From editor at aquarium.net  Mon Sep  2 10:56:36 1996
From: editor at aquarium.net (D.R. Martin)
Date: Mon, 02 Sep 1996 07:56:36 -0700 
Subject: Aquarium.net magazine writers 
Message-ID: <1.5.4.32.19960902145636.00675be0@aquarium.net> 

Sorry for the cross posting. 
 For all who have an interest in aquariums there is a monthly magazine now 
online at www.aquarium.net. We are also looking for new material related to 
aquariums. If you have material or are interested in writing, please contact me. 
http://www.aquarium.net 
Sept Issue articles 

Treatment of Invertebrete pathogens 
 Dana Riddle 
A Discussion on Algae 
 Dr Ron Shimek 
The Great Barrier Reef 
 Alf J Nilsen 
Corals and Bacterial Infections 
 Albert Thiel 
Stray Voltage in the Aquarium 
 Bruce Davidson 
Natural Nitrate Reduction 
 Samm Gamble 


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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
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From coral at aoml.noaa.gov  Tue Sep  3 09:26:55 1996
From: coral at aoml.noaa.gov (Coral Health and Monitoring Program)
Date: Tue, 3 Sep 1996 09:26:55 -0400 (EDT) 
Subject: coral planula development 
Message-ID: <Pine.SGI.3.92.960903092535.5890A-100000@coral> 

---------- Forwarded message ---------- 
Date: Mon, 02 Sep 1996 12:48:19 -0700 
From: andalusi at dephut.cbn.net.id 
To: hendee at coral.aoml.noaa.gov 
Subject: coral planula development 

I would like to know whether anyone have had anyone done a research on the 
competition on the planula development of coral and the effect of 
mariculture on the adjacent reef area. I am working for the government of 
Indonesia as management authority of coral reef conservation area and at 
the moment would like to develop a policy why such activity is considered 
to be harmfull for the environment especially in conservation area even if 
the parent stock is native to the area.  I would really appreciate the 
information or litterature concerning this activities.  Yours sincerely N. 
Andalusi 



From coral at aoml.noaa.gov  Tue Sep  3 09:22:07 1996
From: coral at aoml.noaa.gov (Coral Health and Monitoring Program)
Date: Tue, 3 Sep 1996 09:22:07 -0400 (EDT) 
Subject: Coral Reef Damage in Jamaica (fwd) 
Message-ID: <Pine.SGI.3.92.960903092129.5872B-100000@coral> 

---------- Forwarded message ---------- 
Date: 29 Aug 1996 18:25:32 -0400 
From: "Deslarzes, Ken" <kdeslarzes at ocean.nos.noaa.gov> 
To: Coral Health and Monitoring Program <coral at aoml.noaa.gov> 
Subject: FW: Coral Reef Damage 

_______________________________________________________________________________ 
From: Dodie Guffy on Thu, Aug 29, 1996 15:11 
Subject: Coral Reef Damage 


        Coral Reef Damage.  In mid-August 1996, Jamaica's Natural 
Resources Conservation Authority confirmed reports that a fiber optic cable 
had fallen across the popular Widow Makers Cave coral reef dive site and 
damaged coral.  Telecommunications of Jamaica, Ltd., agreed to move a 
section of their Cayman-Jamaica cable to a sand channel and avoid further 
contact with live coral formations. [Assoc Press] 

--------------------------------------------------- 
Dodie Guffy, Resource Center Supv.      dodie at ariel.tamu.edu 
Texas A&M University                    Tel: 409/845-7327 
Oceanography & Meteorology Depts.       Fax: 409/862-4466 (Met) 
Working Collection                      Fax: 409/845-6331 (Ocng) 
College Station, TX   77843-3146 

    Oceanography Dept. Home Page     http://www-ocean.tamu.edu/ 
    Meteorology Dept.  Home Page     http://www.met.tamu.edu/ 





From roche at oj.rsmas.miami.edu  Tue Sep  3 14:17:02 1996
From: roche at oj.rsmas.miami.edu (Mary Roche)
Date: Tue, 3 Sep 1996 14:17:02 -0400 (EDT) 
Subject: Great Barrier Reef contacts 
In-Reply-To: <2.2.32.19960830184449.00687e80@blue.weeg.uiowa.edu> 
Message-ID: <Pine.ULT.3.91.960903141433.21164B-100000@oj.rsmas.miami.edu> 


I had the great opportunity to dive the GBR 13 times last Septmber. I had a  
great time and saw incredible diversity among the corals. Their size was  
tremendous and state of health seemed very good with minimal bleaching.  
Mortality was extremely minimal, at least in the area where I was. The dive  
operator was Pro Dive in Cairns, Queensland where I found the staff to be  
very professional and conscientious. They cater to the experienced "scuba"  
diver as opposed to most of the operators who cater to the tourists and snorklers  
with little or no diving (let alone snorkling) experience at all. I  
recommend them highly. I hope this helps. 
Regards, 
Mary Roche  
UM/RSMAS 

On Fri, 30 Aug 1996, Osha Gray Davidson wrote: 

> I'm in the process of planning a trip to the Great Barrier Reef, to take 
> place some time in the next few months, for work on a book (for lay-persons) 
> about coral reefs and associated ecosystems. Are there any list-members down 
> under who would be willing to serve as contacts for this trip--explaining 
> their work and suggesting places to visit? I'd greatly appreciate the help! 
> Thanks, in advance, 
> Osha  
> Osha Gray Davidson 
> 14 S. Governor St. 
> Iowa City, IA 52240 
> USA 
> PH: (319) 338-4778 
> FAX: (319) 338-8606 
> e-mail: davidson at blue.weeg.uiowa.edu 
> Center for International and Comparative Studies, University of Iowa 
>  
>  



From mbs at mangga.usc.edu.ph  Wed Sep  4 12:57:11 1996
From: mbs at mangga.usc.edu.ph (Marine Biology Section, USC, Cebu, Philippi)
Date: Wed, 4 Sep 1996 16:57:11 +0000 
Subject: horseshoe crabs 
Message-ID: <9C0BD3203@mangga.usc.edu.ph> 

Dear All, 

Does anyone have any information on the habit of the horseshoe 
crabs. Where and how they live?  We have a few of these on the 
island and I would like to know more about them.  Also, if anyone 
can point me to the right persons who have done or tried to culture 
these species would be most helpful.  Thanks very much. 

Peter Bargayo 
Marine Biologist 
____sender's name_____ 
Marine Biology Section 
University of San Carlos          fax (+63-32) 3460351 
Cebu City 6000, Philippines       email: mbs at mangga.usc.edu.ph 

****** When replying, PLEASE INCLUDE ADDRESSEE'S NAME IN  
SUBJECT HEADER *** thanks. ******** 


From andreu at msi.upd.edu.ph  Wed Sep  4 22:36:15 1996
From: andreu at msi.upd.edu.ph (Andre Uychiaoco)
Date: Wed, 5 Sep 1996 10:36:15 +0800 
Subject: Bolinao cement plant - Thanks! 
Message-ID: <199609050207.KAA18949@msi.msi.upd.edu.ph> 

Thank you very much to all who supported us against the plan to put  
up a cement factory near the coral reefs of Bolinao and Anda!  The  
Department of Environment and Natural Resources of the Philippines  
has decided not to issue an Environmental Compliance Certificate to  
the Pangasinan Cement Corporation for: (a) unacceptable environmental  
risks, (b) serious land and resource use conflict, and (c) problems  
of social acceptability. 

Marine Science Institute 
University of the Philippines 
(Official letter of thanks from our director Edgardo D. Gomez will  
follow) 


From tkp at pc.jaring.my  Thu Sep  5 07:30:51 1996
From: tkp at pc.jaring.my (Mr. Tang Ka-Poh)
Date: Thu, 05 Sep 1996 19:30:51 +0800 
Subject: enquiry 
Message-ID: <322EB9EB.1B18@pc.jaring.my> 

To all the subscribers out there . 

I would like to acquire more notes on zooxanthellae especially regarding 
their nutrients uptake, reproduction and their role in the calcification 
process in reef building corals and giant clams. 

All notes will contribute to my research on the role of zooxanthellae in 
respect to coloration and growth rates in corals and giant clams in a 
controlled artificial environment - stimulant such as lighting 
conditions and nutrients are currently being carried out. 

Looking forward to replies. 

Mr. Tang K.P. 
Malaysia 
Email : tkp at pc.jaring.my 


From Norbert.Schmidt at net4you.co.at  Thu Sep  5 16:25:24 1996
From: Norbert.Schmidt at net4you.co.at (Norbert Schmidt)
Date: Thu, 05 Sep 1996 22:25:24 +0200 
Subject: coral spawning 
Message-ID: <1.5.4.32.19960905202524.00669090@net4you.co.at> 

Is there anything known about coral spawning in the Maldive Islands? Is there a specific time? 


From 100353.164 at compuserve.com  Thu Sep  5 16:59:28 1996
From: 100353.164 at compuserve.com (John Rewald)
Date: 05 Sep 96 16:59:28 EDT 
Subject: Cyanide Damage - Information Required 
Message-ID: <960905205928_100353.164_JHC82-1@CompuServe.COM> 

I have received a request for information and advice on cyanide damage to reefs 
and the marine environment from Fiji. 

Curly Carswell 
President  
Fiji Dive Operators Association 
Fiji 
 Email: seafijidive at is.com.fj 

He asked the following,   "Due to an open caste NEW GOLD MINE CALLED MOUNT KASI 
in Savusavu (my home) deliberately breaking its tailing dam in near flood 
conditions and co-incidently over the same period many fish and turtles ending 
up DEAD!!  We are therefore trying to get a Coral Monitoring course done 
immediately.  

We've also arranged for a Satellite pass through Prof. Le Drew, Waterloo 
University for Savusavu Bay to obtain Data.  He has pre-mine time data so 
hopefully we can identify if we have a problem. 

On the Mine subject how could I get info on OKTED MINE (don't know spelling). 
Apparently they had similar problems.  I thought that knowing their problems it 
may help us in Savusavu to anticipate or deal with a possible major 
environmental problem.  DO YOU KNOW IF WE CAN ACCESS THROUGH INTERNET INFO ON 
OPEN CASE MINE - DESIGNS - USE OF CYANIDE, HOW TO DISPOSE OF TAILINGS ETC???" 

