



Session 284 



Worldwide Sea Turtle Conservation and Management 



Activities 288 



Rapporteur Report of the Ad Hoc Worldwide Sea Turtle 

 Conservation and Management Activities Panel 

 Session 288 



Future Actions 299 



Abstracts of Poster Presentations 301 



Literature Cited 353 



Appendix 1: Registerd Participants 376 



Appendix 2: Reports/Data Sets 398 



