8 Acknowledgments

The Research and Technology Centre Westcoast of the University of Kiel (FTZ) coordinates the project on the German side. On the Indonesian side the Center for Aquaculture Research and Development (CARD) in Indonesia is in charge of the project. The authors wish to thank BMBF for funding the project from 2003 to 2011 (funding numbers 03F0393A and 03F0469A).

Since 2012 FTZ and CARD have jointly funded the project. Support from RDIM and CARD in Indonesia and FTZ in Germany for conducting the on-going monitoring and assessments is highly appreciated.