I have supplied some details but would appreciate any one with more detailed 
information or suggestions to contact Curly Carswell direct. 


John Rewald 
Motupore Island Research Department 
University of Papua New Guinea 
Box 320  University P.O. 
National Capital District 
Papua New Guinea   134 


Phone: (675) 3258093 
Fax:   (675) 3258093 
Telex:	NE22366 

Email: 	100353.164 at compuserve.com 
	jrewald at peg.apc.org 



From smiller at gate.net  Fri Sep  6 11:36:00 1996
From: smiller at gate.net (Steven Miller)
Date: Fri, 06 Sep 1996 08:36:00 -0700 
Subject: Graduate research funding opportunity 
Message-ID: <323044E0.59DF@pop.gate.net> 

Sollins Graduate Fellowship for Coral Reef  
Ecosystem Studies:  1997 Announcement 

Students are encouraged to take advantage of this unique opportunity to acquire  
international experience during their graduate studies of coral reefs.  The fellowship  
and application materials are described below. 

SUBMISSION DEADLINE IS SEPTEMBER 30, 1996. 

	Coral reefs are among the most diverse ecosystems on the planet, they are  
globally distributed, and they support various aspects of coastal economies.  Yet coral  
reefs are widely recognized to be in decline and studies are needed to provide  
information to manage and understand processes that cause coral reef change.  Funds are  
available, approximately US$12,000 annually, to support one student to work toward a  
Ph.D. in the general area of coral reef ecosystem research.  The focus of the Sollins  
Fellowship is to understand and predict coral reef response to management or  
disturbance-caused change (human-caused or natural).  Research supported by the  
fellowship should emphasize an ecosystem approach, recognizing the complex interplay  
among many processes that shape the way coral reefs look and function.  Work that  
identifies controls on productivity, nutrient dynamics, carbonate accretion or erosion,  
or water circulation are examples of suitable topics.  Work is not restricted to these  
topics, but controls should be emphasized because this information is important in  
construction of models that predict reef response to disturbance.  Studies that include  
development or testing of such models are a priority. 

Who can apply? 

	The Sollins Fellowship is available to graduate students, worldwide.  The intent  
of the fellowship is to help students develop skills and to address problems related to  
relevant applications of coral reef ecosystem research and management.  The fellowship  
is payable directly to the graduate student (or their institution) and can be used to  
support salary, travel, fieldwork, or laboratory analyses. The fellowship is awarded  
annually and  renewal for several years is possible but dependent on satisfactory  
progress.  The student can work entirely at the host university, or can split time  
between developed and developing country universities.  The fellowship is available to  
students already admitted to a graduate program at an accredited university.  The  
fellowship is available to graduate students worldwide to study at  accredited  
universities, anywhere.  A goal of the fellowship is to provide international support  
for coral reef ecosystem research. 

Application materials 

	A two page application letter, in English, is required from prospective  
fellowship candidates that outlines the research program, emphasizing the mix of applied  
and basic issues addressed in the program, availability of facilities  critical to  
successful completion of the work, and a time schedule to complete the work.  An  
official college transcript is also required.  The student's major professor is required  
to submit a CV and a support letter, in English, that details cost sharing and facility  
support.  If work will be conducted at a second university, a support letter is required  
from the sponsoring institution and professor.  Application materials will be reviewed  
by an ISRS/CMC panel; evaluation criteria include scientific merit, feasibility, cost  
sharing, and relevancy to the Sollins Fellowship guidelines. 

The International Society for Reef Studies 
and the  
Center for Marine Conservation 

	The Society (ISRS) and the Center (CMC) support the Sollins Fellowship through  
professional and administrative contributions.  The mission of the ISRS is to promote  
for the benefit of the public, the production and dissemination of scientific knowledge  
and understanding concerning coral reefs, both living and fossil.  The mission of the  
CMC is to conserve the health and wealth of marine life.  Its programs focus on  
eliminating four major threats to the health of the marine environment: pollution,  
physical alteration of marine ecosystems as a result of human activity, overexploitation  
of marine resources, and loss of marine biodiversity. 

Application materials should be submitted to the ISRS Recording Secretary, UNCW, 514  
Caribbean Drive, Key Largo, Florida 33037 

For questions: 

305-451-0233 telephone 
smiller at gate.net  e-mail 

Submission Deadline for 1997 support is September 30, 1996 


From lucituca at usp.br  Fri Sep  6 12:35:45 1996
From: lucituca at usp.br (Luciana Paes de Andrade)
Date: Fri, 6 Sep 1996 13:35:45 -0300 (GRNLNDST) 
Subject: Voce ja ouviu falar nisso? 
In-Reply-To: <323044E0.59DF@pop.gate.net> 
Message-ID: <Pine.A41.3.95.960906133334.41804A-100000@swan.uspnet.usp.br> 

 Alvaro,  
 Olha essa mensagem, voce ja ouviu falar nesse programa, sabe como 
funciona? 


On Fri, 6 Sep 1996, Steven Miller wrote: 

> Sollins Graduate Fellowship for Coral Reef  
> Ecosystem Studies:  1997 Announcement 
>  
> Students are encouraged to take advantage of this unique opportunity to acquire  
> international experience during their graduate studies of coral reefs.  The fellowship  
> and application materials are described below. 
>  
> SUBMISSION DEADLINE IS SEPTEMBER 30, 1996. 
>  
> 	Coral reefs are among the most diverse ecosystems on the planet, they are  
> globally distributed, and they support various aspects of coastal economies.  Yet coral  
> reefs are widely recognized to be in decline and studies are needed to provide  
> information to manage and understand processes that cause coral reef change.  Funds are  
> available, approximately US$12,000 annually, to support one student to work toward a  
> Ph.D. in the general area of coral reef ecosystem research.  The focus of the Sollins  
> Fellowship is to understand and predict coral reef response to management or  
> disturbance-caused change (human-caused or natural).  Research supported by the  
> fellowship should emphasize an ecosystem approach, recognizing the complex interplay  
> among many processes that shape the way coral reefs look and function.  Work that  
> identifies controls on productivity, nutrient dynamics, carbonate accretion or erosion,  
> or water circulation are examples of suitable topics.  Work is not restricted to these  
> topics, but controls should be emphasized because this information is important in  
> construction of models that predict reef response to disturbance.  Studies that include  
> development or testing of such models are a priority. 
>  
> Who can apply? 
>  
> 	The Sollins Fellowship is available to graduate students, worldwide.  The intent  
> of the fellowship is to help students develop skills and to address problems related to  
> relevant applications of coral reef ecosystem research and management.  The fellowship  
> is payable directly to the graduate student (or their institution) and can be used to  
> support salary, travel, fieldwork, or laboratory analyses. The fellowship is awarded  
> annually and  renewal for several years is possible but dependent on satisfactory  
> progress.  The student can work entirely at the host university, or can split time  
> between developed and developing country universities.  The fellowship is available to  
> students already admitted to a graduate program at an accredited university.  The  
> fellowship is available to graduate students worldwide to study at  accredited  
> universities, anywhere.  A goal of the fellowship is to provide international support  
> for coral reef ecosystem research. 
>  
> Application materials 
>  
> 	A two page application letter, in English, is required from prospective  
> fellowship candidates that outlines the research program, emphasizing the mix of applied  
> and basic issues addressed in the program, availability of facilities  critical to  
> successful completion of the work, and a time schedule to complete the work.  An  
> official college transcript is also required.  The student's major professor is required  
> to submit a CV and a support letter, in English, that details cost sharing and facility  
> support.  If work will be conducted at a second university, a support letter is required  
> from the sponsoring institution and professor.  Application materials will be reviewed  
> by an ISRS/CMC panel; evaluation criteria include scientific merit, feasibility, cost  
> sharing, and relevancy to the Sollins Fellowship guidelines. 
>  
> The International Society for Reef Studies 
> and the  
> Center for Marine Conservation 
>  
> 	The Society (ISRS) and the Center (CMC) support the Sollins Fellowship through  
> professional and administrative contributions.  The mission of the ISRS is to promote  
> for the benefit of the public, the production and dissemination of scientific knowledge  
> and understanding concerning coral reefs, both living and fossil.  The mission of the  
> CMC is to conserve the health and wealth of marine life.  Its programs focus on  
> eliminating four major threats to the health of the marine environment: pollution,  
> physical alteration of marine ecosystems as a result of human activity, overexploitation  
> of marine resources, and loss of marine biodiversity. 
>  
> Application materials should be submitted to the ISRS Recording Secretary, UNCW, 514  
> Caribbean Drive, Key Largo, Florida 33037 
>  
> For questions: 
>  
> 305-451-0233 telephone 
> smiller at gate.net  e-mail 
>  
> Submission Deadline for 1997 support is September 30, 1996 
>  


From swells at gsosun1.gso.uri.edu  Mon Sep  9 12:05:49 1996
From: swells at gsosun1.gso.uri.edu (Sue Wells)
Date: Mon, 9 Sep 96 12:05:49 EDT 
Subject: Reef Encounter deadline 
Message-ID: <9609091605.AA06128@gsosun1> 

NEXT ISSUE OF REEF ENCOUNTER  (newsletter of the International Society of 
Reef Studies) 

Issue no. 20 will be produced in December 1996.  The deadline for 
contributions for this is 1st October 1996.  Please send us news, comments, 
announcements and articles. 

Contributions and queries should be sent to Maggie Watson, Department of 
Biology, University of York. e-mail: mw101 at york.ac.uk 

We look forward to hearing from you! 

Sue Wells 
Maggie Watson 
David Obura 


From coral at aoml.noaa.gov  Mon Sep  9 21:08:42 1996
From: coral at aoml.noaa.gov (Coral Health and Monitoring Program)
Date: Mon, 9 Sep 1996 21:08:42 -0400 (EDT) 
Subject: Coral spawning in Key Largo 
Message-ID: <Pine.SGI.3.92.960909210731.16653B-100000@coral> 

---------- Forwarded message ---------- 
Date: Mon, 9 Sep 1996 20:17:52 -0400 
From: REEF003 at aol.com 
To: owner-coral-list at reef.aoml.noaa.gov 
Subject: coral spawning 

Hello All, 

Just a few notes from the field. 

