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Acknowledgements
We are very grateful to the many people and institutions involved in variously
supporting the development and realisation of this book. Without their assistance,
funding, contributions encouragement, inspiration, sacrifi ce and patience, this book
would never have been completed.
Over the last decade the Society for the Conservation of Reef Fish Aggregations
(SCRFA), with the support of the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, has been
invaluable and instrumental in helping us to focus our efforts and conduct much new
work that has greatly increased our understanding and appreciation for coral reef
fi sh spawning aggregations. SCRFA Board members, present and past who have
facilitated these efforts include Chairmen Martin Russell and Michael Domeier, and
members Enric Sala, Brian Luckhurst, Kenyon Lindeman, Janet Gibson, Richard
Hamilton, Richard Nemeth, Terry Donaldson, Brad Erisman and Jos Pet. Lori Bell
Colin has greatly assisted with fi nancial matters. Tim Daw, Richard Hamilton,
Kevin Rhodes, Liu Min and Andy Cornish conducted many of the fi sher interview
surveys, while Joy Lam and Leath Muller have supported operations in many ways.
Various other support has come from International Union for Conservation of Nature
(IUCN), especially through the Groupers & Wrasses Specialist Group, the Ocean
Foundation, the Kingfi sher Foundation and the University of Hong Kong. We are
also grateful to the many fi shers, biologists and divers who have shared their knowledge on aggregations with us.
For images and other visual materials we thank Mandy Etpison, Min
Chandiramani, Michael Minigele, Michael Berumen, Octavio Oburto, Charlie
Arneson, Rachel Graham, Paul McKenzie, and Doug Perrine of SeaPics.com.
Yvonne would like to acknowledge support from many institutions and people.
Research over the years on reef fi shes, their reproductive biology and aggregations,
has variously been supported by the National Geographic Society, IUCN, National
Oceanographic and Atmospheric and Administration (NOAA in the USA), and.
Research Grants Council (Hong Kong). Early work was conducted at the University
of Puerto Rico, the Laboratorio de Investigaciones Pesqueras (Fishery Research
Laboratory) of the government of Puerto Rico, and the Caribbean Fishery
Acknowledgements
We are very grateful to the many people and institutions involved in variously
supporting the development and realisation of this book. Without their assistance,
funding, contributions encouragement, inspiration, sacrifi ce and patience, this book
would never have been completed.
Over the last decade the Society for the Conservation of Reef Fish Aggregations
(SCRFA), with the support of the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, has been
invaluable and instrumental in helping us to focus our efforts and conduct much new
work that has greatly increased our understanding and appreciation for coral reef
fi sh spawning aggregations. SCRFA Board members, present and past who have
facilitated these efforts include Chairmen Martin Russell and Michael Domeier, and
members Enric Sala, Brian Luckhurst, Kenyon Lindeman, Janet Gibson, Richard
Hamilton, Richard Nemeth, Terry Donaldson, Brad Erisman and Jos Pet. Lori Bell
Colin has greatly assisted with fi nancial matters. Tim Daw, Richard Hamilton,
Kevin Rhodes, Liu Min and Andy Cornish conducted many of the fi sher interview
surveys, while Joy Lam and Leath Muller have supported operations in many ways.
Various other support has come from International Union for Conservation of Nature
(IUCN), especially through the Groupers & Wrasses Specialist Group, the Ocean
Foundation, the Kingfi sher Foundation and the University of Hong Kong. We are
also grateful to the many fi shers, biologists and divers who have shared their knowledge on aggregations with us.
For images and other visual materials we thank Mandy Etpison, Min
Chandiramani, Michael Minigele, Michael Berumen, Octavio Oburto, Charlie
Arneson, Rachel Graham, Paul McKenzie, and Doug Perrine of SeaPics.com.
Yvonne would like to acknowledge support from many institutions and people.
Research over the years on reef fi shes, their reproductive biology and aggregations,
has variously been supported by the National Geographic Society, IUCN, National
Oceanographic and Atmospheric and Administration (NOAA in the USA), and.
Research Grants Council (Hong Kong). Early work was conducted at the University
of Puerto Rico, the Laboratorio de Investigaciones Pesqueras (Fishery Research
Laboratory) of the government of Puerto Rico, and the Caribbean Fishery