ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The authors gratefully acknowledge the valuable contributions of the individuals who provided support during the preparation process of this paper.

In this regard, the authors would like to give special thanks to the authors of the ten case studies presented in this document, they are: Felipe Matias (Brazilian Aquaculture Parks–Fish Farming and Mariculture); Adolfo Alvial (Chile Case: The Spatial Planning of Marine Cage Farming [Salmon]); Anton Immink, Han Han, Pamudi and Jack Morales (Zonal Aquaculture Management in China and Indonesia); Roberto Mayerle, Ketut Sugama, Karl-Heinz Runte, Nyoman Radiarta and Stella MarisVallejo (Spatial Planning of Marine Finfish Aquaculture Facilities in Indonesia); Giovanni Fiore Amaral (Shrimp Farming in Mexico); Dawood Suleiman Al-Yahyai (Aquaculture Site Selection and Zoning in Oman); Patrick White and Nelson A. Lopez (Mariculture Parks in the Philippines); Alexander G. Murray and Matthew Gubbins (Aquaculture Zoning, Site Selection and Area Management in Scottish Marine Finfish Production); Güzel Yücel-Gier (Mariculture Parks in Turkey); and Nelly Isyagi (Aquaculture Parks in Uganda).
Special thanks go to Richard Anthony Corner for providing valuable edits during the final review process and to Patrick White for preparing notes for the first draft of this publication.
The authors wish to further acknowledge the contributions of David Huchzermeyer and Melba G. Bondad-Reantaso for their inputs on biosecurity; Blaise Kuemlangan, David VanderZwaag, Arron Honniball and Jorge Bermudez for their inputs on the policy and legal aspects; Anton Immink and Jesper Hedegaard Clausen for drafting a chapter on aquaculture certification and zonal management; and Richard Anthony Corner for his inputs on carrying capacity and for the chapter on tools and models.

A separate policy brief that accompanies this paper was prepared with inputs of Pete Bueno. The authors would also like to thank the Institute of Marine Sciences and Technology, Dokuz Eylul University, for hosting the workshop in Turkey in 2015 where this publication was presented and improved, and in particular Guzel Yucel Gier for her kind assistance in the organization and assistance at the workshop.
The authors thank Maria Giannini for proofreading the document, and the participants at the workshop in Turkey for their valuable inputs. The document layout specialist was Koen Ivens.
This publication has been realized with the financial support of the World Bank.