On the evening of Wednesday Sept. 04, mass spawning of numerous M. annularis 
colonies were observed.  Both fast and slow release of bundles were observed 
between 11:11pm and 11:59 (EST) at Key Largo Dry Rocks ( 25 07.45 N, 80 17.80 
W).  The majority of colonies located at this site are in shallow water (<4m) 
and very large in size.  Although some activity was witnessed on the evening 
of September 03, most colonies spawned in a mass event on the 4th. 

One item of interest came about while looking at slides taken during the 
event.  Macro photography of a slow release M. annularis colony revealed what 
appears to be release of a white milky substance following release of its egg 
bundle.  Numerous slides show different polyps exhibiting this behavior.  I 
was under the impression that M. annularis bundles contained both eggs and 
sperm that would not be visible until the bundle had broken.  The photography 
also shows bundles in the process of breaking (partially due to predation by 
fireworms).  No white substance is visible in the breaking bundles, only 
small eggs.  Any ideas? 

No other species were observed spawning on either the 3rd or 4th, though 
there were not many other species present in the area we dived.  Predation by 
Silversides, brittle stars, fireworms, very small worms of unknown species 
and unknown herring-like fish was heavy during the entire spawning event. 
 The Silversides and Herring like fish seeming most voracious. 

No reports from this area have been heard from the night of the 5th. 

Anyone else see anything good? 

Laddie Akins 
Executive Director 
REEF 
reef003 at aol.com 


From psa at bishop.bishop.hawaii.org  Tue Sep 10 15:37:38 1996
From: psa at bishop.bishop.hawaii.org (Pacific Science Assn)
Date: Tue, 10 Sep 1996 09:37:38 -1000 (HST) 
Subject: Symposium Announcement 
Message-ID: <Pine.A32.3.91.960910093713.31408C-100000@bishop.bishop.hawaii.org> 



Symposium Annoucement 

A symposium on Marine/Aquatic Introduced Species in the Pacific will be 
held during the VIII Pacific Science Inter-Congress, July 13-19, 1997, 
Suva, Fiji.  Papers on the ecology, biology, biogeography, environmental 
and human impacts, and management of introduced species are welcome, as 
are papers documenting new invasions, transport mechanisms (such as 
ballast water), and intentional releases.  The symposium is being 
co-sponsored by the CSIRO Centre for Research on Marine Pests (CRIMP) and 
the Pacific Science Association (PSA), and Ronald Thresher (CRIMP) and L. 
G. Eldredge (PSA) will Co-Chair the session; James T. Carlton will be the 
keynote speaker.  The date will be announced later.  For further 
information contact L. G. Eldredge [psa at bishop.bishop.hawaii.org] if you 
would like to present a contributed paper.  Participants intending to 
present a paper are required to submit an abstract to the Inter-Congress 
Secretariat by January 31, 1997.  

To obtain the Inter-Congress Second Circular which includes general 
program of the Inter-Congress, along with information on paper 
submission, accommodation, excursions, etc. contact: 

        VIII Pacific Science Inter-Congress Secretariat 
        c/o School of Pure & Applied Sciences 
        P.O. Box 1168 
        The University of the South Pacific 
        Suva, Fiji 

        FAX:  (679) 314007 
        e-mail:  psa at usp.ac.fj 








From coral at aoml.noaa.gov  Wed Sep 11 09:38:56 1996
From: coral at aoml.noaa.gov (Coral Health and Monitoring Program)
Date: Wed, 11 Sep 1996 09:38:56 -0400 (EDT) 
Subject: "Destructive fishing practices: Asia's growing curse" 
Message-ID: <Pine.SGI.3.92.960911093341.19672G-100000@coral> 

---------- Forwarded message ---------- 
-------------------------- [Original Message] ------------------------- 

Original Message date:	9/3/96 3:07 PM 
Original from:	owner-seas-alert at panda.org@NOAA 

http://www.panda.org  -- WWF Global Network Update 

Destructive fishing practices: Asia's growing curse 

By Someshwar Singh* 

Gland, Switzerland: Appearances can be deceptive. Who would have believed 
that the enchanting fish shimmering their way through aquariums actually 
bespeak an unfortunate tale of plunder and ruin. Or that the delectable 
reef fish that end up on gourmet tables across the world spell certain 
ecological disaster. The fact is that the cancer of dynamite and cyanide 
fishing is spreading relentlessly in the coastal regions of South-East 
Asia and the Asia Pacific waters. 

Coral reefs become the first casualties as they are blasted into rubble by 
dynamite fishing, or are left intact but dead by cyanide poisoning. Even 
the spectacular coral reefs of the disputed Spratley Islands have not been 
spared. They are today referred to as "skeleton" reefs on account of the 
blast-damage suffered in recent years. 

Over 30 per cent of the world's coral reefs are found in South-East Asia 
alone. The reef flora and fauna of the Indo-Pacific region are 
particularly rich, abounding with about 500 coral species and 2000 fish 
species. The most diverse reefs lie in the area bounded by northern 
Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines, where a single reef 
may have as many as 3000 different species. Indonesia, with its 81,000 
square kilometres of coastline and over 17,000 islands, is of critical 
importance as the centre of coral reef ecosystem biodiversity. 

But these are under severe threat now. Spurred by quick bucks, fisherfolk 
in South-East Asia are wreaking havoc on coral reef systems to catch fish 
for the aquarium trade and for food. Rising demand has encouraged 
unscrupulous traders to use often illegally-obtained sodium cyanide, 
chlorine, liquid surfactant, and explosives to harvest reef fish. Even 
though the use of cyanide may be illegal, as it is in the Philippines, it 
has not really prevented fishermen and traders from using it. 

Earlier, marine reef fish were harvested by hand-held butterfly-type nets 
that were selective and not damaging to the environment. Today, however, 
fisherfolk are resorting to the more effective technique of cyanide 
poisoning. Dissolved in quart-sized plastic containers, sodium cyanide is 
used to stun hard-to-catch reef fish that seek cover in coral holes and 
crevices. The milky fluid causes the fish to lose their equilibrium, swim 
in crazy loops out of their coral refuge, and become easy targets. 

The use of dynamite, on the other hand, actually kills most of the 
impacted fish so that they are used mainly for food. The supply of 
explosives does not appear to be a problem with fishermen sometimes 
actually retrieving unexploded bombs from the Second World War. 

Unfortunately, the growing international demand for reef fish has only 
given a spurt to these disastrous practices. The aquarium trade caters to 
the pet industry in North America and Europe while reef fish is a delicacy 
among the increasingly rich Asian populations with a taste for seafood. 
The current boom in live fish commerce in Hong Kong, Taiwan and other 
centres of Chinese prosperity has only aggravated the problem. 

In the Philippines alone, over 6,000 cyanide divers squirt an estimated 
150,000 kg of dissolved poison on some 33 million coral heads annually. 
During the first eight months of 1995, a catch of 2.3 million kg of live 
groupers and humphead wrasses worth over US$180 million were exported to 
Hong Kong and Taiwan. Another 1.9 million kg of decorative fishes worth 
US$800,000 were shipped to Europe and North America. 

In Indonesia, there has been a proliferation of cyanide in local fisheries 
in Irian Jaya and Sulawesi, areas that are rich in global marine 
biodiversity. Misuse of cyanide in local fisheries is also spreading in 
Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Tonga, the Maldives, Solomon Islands and other 
Pacific coastal states. 

The impact of destructive fishing activities extends beyond merely the 
health of target species. Entire reef systems in the Pacific, the Indian 
Ocean, the Red Sea, and the Caribbean are endangered. The Mediterranean 
region, particularly Greece and Turkey, are likewise plagued by the use of 
explosives in fishing. In Greece, although dynamite fishing is illegal, it 
is difficult to crack down on the dubious dynamite supplies circuit. When 
used inside closed protected bays, explosives cause intense damage as they 
kill even juveniles in the spawning grounds. Among the Mediterranean 
species thus affected are the red snapper (Dentex dentex) and the sea 
bream (Oblada melanura). 

There is obviously much at a stake, making it imperative to find a 
solution quickly. "Alternatives to the use of cyanide need to be promoted 
urgently,"  says Carel Drijver, Manager, Development Cooperation at 
WWF-Netherlands.  "We would like to see the market and trade in reef fish 
put on a sustainable path. But that cannot happen unless the extremely 
harmful fishing practices are changed. Without coral reefs, their spawning 
ground, reef fishes have a bleak future." 

WWF has been trying actively to reverse this threat. It has been involved 
in coral reef protection in the South-East Asian region, and now plans to 
launch a major policy initiative that will focus on the international 
dimension of the dynamite and cyanide fishery in Indonesia. The objective 
is to get fishermen to use alternative, more sustainable, fishing 
techniques.  WWF is also coordinating its effort by pooling together its 
expertise from the trade monitoring offices in the region and its networks 
in Hong Kong and the Philippines. Partnerships have been forged in 
particular with the International Marinelife Alliance in the Philippines 
and the Nature Conservancy. 

Education and awareness are the key to the problem and need to be spread 
not only among fishermen actually engaged in cyanide and dynamite fishing, 
but other connected sectors like the fisheries trade and industry. Without 
that, there is little hope for the dying 'rainforests of the sea'. 


*Someshwar Singh is a Press Officer at WWF-International in Gland, 
Switzerland 

http://www.panda.org/ 



From tsocci at usgcrp.gov  Wed Sep 11 16:07:47 1996
From: tsocci at usgcrp.gov (Tony Socci)
Date: Wed, 11 Sep 1996 16:07:47 -0400 
Subject: September 16th USGCRP Seminar on Greenhouse Gas Emissions Scenarios 
Message-ID: <v02110117ae5ccc5a5678@[131.182.242.88]> 


              U.S. Global Change Research Program Second Monday Seminar Series 

Greenhouse Gas Emissions Scenarios: Their Content, Assumptions, and Implications 


   What are present levels and mix of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions? Which 
   countries are the largest GHG emitters now and which will be the largest 
   emitters in the future?  What does it mean to stabilize emissions at a 
   certain level versus stabilizing emissions at a certain concentration? 
   What will it take to reduce emissions?.  What options are available for 
            reducing emissions on a scale that would be effective? 

