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Guest Editorial: Witnessing the monk seal’s extinction in the Black Sea Cem O. Kiraç reflects on the bitter ecological legacy of the monk seal’s final eradication from the Black Sea. International News Caribbean News: Caribbean monk seals or hooded seals? Why a spate of recent mystery sightings in the Caribbean is unlikely to have given Monachus tropicalis a new lease on life, by Antonio A. Mignucci-Giannoni & Peter Haddow. Hawaiian News Mediterranean News Cover Story: The islands at the end of the line Exploring the Northern Sporades Marine Park, by William M Johnson. Perspectives: All at sea – Adrift in the Northern Sporades Marine Park Why there is growing discontent in Greece’s flagship monk seal protected area, by William M. Johnson. In Focus: Hanging by a thread Does the Mediterranean monk seal face the same fate as its Caribbean cousin? By David M. Lavigne & William M. Johnson. Letters to the Editor Including – Back to the future, by Keith Ronald. Recent Publications Publishing Info

Guest Editorial: A Black Sea monk seal in Ankara Zoo, circa 1962 Caribbean News: Hooded in Caribbean disguise Cover Story & Perspectives: Beyond the idyllic image, a brewing storm in the Sporades

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