Sirenews is the official newsletter of the IUCN/SSC Sirenia Specialist Group. Sirenews (ISSN 1017-3439) appears twice a year in April and October and is edited by James A. Powell and Cynthia R. Taylor, Wildlife Trust, 1601 3rd Street S., Suite F, St. Petersburg, FL 33701 USA. It is supported by the U.S. Marine Mammal Commission and Sea World, Inc. Submission deadlines are April 1 and October 1. Material may be submitted by e-mail to: Cynthia Taylor (taylor@wildlifetrust.org) or by fax to 1-352-368-3895 (USA). The latest issue of Sirenews is available in PDF format online at http://www.sirenian.org/sirenews/45APR2006.pdf. The Sirenews archive (http://www.sirenian.org/sirenews.html) includes issues 1 through 45 (1984-2006) in either PDF or HTML format. Free Online access to this archive is supported by Sirenian International, Inc. IMPORTANT NOTE: Sirenews is an informal forum, not to be considered citable, formally-published literature; it is NOT "peer-reviewed", and contributions to it should not be quoted without the written permission of the author. The opinions expressed are those of the writers and not necessarily those of IUCN or other organizations.