                                                            Public Invited 


                                    Monday, September 16, 1996, 3:15-4:45 PM 
                                       Rayburn House Office Bldg., Room B369 
                                                     Reception Following 


INTRODUCTION 

Jane Leggett Emil, Director of the Climate, Policy, and Programs Division, 
Office of Economy and Environment, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 
Washington, DC 

SPEAKERS 

Gregg Marland, Ph.D., Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National 
Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 

William J. Pepper, Senior Vice President, ICF Kaiser International, Inc., 
Fairfax, VA 


                                                            Overview 

The atmospheric concentration of the greenhouse gas CO2 is increasing, and 
it is increasing now largely because of the combustion of fossil fuels. 
Since the beginning of the fossil fuel era, we have released over 250 
billion metric tons of carbon (C) from fossil fuels to the atmosphere as 
CO2, and the rate of release now exceeds 6 billion tons of C per year. 
Prior to the fossil fuel era the atmosphere contained about 600 billion 
tons of C as CO2.  Emissions in 1995 were greater than the sum of all 
emissions prior to 1883 and fully half of all emissions have been since 
1972.  In 1950 the US, USSR, and UK were the top three fossil-fuel-burning 
countries and contributed 62% of global total CO2 emissions from fossil 
fuels.  By 1990, these three countries contributed 42% of the total, while 
the UK had dropped to 7th behind more rapidly growing China, Japan, 
Germany, and India.  From 1950 to 1990 global, per capita emissions of CO2 
from fossil fuels increased by a factor of 1.8 while global population 
increased by a factor of 2.1.  These two factors caused annual CO2 
emissions to go up by a factor of 3.7. 

                                  Historical Perspective on CO2 Emissions 

In this seminar Dr. Marland will describe the history and pattern of CO2 
emissions, where they come from in the economy and where they come from in 
the world.  Dr. Marland will also discuss some rules for estimating 
national CO-2 emissions and the significance and accuracy of the estimates. 
There are four primary conclusions: (1) anthropogenic emissions, 
dominantly from the burning of fossil-fuels, are responsible for the 
increasing concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere; (2) current emissions 
are dominantly from a small number of developed and/or large, populous 
countries; (3) there are wide disparities in per capita emissions rates 
around the world; and (4) growth rates of emissions and the potential for 
growth in emissions are very large in some developing parts of the world. 

                                         The Future of CO2 Emissions 

Mr. Pepper will describe the emissions scenarios prepared in support of the 
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 1992 and 1995 
assessment reports.  He will also describe the size of emissions reductions 
required to meet various CO2 emission concentration targets.  These scenarios 
were developed as part of the IPCC assessment process so that the science 
community would have a consistent set of emissions profiles to use in 
evaluating and comparing their more detailed climate models and they have 
been used by the IPCC and others for projections of future changes in 
concentrations of greenhouse gases.  These scenarios do not represent political 
commitments or negotiating positions. 

Mr. Pepper will describe the sources of  greenhouse gas emissions and the 
key variables and assumptions expected to influence future emissions 
levels. He will summarize the results of the scenarios and the 
uncertainties surrounding the emissions estimates. 

He will then consider several hypothetical concentration targets and 
describe the reductions in emissions that would be required to meet them. 
The impacts on emissions of changes in energy use or use of alternatives to 
carbon-based fuels will also be addressed. 


                                                             Biographies 

Gregg Marland is a Senior Research Staff Member in the Environmental 
Sciences Division at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.  For over 20 years he 
has been involved in analyses of global change and the environmental 
impacts of energy systems.  He has studied the sources and some of the 
potential mitigation strategies for greenhouse gas emissions and has helped 
define the methodologies and emissions coefficients now in use for 
estimating CO2 emissions to the atmosphere.  He is currently convener for 
the Global Emissions Inventory Activity (GEIA), an activity within the 
International Global Atmospheric Chemistry (IGAC) project.  Among other 
activities, Dr. Marland has served on the National Academy of Sciences 
panel on "Policy Implications of Greenhouse Warming", the Council on 
Agricultural Science and Technology panel on "Preparing U.S. Agriculture 
for Global Climate Change", the National Technical Advisory Committee of 
the National Institute for Global Environmental Change (NIGEC), and has 
been reviewer, contributor, and lead author for various portions of the 
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) first and second 
assessment reports.  He is co-editor of a recent volume on Greenhouse Gas 
Emissions and Response Policies in Central and Eastern Europe, co-author of 
the Graz/Oak Ridge Carbon Assessment Model (GORCAM), an integrated forest/ 
forest-products model designed to evaluate the impact of forest management 
alternatives on net flows of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere, and the U.S. 
team leader on an International Energy Agency, Biomass Agreement, task on 
biomass fuels and greenhouse gas emissions.  Dr. Marland received a BS from 
Virginia Tech, and a Ph.D. in Geology from the University of Minnesota. 

William J. Pepper is a Senior Vice President of ICF Kaiser International, 
Inc. with more than seventeen years of experience in analyzing and 
modeling environmental and energy issues.  Mr. Pepper started at ICF in 
1979 and specialized in modeling U.S. and international oil and gas markets 
for both federal and private clients.  Since 1987, he has specialized in 
modeling future emissions of greenhouse gases.  Mr. Pepper developed the 
Atmospheric Stabilization Framework (ASF) for the U.S. EPA.  He developed 
emissions scenarios for the IPCC in 1990 and also assisted the IPCC 
Energy and Industry Subgroup with developing their integrated analysis of 
options to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases.  Mr. Pepper was a key 
author of the 1992 scenarios for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate 
Change (IPCC).  Mr. Pepper has a B.S. in Mathematics from the 
University of Maryland and an M.A. in Mathematics fromTemple University. 


                   The Next Seminar is scheduled for Monday, October 21, 1996 

                            Topic - Ecological Indicators of Climate Change 


For more information please contact: 

Anthony D. Socci, Ph.D., U.S. Global Change Research Program Office 
300 D St., SW, Suite 840, Washington, DC 20024 
Telephone: (202) 651-8244; Fax: (202) 554-6715 
E-Mail: TSOCCI at USGCRP.GOV. 

Additional information on the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) 
and this Seminar Series is available on the USGCRP Home Page at: 
http://www.usgcrp.gov. Normally these seminars are held on the second 
Monday of each month. 



From nlbruce at zmuc.ku.dk  Thu Sep 12 10:30:00 1996
From: nlbruce at zmuc.ku.dk (Bruce, Niel L.          {ZMUC})
Date: Thu, 12 Sep 96 10:30:00 DST 
Subject: POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT 
Message-ID: <3237EC23@AKI.KU.DK> 



~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 
Position as tenured invertebrate systematist: Associate professor & curator  
at the Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen. 
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 

A position for an invertebrate zoologist to carry out research on the  
systematics, phylogeny and zoogeography of annelids or echinoderms is open  
at the Department of Marine Invertebrates of the Zoological Museum.  
Candidates must have a Ph.D. degree, postdoctoral research experience, as  
well as experience in managing collections. Beginning January 1997 or soon  
thereafter. 

Duties: 

1) Curation and administration of the Zoological Museum's collections of one  
or more of the larger invertebrate groups, including field work aiming at  
collection development. 
2) Supervision of Masters and Ph.D. students, and teaching courses on marine  
invertebrates. 
3) Participation through research, administration and teaching in national  
and international programmes in which the Zoological Museum is involved,  
including the initiation and development of such programmes. 
4) Participation in institutional administration. 

Desirable experience: 

1) Global or large-scale systematic revisions. 
2) Documented knowledge of modern systematic and phylogenetic methodology. 
3) Broad biological knowledge of the group in question so as to enable  
participation in teaching on the North-Atlantic and Arctic fauna. 
4) Demonstrable field experience. 

The application must provide relevant information on the teaching  
experience. 

Non-Danish applicants are obliged to learn the language to such a degree  
that they are able to teach and take part in commissional work in Danish  
after about 2 years. 

Terms of employment and salary-level follows the agreement between the State  
and the relevant union. 

The applicants' qualifications will be evaluated by a specially appointed  
Committee, and the entire report of the Evaluation Committee will be sent to  
all applicants, who must treat material about other applicants  
confidentially. The Evaluation Committe may ask for supplementary material,  
which the 
applicant must provide in the requested number of copies. 

The application proper should be marked 5224 L/15-96, adressed to The  
Rector, University of Copenhagen, and sent together with a curriculum vitae  
and list of publications to Det naturvidenskabelige Fakultet, Oster Voldgade  
3, DK-1350 Copenhagen K, Denmark. Three copies of the above-mentioned  
documents and relevant publications and manuscripts should be sent to:  
Zoological Museum, Universitetsparken 15, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark. In  
the case of co-authored publications co-author statements are required. For  
further information look up the home page of the Zoological Museum  
(http://www.aki.ku.dk/zmuc/zmuc.htm), or contact Dr. Reinhardt M.  
Kristensen, e-mail rmkristens at zmuc.ku.dk. 

The deadline for applications is 15. October, 1996. 




From hochberg at soest.hawaii.edu  Thu Sep 12 05:24:00 1996
From: hochberg at soest.hawaii.edu (Eric Hochberg)
Date: Wed, 11 Sep 1996 23:24:00 -1000 (HST) 
Subject: No subject
Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.95.960911232237.343A-100000@bio-ocean> 

Can anyone point me in the direction of a book that lists reefs of the 
world and their lat/long coordinates?  Thanks. 

