ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The author truly thanks the GFCM Executive Secretary Abdellah Srour, the GFCM Secretariat for the support provided and all the participants who attended the GFCM Workshop on Algal and Jellyfish Blooms in the Mediterranean and Black Sea (6-8 October 2010, Istanbul, Turkey):

Muharrem Aksoy, Yelda Aktan, Hamdi Arpa, Levent Artuz, Muharrem Balc?, Neslihan Balk?s, Zekiye B?r?nc? Ozdem?r, Nihayet Bizsel, Silvia Casabianca, Kenan Cinar, Derya Denle, Nazli Demirel, Esra Fatma Denizci Toslak, Turgay Durmus, Haydar Fersoy, Eyuphan Firat, Bella Galil, Emine Gulhan, Ilknur Gultek?, Ali Guney, Asma Hamza, Sinem Ince, Melek Isinibilir, Alpaslan Kara, Belgin Karasah?n, Getin Kesk?n, Vahdettin Kurum, Sami Lakkis, Victor T. Langenberg, Mustafa Mantikci, Ilker Marangoz, Volodymyr Myroshnychenko, Elif Murat Dalkara, Y?ld?z Ozcalkap, Suleyman Ozdem?r, Duysen Ozel, Zeki Ozer, Ramazan Ozkaya, Antonella Penna, Stefano Piraino, Colpan Polat Beken, Sevim Polat, Mehmet Sezer, Nuket S?vr?, Basak Sozer, Hamid Taleb, Seyfettin Tas, Fatma Telli Karakoc, Benin Toklu Al?cl?, Bulent Topaloglu, Cihan Toslak, Vildan Tufekc?, Muhammet Turkoglu, Jan Van Dalfsen, Banu Yalim, Bulent Yasar, Noyan Yilmaz, Ahsen Yuksek, Mustafa Zeng?n.

A special thank goes to Aurora Nastasi from the GFCM Secretariat who assisted me in writing and editing the Workshop report as well as this review.
The Commission for the Scientific Exploration of the Mediterranean Sea (CIESM) is acknowledged for sponsoring the pilot phase of the Jellywatch in Italian waters in the years 2009, 2010, and contributing financially to the early versions the poster on which the campaigns were based. Materials used to write this report stem also from the 7th Framework Programme EU projects Jason, Sesame, Vectors, Perseus and CoCoNet.
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Review of jellyfish blooms in the Mediterranean and Black Sea.
Studies and Reviews. General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean. No. 92. Rome, FAO 2013. 53 p.