SCRFA Update June 2004

We have now produced a number of posters and an information pamphlet (this is in English and is about to be produced in Spanish and Chinese) on spawning aggregations. These will be available in Okinawa, and are on our website, but I can also mail copies. If further translations would be useful, let me know.

The Western Pacific project of fisher interviews is now almost complete and country reports will be available on our website over the next few months. Most recently, surveys were completed in Malaysia and Indonesia, with excellent from local governments, NGOs and fishing communities. We are most grateful for all the help and kind hospitality afforded us during the visits.

The SCRFA database has been upgraded and we now have a map function and a lot more data; over 550 aggregations have now been entered. The database is available from our website and we also have a link directly from FishBase (www.fishbase.org).