Eric Hochberg 


From coral at aoml.noaa.gov  Thu Sep 12 08:59:29 1996
From: coral at aoml.noaa.gov (Coral Health and Monitoring Program)
Date: Thu, 12 Sep 1996 08:59:29 -0400 (EDT) 
Subject: "Destructive fishing practices: Asia's growing curse" (fwd) 
Message-ID: <Pine.SGI.3.92.960912085839.22059G-100000@coral> 

---------- Forwarded message ---------- 
Date: 12 Sep 96 06:47:42 EDT 
From: Robert Murray <100773.3633 at compuserve.com> 
To: Coral Health and Monitoring Program <coral at aoml.noaa.gov> 
Subject: Re: "Destructive fishing practices: Asia's growing curse" 

A dramatic and mindful piece of narrative. It may be appropriate to note 
however that Tonga has reduced its aquarium trade suppliers to one (Walt 
Smith), and the only reason he is allowed to operate is because his few 
collecters use non-destructive stick and net methods catching 
non-juveniles. Smith's holding facilities and transport methods are also 
the most sophisticated I have seen in this trade when I visited in 1995. 
They are regularly checked and regulated by Australian/New Zealand 
conservation officers on behalf of the local governement.  Dynamiting is 
also thing of the past in this Kingdom. I cannot speak for any other 
areas. For verification or further information contact; 

Fisheries Department, 
Royal Government Offices, 
Tongatapu, Kingdom of Tonga, 
SOUTH PACIFIC. 

or; 

Walt Smith, 
PO Box 1949, 
Nuku 'alofa 
Kingdom of Tonga, 

(Tel. 676 22404) 
(Fax. 676 23143) 


From coral at aoml.noaa.gov  Thu Sep 12 08:57:42 1996
From: coral at aoml.noaa.gov (Coral Health and Monitoring Program)
Date: Thu, 12 Sep 1996 08:57:42 -0400 (EDT) 
Subject: Coral spawning in Key Largo (fwd) 
Message-ID: <Pine.SGI.3.92.960912085726.22059E-100000@coral> 

---------- Forwarded message ---------- 
Date: Wed, 11 Sep 1996 22:33:32 -0800 (PST) 
From: Aileen Morse <a_morse at lifesci.lscf.ucsb.edu> 
To: coral at aoml.noaa.gov 
Subject: RE: Coral spawning in Key Largo 

Hi! 
I was on the NOAA vessel at this site on both 9/3 and 9/4.  We were netting 
coral heads to collect egg bundles.  On 9/3 there were only egg bundles in 2 
of our collecting vessels (none in any of our others, or in those put out by 
Prof. Alina Szmant's group).  The 2 colonies that released on that night 
were both A. annularis.  Then on 9/4 we and Alina's group both collected 
multiple releases from both A. annularis and A. faveolata colonies. 
Collections by both groups indicated that more A. annularis 
colonies went off than A. faveolata.  But in neither case could the number 
of colonies releasing be considered a "major" spawn. 
Our aim was to fertilize large numbers of gametes from both species and also 
to try an inter-species cross fertilization. In this we were successful. 
However, both research groups observed that there was an unusually high 
heterogeneity in the early stages of larval development for both species 
(and in our cross).  I cannot speak further for Alina's results, only our 
own.  By the second day the cultures of A. faveolata became much more 
homogeneous with respect to developmental stage, as did the cross, and have 
remained so.  However, the cultures of A. annularis remain highly 
heterogeneous and have developed much more slowly (even the most advanced 
stages).  Although fertilization success appeared to be relatively high, 
development of subsequent larval stages seems to be relatively retarded. 

As to your question re. the white substance being released fron colonies, 
perhaps this was coral mucus.  Corals tend to respond to "stress" by mucus 
release.  When working with my Japanese colleagues at their lab off Okinawa 
colonies were placed in containers for egg bundle release.  Very commonly 
coral mucus is seen mixed in with the bundles.  Anyway that is my best 
guess.    Best regards,  Aileen Morse 
Aileen N.C. Morse 
Marine Biotechnology Center 
Marine Science Institute 
University of California 
Santa Barbara, CA 93106 

PHONE:  805-893-4277 
FAX:    805-893-8062 
E-mail: a_morse at lifesci.lscf.ucsb.edu 


From coral at aoml.noaa.gov  Thu Sep 12 09:00:34 1996
From: coral at aoml.noaa.gov (Coral Health and Monitoring Program)
Date: Thu, 12 Sep 1996 09:00:34 -0400 (EDT) 
Subject: Coordinates of the world's coral reefs (fwd) 
Message-ID: <Pine.SGI.3.92.960912085935.22059H-100000@coral> 

---------- Forwarded message ---------- 
Date: Thu, 12 Sep 96 12:53:51 BST 
From: Mark.Spalding at wcmc.org.uk 
To: owner-coral-list at reef.aoml.noaa.gov 
Subject: Coordinates of the world's coral reefs 

Dear Eric (and interested others) 

The best "book" for your purposes is the new global coral reef database 
ReefBase Version 1.0, produced on CD-ROM and released for the first time in 
Panama this year.  This has lat/longs for over 6000 named reefs.  The World 
Conservation Monitoring Centre has worked closely with ICLARM in developing 
maps of coral reefs and we now have a global coverage of coral reefs on a GIS 
with source material ranging in scale from 1:20,000 to 1:1,000,000.  This 
includes hundreds of thousands of arcs and polygons describing reefs 
worldwide, too many, I fear, for you to use to get a list of lat/longs, but 
the same maps are presented on ReefBase and will also soon go on-line on the 
World Wide Web. 

For more info on reefbase e-mail direct to 
	reefbase at cgnet.com 

Mark D. Spalding                          E-mail: mark.spalding at wcmc.org.uk 
World Conservation Monitoring Centre 
219 Huntingdon Rd 
Cambridge, CB3 0DL                                     Fax: +44 1223 277136 
United Kingdom                                         Tel: +44 1223 277314 








From coral at aoml.noaa.gov  Thu Sep 12 08:53:43 1996
From: coral at aoml.noaa.gov (Coral Health and Monitoring Program)
Date: Thu, 12 Sep 1996 08:53:43 -0400 (EDT) 
Subject: "Destructive fishing practices: Asia's growing curse" (fwd) 
Message-ID: <Pine.SGI.3.92.960912085329.22059C-100000@coral> 

---------- Forwarded message ---------- 
Date: Wed, 11 Sep 96 12:52:58 EDT 
From: mcall at superaje.com 
To: Coral Health and Monitoring Program <coral at aoml.noaa.gov> 
Subject: Re: "Destructive fishing practices: Asia's growing curse" 

The posting on cyanide fisheries and use of dynamite has considerable factual 
content, though the manner of presentation will lead to misconstruing some of 
that information.  It also omits some information. 

The impression is given that nothing is being done.  Ocean Voice International 
of Ottawa and the Haribon Foundation for Conservation of Natural Resources of 
Manila has had a program going in the Philippines for over six years.  We have 
trained 1000 collectors to use small environmentally friendly nets instead of 
cyanide, provided coastal communities with knowledge about managing their own 
coral reefs in the form of videos and our 126 page English-language manual, SAVE 
OUR CORAL REEFS with 100 figures, and are right now trying to establish an 
export facility for the graduates of our community courses.  An Indonesian 
version of our manual has already been published, and we hope to publish two 
Filipino language versions this year.  One should also mention that the IMA (an 
NGO) and the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (government agency) have 
instituted a cyanide detection test for exports. 

For person wishing more information or wishing to support our program, see our 
home page: 

	http://www.ovi.ca 

For persons wishing reading materials our quarterly bulletin, Sea Wind, now 
going into its 10th volume has a number of articles on cyaniding, dynamiting, 
sedimentation and other human impacts on reefs and the marine environment.  For 
an overview of the sea, read our STATUS OF THE WORLD OCEAN AND ITS BIODIVERSITY, 
in a special 72-page issue of SEA WIND. 

Sincerely, 

don 

Don E. McAllister             /& Canadian Centre for Biodiversity 
Ocean Voice International          /Canadian Museum of Nature 
Box 37026, 3332 McCarthy Rd. /Box 3443, Station D 
Ottawa, ON K1V 0W0, Canada    /Ottawa, ON K1P 6P4 
URL: http://www.ovi.ca  E-mail: mcall at superaje.com 
 (or: ah194 at freenet.carleton.ca) Tel: (613) 264-8986, Fax: (613) 264-9204 


From coral at aoml.noaa.gov  Thu Sep 12 12:16:53 1996
From: coral at aoml.noaa.gov (Coral Health and Monitoring Program)
Date: Thu, 12 Sep 1996 12:16:53 -0400 (EDT) 
Subject: Octocoral Spawn (fwd) 
Message-ID: <Pine.SGI.3.92.960912121506.22501B-100000@coral> 

---------- Forwarded message ---------- 
Date: Thu, 12 Sep 1996 11:51:13 -0400 
From: REEF003 at aol.com 
To: owner-coral-list at reef.aoml.noaa.gov 
Subject: Octocoral Spawn 

The Reef Environmental Education Foundation (REEF) hosted their annual 
Field Survey in Belize the week of September 1st through 7th.  The survey 
team did two dives beginning at dusk and then a later night dive in order 
to watch for the coral spawn and monitor any occurrences. As part of that 
team I witnessed the following: 


9/1/96 6:45pm Northwest Crawl Caye,Turneffe Reef, Belize ( 17 36.35N, 87 
48.35W ) 

Spawning of the Ruby Brittle Star. Many brittle stars were seen 
mounting sea fans, arching high and releasing bundles and sperm, in some 
cases this continued for longer than twenty minutes.The isolated spawning 
of these brittle stars was seen again on subsequent evenings but not 
massed as it appeared on this evening. 


9/4/96 6:45pm Que Brada, Lighthouse Reef, Belize (17 13.04N, 87 36.65W) 

Two heads of brain coral (species not yet identified) spawning bundles for 
approx. 25 minutes after being located. The release was slow, there was no 
current. Bundles drifted slowly upwards and two Four-Eye Butterflyfish as 
well as species of brittle star were seen feeding on the bundles.  The 
colony was about 2ft in diameter and was located about 25ft from the 
drop-off of a deep wall. 


9/4/96 10:05pm Que Brada, Lighthouse Reef, Belize 

I located a single colony of octocoral (species not yet identified, probably 
genus Eunicea) releasing bundles for approx. twenty minutes after being 
located in a depth of 35ft. The release was slow, the bundles drifted up and 
there was no current. Nothing was seen feeding on the bundles. The colony was 
approx. 2.5ft tall located in a sandy patch about 60ft from the drop-off of a 
deep wall. 


9/5/96 6:10pm Dead Mans Point, Turneffe Reef, Belize (17 10.91N, 87 51.87W) 

A small colony (approx 1ft in diameter) of brain coral (species not yet 
identified) was found smoking at 6:10pm just before dusk. The quick release 
was at timed intervals about a minute apart and the smoking continued for 
approx. twenty minutes after the colony was located. The colony was on a high 
ridge of star coral next to a large sand channel and about 60ft from a deep 
wall drop-off. 

