Acknowledgements

The authors wish to record their gratitude to the many people that assisted in the preparation of this document, who included Roberto Agonigi (Nutreco Holding N.V., Italy),

Felipe Aguado Jiminez (Regional Center of San Pedro del Panatur, Spain), Fabio Badalamenti (National Research Council, Laboratory of Marine Biology, Italy), Uwe Barg (Fisheries Department, FAO), Mark Scicluna Bartoli (European Commission, Belgium), Johann Bell (WorldFish Center, Malaysia), Daniel D. Benetti (University of Miami, USA), Antonio Bernal Bas (Tuna Graso, Spain), Francesco Bertolino (Egadi Marine Protected Area, Italy), Arnaud Bertrand (Research Institute for Development, Chile), Isidra Bombeo-Tuburan (Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, Philippines), Alain Bonzon (Fisheries Department, FAO), Christopher R. Bridges (University of Heinrich-Heine, Germany), Richard Brill (National Marine Fisheries Service, USA), Chris Carter (University of Tasmania, Australia), Steven Clarke (South Australia Research and Development Institute, Australia), John Corbin (Hawaii State Aquaculture Development Program, USA), Denis Coves (IFREMER, France), Juana Delgado (Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Spain), Wim van Eijk (Dutch Association of Fish Farmers, Netherlands), Andreina Farrugia (University of Malta, Malta), Stefano Fazi (Water Research Institute, Italy),

Jean-Marc Fromenin (IFREMER, France), Antonio Garcia Gomez (Oceanographic Institute of Spain, Spain), Maurizio Ginocchi (APCOM, Italy), Cyrille Guernalec (CNPMEM Bluefin Tuna Commission, France), Cathy Hair (WorldFish Center, Malaysia), Brian Jeffriess (Tuna Boat Owners Association of South Australia, Australia) Don Jellyman (National Institute of Water and Atmosphere, New Zealand), Robert E. Johannes (R.E. Johannes Pty. Ltd, Australia), Saadet Karakulak (University of Istanbul, Turkey), Ivan Katavic (Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Croatia), Mark Lokman (University of Otago, New Zealand), Hector Lupin (Fisheries Department, FAO), Molly Lutcavage (New England Aquarium, USA), Masashi Maita (Tokyo University of Fisheries, Japan), Jacek Majkowski (Fisheries Department, FAO), Tom Mallows (English Nature, UK), Natalia Martini (Oxford University, UK), Fabio Massa (Fisheries Department, FAO), Naozumi Miyabe (National Research Institute of Far Seas Fisheries, Japan), Peter M. Miyake (International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas, Spain), Peter Montague (Aquafin CRC, Australia), Gabriel Mourente Cano (University of Cadiz, Spain), Constantinos Mylonas (Institute of Marine Biology of Crete, Greece), Makoto Nakada (Nisshin Feed Co. Ltd., Japan), Isik Oray (University of Istanbul, Turkey), Ayaka Amaha Ozturk (University of Istanbul, Turkey), Philippe Paquotte (OFIMER, France), Luz Perez Igualada (Polytechnical University of Valencia, Spain), Mike Rimmer (Department of Primary Industry, Australia), Sean Tibbetts (Nova Scotia Agricultural College, Canada), Yvonne Sadovy (University of Hong Kong, China), Robert Sluka (University of Miami, USA), Rohana Subasinghe (Fisheries Department, FAO), Kandula Sujatha (Andhra University, India), Sergi Tudela (WorldWide Fund, Spain), Mark H. Tupper (University of Guam, USA), Filip Volckaert (Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium), Rolf Willmann (Fisheries Department, FAO), K. Yamoaka (Laboratory of Aquatic Biology, Japan) and Peric Zarko (Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Malta). The authors are also indebted to Jose Luis Castilla Civit, who was responsible for its final layout.