I am interested to hear of other observations during the coral spawn week 
and to know whether the spawning of octocorals has been witnessed and/or 
documented elsewhere. 

Deena Wells 
REEF 


From davidson at blue.weeg.uiowa.edu  Thu Sep 12 13:06:08 1996
From: davidson at blue.weeg.uiowa.edu (Osha Gray Davidson)
Date: Thu, 12 Sep 1996 12:06:08 -0500 
Subject: Indonesia visit 
Message-ID: <2.2.32.19960912170608.0069f4a4@blue.weeg.uiowa.edu> 

I'm planning a trip to Indonesia in late November, to do research for a book 
for lay-persons on the importance of coral reefs and associated ecosystems 
(mangroves and seagrass beds) and the anthropogenic problems these systems 
are facing--over-fishing, sedimentation, cyanide, dynamite blasting, etc. 
        Are there list-members in Indonesia who would be willing to serve as 
contacts for this trip--explaining their work and suggesting places and 
people to visit? I'd greatly appreciate the help! 
Thanks, 
Osha Gray Davidson 
14 S. Governor St. 
Iowa City, IA 52240 
USA 
+++++++++++ 
PH: (319) 338-4778 
FAX: (319) 338-8606 
e-mail: davidson at blue.weeg.uiowa.edu 
Center for International and Comparative Studies, University of Iowa 


From ecosense at cura.net  Thu Sep 12 16:56:28 1996
From: ecosense at cura.net (EcoSense)
Date: Thu, 12 Sep 1996 16:56:28 -04:0 
Subject: Spawning Curacao 
Message-ID: <199609122057.QAA27433@tula.cura.net> 

Hello Coral Spawning Fans, 

Coral Spawning observations from Curacao, Netherlands Antilles 1996 

Reefs on Curacao were monitored on with Reef Care Volunteers: 
August 30 through September 2 from 21.00 - 22.15 pm 
August 31 & September 1 from 16.00 - 17.00 pm 
September 3 through September 5 from 19.30 - 23.00 pm 

Spawning observations: 
Date         Location	Species		Time		#		% 
31 Aug     Seaquarium	Gorgonia ventalina?	21.30-22.15	10		25% 
04 Sept     Slangenbaai	Montastrea  annularis  
                                      Columnar	                   21.20		1		<5% 
                                      Massive	                   22.12-22.20	2		<5% 
                                      Montastrea cavernosa	21.45-22.05	3 (2male; 1 female)	5% 
05 Sept     Slangenbaai  Ruby Brittlestar	21.20-21.17	3 (2 male; 1 female) 
                                      Montastrea cavernosa	21.50		1 (male)		<5% 

This is the 6th consecutive year we are monitoring the spawning on 
Curacao. Never before we saw so little spawning in either one of the 
months of this `split-spawning-event'. May be a consequence of last 
years bleaching! A major spawning is expected from 2 to 4 October.   

Observations from Aruba, Bonaire and Saba are pending. 

Manfred van Veghel 
EcoSense <ecosense at cura.net> 
Dr. Manfred L.J. van Veghel 
PO Box 3187 
Curacao, Netherlands Antilles 
Phone and Fax: +599 9 613196 


From ecosense at cura.net  Thu Sep 12 16:56:28 1996
From: ecosense at cura.net (EcoSense)
Date: Thu, 12 Sep 1996 16:56:28 -04:0 
Subject: Spawning Curacao 
Message-ID: <199609122057.QAA27433@tula.cura.net> 

Hello Coral Spawning Fans, 

Coral Spawning observations from Curacao, Netherlands Antilles 1996 

Reefs on Curacao were monitored on with Reef Care Volunteers: 
August 30 through September 2 from 21.00 - 22.15 pm 
August 31 & September 1 from 16.00 - 17.00 pm 
September 3 through September 5 from 19.30 - 23.00 pm 

Spawning observations: 
Date         Location	Species		Time		#		% 
31 Aug     Seaquarium	Gorgonia ventalina?	21.30-22.15	10		25% 
04 Sept     Slangenbaai	Montastrea  annularis  
                                      Columnar	                   21.20		1		<5% 
                                      Massive	                   22.12-22.20	2		<5% 
                                      Montastrea cavernosa	21.45-22.05	3 (2male; 1 female)	5% 
05 Sept     Slangenbaai  Ruby Brittlestar	21.20-21.17	3 (2 male; 1 female) 
                                      Montastrea cavernosa	21.50		1 (male)		<5% 

This is the 6th consecutive year we are monitoring the spawning on 
Curacao. Never before we saw so little spawning in either one of the 
months of this `split-spawning-event'. May be a consequence of last 
years bleaching! A major spawning is expected from 2 to 4 October.   

Observations from Aruba, Bonaire and Saba are pending. 

Manfred van Veghel 
EcoSense <ecosense at cura.net> 
Dr. Manfred L.J. van Veghel 
PO Box 3187 
Curacao, Netherlands Antilles 
Phone and Fax: +599 9 613196 


From gulko at hawaii.edu  Thu Sep 12 18:17:39 1996
From: gulko at hawaii.edu (Dave Alan Gulko)
Date: Thu, 12 Sep 1996 12:17:39 -1000 
Subject: "Coral Bleaching Event in Hawai'i" 
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SGI.3.92.960912085839.22059G-100000@coral> 
Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.93.960912120640.23841A-100000@uhunix1> 

	A major coral bleaching event began in late August in the south 
basin of Kane'ohe Bay, O'ahu in response to high temperature.  A long 
period of hot, calm weather drove temperatures into the 29 - 30 degrees 
centigrade range in the restricted basin (this is 1 - 2 degrees 
centrigrade higher than oceanic temperatures).  The return of trade winds 
and cloud cover during the second week of September lowered surface water 
temperatures into the "safe" range.  If the temperatures continue at 
normal levels, we expect most of the coral to recover within 1-3 months. 
The event is under investigation by Paul Jokiel of the Hawai'i Institute 
of Marine Biology (jokiel at hawaii.edu). 




From pdh at u.washington.edu  Thu Sep 12 18:41:26 1996
From: pdh at u.washington.edu (Preston Hardison)
Date: Thu, 12 Sep 1996 15:41:26 -0700 (PDT) 
Subject: Indonesia visit 
In-Reply-To: <2.2.32.19960912170608.0069f4a4@blue.weeg.uiowa.edu> 
Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.3.92a.960912153622.22741A-100000@saul6.u.washington.edu> 


   Some useful contacts (I can't guarantee they'll all want to talk to 
   you!) are: 

Bapedal-Environmental Impact Agency 
Gedung Arthaloka Lt. 6 
Jl. Jend. Sudirman No. 2 
Jakarta Pusat 
Indonesia 
Tel: (62 21) 251 1533 
Fax: (62 21) 251 1547 
Mr. Muhammad Yunus. Participating in the International Coral Reef 
Initiative East Asian Seas (EAS) Program (ICRI, July, 1996). 


Center for Research and Development for Geotechnology 
Indonesian Institute of Sciences 
Jl. Sangkuriang 
Bandung 
40135 
Indonesia 
Tel: (62 22) 250 3054 
Fax: (62 22) 250 4593 
Email: hautous at geotele.lipi.go.id 
Mr. Wahyoe Suprihantoro: Researcher. Participating in the 
International Coral Reef Initiative East Asian Seas (EAS) Program 
(ICRI, July, 1996). 


CEPI Project 
Canadian International Development Agency 
Jl. Merdeka Barat 15 
Jakarta 
10110 
Indonesia 
Tel: (62 21) 380 7566 
Fax: (62 21) 345 1515 
Mr. John Boers Marine and Coastal Advisor CIDA/LH. 
Participating in the International Coral Reef Initiative East Asian 
Seas (EAS) Program (ICRI, July, 1996). 


Forum Biologi Unri 
Biological Forum 
Universitas Riau 
Fakultas Perikanan 
Jalan Pattimura 9 
Pekanbaru 
28131 
Indonesia 
Tel: (62 761) 23 742 
(62 761) 21 341 
Fax: (62 761) 37 556 

Dr. Syamaruddin Siregar (1996). 


Indonesia Department of Foreign Affairs 
Jl. Taman Pejambon 6 
Jakarta 
10110 
Tel: (62 21) 384 8626 
(62 21) 351 9615 
Fax: (62 21) 385 7315 

Mr. Dewa Made Sastrawan: Economic and Environment Officer. 
Participating in the International Coral Reef Initiative East Asian 
Seas (EAS) Program (ICRI, July, 1996). 


Indonesia Directorate for Human Settlement Technology and 
Environment 
BPPT Bld. II 
Jl. Thamrim No. 8 20th Floor 
Jakarta 
10340 
Indonesia 
Tel: (62 21) 314 9786 
Fax: (62 21) 314 9760 
Email: kwidjaja at btig.pt.bppt.go.id 

Mr. Wage Komarawidjaja Participating in the International Coral 
Reef Initiative East Asian Seas (EAS) Program (ICRI, July, 1996). 


Indonesia Directorate of Forest Protection and Nature Conservation 
Gedung Manggala Wanabhakti 
Block VII LT. 7 Jl. Gatot Subroto 
Jakarta 
Indonesia 
Tel: (62 21) 572 0227 
Fax: (62 21) 572 0227 
Mr. Adi Susmianto: Senior Staff. Participating in the International 
Coral Reef Initiative East Asian Seas (EAS) Program (ICRI, July, 
1996). 


Indonesian Institute of the Sciences - Bureau of Information and 
Oceanography 
Puslitbang Oseanologi - LIPI 
Jl. Pasir Putih I,  Ancol Timur 
Jakarta 
11048 
Indonesia 
Tel: 62 21 683 850 
Fax: 62 21 681 948 
Dr. Malikusworo Hutomo: Chief  (ICRI, May, 1995). 


Indonesia Ministry of State for Environment 
Bureau for International Cooperation 
Jl. Merdeka Barat No. 15 
Jakarta 
10110 
Indonesia 
Tel: (62 21) 384 7082 
Fax: (62 21) 385 9671 
Mr. Dana Kartakusuma: Director. Participating in the International 
Coral Reef Initiative East Asian Seas (EAS) Program (ICRI, July, 
1996). 


Indonesia Ministry of State for Environment 
Jl. Merdeka Barat No. 15 
Jakarta 
10110 
Indonesia 
Tel: (62 21) 344 1035 
       (62 21) 384 7082 
       (62 21) 345 4956 
Fax: (62 21) 384 7075 
        (62 21) 384 6031 
        (62 21) 385 9671 
Mr. Sarwono Kusumaatmadja: Indonesia Minister of State. 
Participating in the International Coral Reef Initiative East Asian 
Seas (EAS) Program (ICRI, July, 1996). 

Ms. Ina Pranoto < pranoto at idola.net.id>: Staff to the Assistant 
Minister I . Participating in the International Coral Reef Initiative 
East Asian Seas (EAS) Program (ICRI, July, 1996). 

Mr. Tommy H. Purwaka: Deputy Assistant Minister. Participating in 
the International Coral Reef Initiative East Asian Seas (EAS) 
Program (ICRI, July, 1996). 

Mr. Sudarsono: Secretary. Participating in the International Coral 
Reef Initiative East Asian Seas (EAS) Program (ICRI, July, 1996). 
Tel: (62 21) 384 6652. 

Mr. Sudaryono: < dariyono at idnmenlh.menlh.go.id > Deputy 
Assistant Minister. Participating in the International Coral Reef 
Initiative East Asian Seas (EAS) Program (ICRI, July, 1996). 

Ms. Wati Umirusyanawati: Staff to the Assistant Minister I . 
Participating in the International Coral Reef Initiative East Asian 
Seas (EAS) Program (ICRI, July, 1996). 

Mr. Henk Uuktolseya: Senior Staff. Participating in the International 
Coral Reef Initiative East Asian Seas (EAS) Program (ICRI, July, 
1996). 


Oceanology Research and Development Centre 
National Institute of Science 
Jalan Gondangdia Lama 39 
Jakarta Pusat 
Indonesia 
Tel: (62 21) 683 850 
 (62 21) 391 7616 
Fax: (62 21) 681 948 
(62 21) 314 8779 
Email: moosa295 at cbn.net.id 

Mr. Mohammad Kasim Moosa: Researcher. Participating in the 
International Coral Reef Initiative East Asian Seas (EAS) Program 
(ICRI, July, 1996). 



The Nature Conservancy - Indonesia - Coastal and Marine Program 
Jalan Radio IV, No. 5 
Kebayaran Baru 
Jakarta Selatan 
12001 
Indonesia 
Tel: 62 21 7206484 
Fax: 62 21 7245092 
Dr. Marty Fujita: Director, Indonesia Program. <mfujita at tnc.org> 
Mr. Charles W. Cook: Director, Coastal and Marine Program. 
Participated in COP-II of the Convention on Biological Diversity, 
November, 1995. 

Mr. Herling Sanger: Coordinator, Coastal and Marine Program. 
Participated in COP-II of the Convention on Biological Diversity, 
November, 1995. 

Mr. Rili Hawari Djohani: Assistant Director. Participated in COP-II 
of the Convention on Biological Diversity, November, 1995. 


Research and Development Centre for Oceanology 
Indonesian Institutes of Sciences 
Jalan Pasir Putih No.1 
P.O. Box 580 Dak 
Ancol Timur 
Jakarta Utara 
11001 
Indonesia 
Tel: (62 21) 683 850 
Fax: (62 21) 681 948 
Mr. Malikusworo Hutomo 
Mr. Suharsono: Senior Researcher 
International Coral Reef Initiative East Asian Seas (EAS) Program 


Rinjani Marine Foundation 
Jl. Pemuda 25 
Mataram 
83125 
Lombok 
Indonesia 
Tel: 62 364 36040 
Fax: 62 364 33972 
Ms. Nant. Participated in COP-II of the Convention on Biological 
Diversity, November, 1995. 
Mr. Nefo Ginting. Participated in COP-II of the Convention on 
Biological Diversity, November, 1995. 


Wahana Lingkungan Hidup Indonesia - WALHI 
Jalan Perjernihan 1 
Komplek Keuangan 15 
Pejompongan 
10210 
Jakarta 
Indonesia 
Tel: (62 21) 586 820 
Fax: (68 21) 573 8416 
Email: walhi at peg.apc.org 
cansea at peg.apc.org   (Climate Action network, Southeast Asia) 
Indonesian Forum for the Environment (FoE Indonesia) 


Wetlands International - Indonesia Programme 
JI. Arzimar III No. 17 
[P.O. Box 254 
BOO 
16001] 
Bogor 
16152 
Indonesia 
Tel: (62 251) 312 189 
Fax: (62 251) 325 755 
Email: wi-ip at .server.indo.net.id 
Internet: (On-line, but I don't seem to have the URL) 
Mr. Prianto Wibowo: Wetland Ecologist. Participating in the 
International Coral Reef Initiative East Asian Seas (EAS) Program 
(ICRI, July, 1996). 
Bas E. vanHelvoort (1996). 


World Wide Fund for Nature - Indonesia Programme - Marine 
Conservation 
Jl. Kramat Pela No. 3, Gandaria Utar 
Kebayoran Baru 
P.O. Box 29  JKSKM 
Jakarta Selatan 
12001 
Indonesia 
Tel: (62 21) 790 3095 
Fax: (62 21) 739 5907 
Caroline Raymakers (1996). Support for national parks and 
protected areas planning. Assists in park zoning, alternative 
economic development and community collaboration. Coral reef 
protection in parks planning for Thousand Islands National Park, 
Java; Taka Bone Rate Atoll, South Sulawesi, Indonesia. (Source: 
International Coral Reef NGO Directory, 1996) 
Ms. Novia Andalusi: Marine Conservation. Participated in COP-II 
of the Convention on Biological Diversity, November, 1995. 


Yayasan Kehati (BIODIVERSITY FOUNDATION) 
Jalan Jenderal Gatot Subroto Kav. 32-34 
Jakarta 
12950 
Indonesia 
Tel: 62 21 522 8031 
Fax: 62 21 255 8033 
Mr. Koesnadi Hardjasoemantri: Vice Chairman. 


YLLI-Laut Lestari Foundation 
Jl. Talaud 4 
Roxy 
Jakarta 
Indonesia 
Tel: (62 21) 385 9187 
(62 21) 345 0695 
Fax: (62 21) 384 6575 

Ms. Ida Ayu Purbasari. Participating in the International Coral Reef 
Initiative East Asian Seas (EAS) Program (ICRI, July, 1996). 


I've got a number of more, but this is what came up on a quick search and 
dump of the ICONS database. You might also want to look up: 

Kelleher, Graeme, Chris Bleakley and Sue Wells (Principle Eds.)(1995). A 
   Global Representative System of Marine Protected Areas Vol III: Central 
Indian Ocean, Arabian Seas, East Africa and East Asian Seas. Great Barrier 
Marine Park Authority/The World Bank/The World Conservation Union (IUCN), 
The World Bank, Washington, DC. 

--------------------- 
Preston Hardison 
pdh at u.washington.edu 













From ffbcp at aurora.alaska.edu  Thu Sep 12 19:34:02 1996
From: ffbcp at aurora.alaska.edu (Brian C. Paust)
Date: Thu, 12 Sep 1996 15:34:02 -0800 (AKDT) 
Subject: Agenda - Live Seafood Shipping Conference 
Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.3.91.960912152401.895B-100000@aurora.alaska.edu> 

The Live Seafood Shipping Conference: 

A Conference and Exhibition on the Marketing and Shipping=20 
of Live Seafood and Ornamentals - Finfish, Shellfish, and=20 
Plants 



MARKETING & SHIPPING LIVE AQUATIC=20 
PRODUCTS '96 

October 13 - 15, 1996 

Seattle, Washington USA 

EXHIBITORS INFORMATION & REGISTRATION 

Conference Lectures - October 14 - 15, 1996 
Suppliers Exhibit - October 13, 1996 



If your business or specialty is involved with the holding or=20 
shipping of live seafood and ornamental products, this is=20 
an important conference for you.   Speakers and posters will=20 
describe practical methods for the live holding of products=20 
from Alaska, the Pacific Northwest, and other regions of=20 
the world.  =20 

This  conference will not soon be repeated in this region.  For=20 
additional information, contact: 
John Peters (103243.675 at compuserve.com)  or 
Brian Paust (ffbcp at aurora.Alaska.edu). 

AGENDA 

SUNDAY   October 13     Noon-7pm  EXHIBITION HALL 

REGISTRATION - Conference Center Lobby 

EXHIBITORS=20 

Aqua Logic, Inc., San Diego, California 
Aquatic Eco-Systems, Apopka, Florida 
Grabber International, Grand Rapids, Michigan 
Novalek, Inc., Hayward, California 
Point Four Systems, Port Moody, B.C. Canada 
TechPak - Peabody Massachusetts 
U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Silver Springs, Maryland 
Ryan Instruments, Redmond, Washington 

POSTERS =20 

DOMESTIC REGULATORY BARRIERS TO THE=20 
MARKETING OF LIVE AQUATIC PRODUCTS FROM=20 
AND WITHIN THE NORTH PACIFIC REGION OF THE=20 
UNITED STATES. 
Gleyn Bledsoe, Ph.D., Sheldon Jackson College, Sitka, Alaska 

NORTH PACIFIC SPECIES APPROPRIATE FOR LIVE=20 
FISH MARKETING 
Gleyn Bledsoe, Ph.D., Sheldon Jackson College, Sitka,=20 
Alaska 

DISPLAY AND DEMONSTRATION OF A STATE-OF- 
THE-ART SALMON RESEARCH FACILITY AND=20 
RECIRCULATING SYSTEM, WITH COMPUTER CONTROL=20 
AND MONITORING. 
Mike Rust, Ph.D., National Marine Fisheries Service, Seattle,=20 
Washington 

A NOVEL METHOD FOR THE STORAGE OF LIVE=20 
Nephrops norvegicus DURING LIVE SHIPMENT. 
Andre  Schmitt, PH.D., Department de Ciencias Fisiologicas. =20 
Universidade do Rio 
Grande - FURG 

THE NEW ZEALAND AND IKE DAI LIVE TRANSPORT=20 
SYSTEM. 
Barry Torkington, Fish Transport Systems, Ltd. Canada and=20 
New Zealand 

THE APPLICATION OF COX TEMPERATURE RECORDERS=20 
IN THE LIVE INDUSTRY. 
James Cox, Cox Recorders Inc., Upland, California 

LIVE HOLDING AND TRANSPORT OF MONKFISH. 
Ben Baxter, Marine Live Products/Marine Machines, Inc.,=20 
Bernard, Maine 

BREAKING INTO THE LIVE TRADE:  THE TRIALS &=20 
TRIBULATIONS OF A TRUCKER. 
Stu Craig, Continental Truck Freight Brokers, Ellensburg,=20 
Washington. 

INTERRELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LIVE MARKETING=20 
AND AQUACULTURE-COMMERCIAL FISHERIES. 
K.C. Dochtermann, Rock Bottom Seafoods, Seattle,=20 
Washington 

ANIMAL HEALTH REQUIREMENTS FOR LIVE=20 
AQUATICS EXPORTS. 
Ralph Elston, Pacific Shellfish Institute, Carlsborg,=20 
Washington 

THE EXPERIENCE OF SHIPPING LIVE EGGS. 
Per Heggelund, Aqua Seed Corp, Seattle, Washington 

DESCRIPTION OF AN INNOVATIVE PACKAGING=20 
SYSTEM:  THE CLOUD PACK STORY. 
Leonard LaRosa, Rose Seafood Industries, Woburn,=20 
Massachusetts 

VIABLE ALTERNATIVES ON THE ROAD TO=20 
SUSTAINABILITY. 
Alfredo Quarto, Mangrove Action Project, Seattle,=20 
Washington 

HOLDING AND TRANSPORT OF THE PACIFIC=20 
OYSTER: THE ALASKA PERSPECTIVE. 
Ray RaLonde, University of Alaska, Anchorage 

THE NEW ZEALAND AND IKE DAI LIVE TRANSPORT=20 
SYSTEM. 
Barry Torkington, Fish Transport Systems Ltd., Canada and=20 
New Zealand 

SUSTAINABILITY ISSUES FOR THE TRADE IN WILD=20 
AND CULTURED AQUARIUM SPECIES. 
Leonard Young, Aqaculture Development Program, Hawaii=20 
Dept. of Land & Water 
Resources, Honolulu 

MONDAY  October 14    7:00am-6:45pm  AUDITORIUM 

7:00  --  BREAKFAST  - Conference Center Lobby 

8:00  --  WELCOME - John B. Peters, Nor'Westerly Food=20 
Technology Services, 
=09=09Conference Manager 
          --  INTRODUCTIONS - Brian Paust, Chairman=20 
Program Committee, University 
=09=09of Alaska, Petersburg, Alaska 

GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE OF THE LIVE FISH TRADE. 
Jerome E. Erbacher, International Trade Specialist, National=20 
Marine Fisheries 
Service, Silver Springs,  Maryland 

THE ORNAMENTAL FISH TRADE:  STATUS, TRENDS=20 
AND SHIPPING TECHNIQUES. 
Paul Olin, Ph.D., University of California, Santa Rosa 

EXOTIC SPECIES AND THE LIVE AQUATICS TRADE. 
Annette Olson, Ph.D., University of Washington, Seattle,=20 
Washington 

DESTRUCTIVE FISHING PRACTICES IN THE=20 
ORNAMENTAL AND LIVE SEAFOOD INDUSTRIES. 
Bob Johannes, and  Bob Gillett, Lami, Fiji 

ANIMAL WELFARE CONSIDERATIONS IN LIVE=20 
AQUATIC TRANSPORT. 
Donald Boisvert, Ph.D., Canadian Council on Animal Care,=20 
Ottawa 

10:15-10:40  --  Refreshment Break in Lobby 
10:40- 1:00 
AQUATIC ANIMAL HEALTH CERTIFICATION FOR=20 
INTERNATIONAL TRADE. 
Richard Fite, Otis Miller, USDA Animal and Plant Inspection=20 
Service, Riverdale, 
Maryland 

TRANSBOUNDARY REGULATIONS OF LIVE INDUSTRY=20 
(ALASKA CASE HISTORY) 
Jim Cochran, Alaska Dept. of Fish & Game, Juneau, Alaska 

FEDERAL REGULATORY CONCERNS IN=20 
AQUACULTURE PRODUCT. 
Michael Goza, U.S. Food & Drug Administration.,=20 
Seattle, Washington 

RESTRAINTS OF SHIPPING LIVE:  LESSONS TO BE=20 
LEARNED FROM THE AQUASEED EXPERIENCE. 
Per Heggelund, AquaSeed Corp., Seattle, Washington 

MAINTAINING THE INTRINSIC QUALITY OF LIVE- 
MARKETED SHELLFISH BY SUPPLYING THEIR=20 
PHYSIOLOGICAL NEEDS. 
Roger Uglow, Ph.D., University of Hull, United Kingdom 

FUNDAMENTAL DESIGN AND MANAGEMENT OF LIVE=20 
AQUATIC HOLDING SYSTEMS WITH AN EMPHASIS ON=20 
MODERATING THE EFFECTS OF SHOCK LOADING. 
Mark Francis, Aquaneering, Inc., San Diego, California 

1:00-2:30 
Lunch  --  Harborside Dining Room 
BROKER PERSPECTIVE ON THE LIVE SHELLFISH=20 
IMPORT/EXPORT BUSINESS 
Bill Marinelli, Marinelli Shellfish Company, San Francisco 

2:30 - 4:25 
LIVE SHELLFISH FISHERIES OF CALIFORNIA'S=20 
SOUTH-CENTRAL COAST: HARVESTING, HANDLING,=20 
AND SHIPPING OF HIGH-VALUE CRUSTACEANS AND=20 
MOLLUSKS. 
John Richards, California Sea Grant Extension Program, Santa=20 
Barbara, and Rick 
Gutierrez, San Pedro Fish Company, Santa Barbara  and Robert J.=20 
Price, Ph.D., 
Dept. of Food Science and Tech., University of California,=20 
Davis, California 

DELIVERING A QUALITY PRODUCT: POST-HARVEST=20 
TREATMENTS OF WILD-CAUGHT SHELLFISH FOR THE=20 
UK LIVE EXPORT MARKET. =20 
Roger Uglow, Ph.D., University of Hull , United Kingdom 

LIVE SHIPPING OF AQUATIC PRODUCTS IN THE=20 
NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES. 
John W. Ewart, College of Marine Studies, University  of=20 
Delaware, Lewes, Delaware 

FROM HARVEST TO MARKET: MAINTAINING THE=20 
QUALITY AND VALUE OF LIVE MANILLA CLAMS=20 
(tapes philippinaru) 
William A. Heath, Ph.D., B.C. Ministry of Agriculture,=20 
Fisheries & Food, 
Courtenay, British Columbia, Canada. 

SCALLOP HANDLING AND LIVE SHIPMENT. 
Jon Agosti, Qutekcak Shellfish Hatchery, Seward, Alaska 

4:25-4:50  --  Refreshment Break in Lobby 
4:50-6:45 
THE TAYLOR UNITED WET STORAGE SYSTEM FOR=20 
BIVALVES 
Bill Dewey, Taylor United, Shelton, Washington 

LIVE MARKET GEODUCKS:  EXPORT PACKAGING &=20 
ADEC REGULATIONS. 
Stephen La Croix, Nelson Products, Ketchikan, Alaska 

CULTURE, HOLDING, AND AIR TRANSPORT OF=20 
GIANT CLAMS (tridachna) FROM THE SOUTH PACIFIC. 
Idris Lane, International Center for Living Aquatic Resources=20 
Management, Honiara, 
Solomon Islands 

SHIPPING ADULT AND LARVAL ABALONE (haliotis=20 
spp.)  FOR RESEARCH OR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES. 
Susan McBride, California Sea Grant,  Eureka, California 

LIVE HOLDING AND TRANSPORT OF SEA URCHINS. 
Ben Baxter, Marine Live Products/Marine Machines, Inc.,=20 
Bernard, Maine 

THE USE OF INNOVATIVE PLASTIC "BREATHING=20 
BAGS" FOR THE TRANSPORT OF LIVE AQUATICS. 
Robert Rofen, Ph. D., Novalek Inc. and Aquatic Research=20 
Institute, Hayward, 
California 

6:45 - ADJOURN 

TUESDAY  October 15     7am-6pm    AUDITORIUM 

7:00-8:00  --  BREAKFAST in Conference Center Lobby 

8:00  --  INTRODUCTIONS - Brian Paust 

8:10 - 10:15 
LIVE HANDLING AND TRANSPORT OF DUNGENESS=20 
CRAB. 
Roger Brock, Trilogy Pacific, Inc. Bellingham, Washington 

LIVE FLOUNDER IN NORTH CAROLINA:  METHODS=20 
OF A GROWING INDUSTRY. 
Skip Kemp,  Sea Grant Program, Atlantic Beach, NC 

LIVE SHIPMENT OF THE MARINE SHRIMP, Penaeus=20 
vannamei, WITHOUT WATER. 
Craig L. Browdy, Ph.D., South Carolina Department of=20 
Natural Resources, U.S. 
Marine Shrimp Farming Program 

THE EFFECTS OF FRESHWATER SHRIMP SURVIVAL=20 
DURING WATERLESS SHIPMENT USING A ZEOLITE=20 
PACKAGING ENVIRONMENT. 
Carol Harper, Ph.D., Ruben Perz Sijo and John M. Kubaryk, =20 
University of Puerto 
Rico, Mayagez, P.R. 

AIR TRANSPORT OF LIVE KURUMA PRAWNS (Penaeus=20 
japonicus) TEMPERATURE CONTROL IMPROVES=20 
SURVIVAL. 
Bruce Goodrick, Senior Food Technologist, AAIFST,=20 
Queensland,  Australia 
10:00 - 10:30  --  Refreshment Break in Lobby 

10:30 - 1:00 
THE HOLDING AND LIVE SHIPPING OF LOBSTER:=20 
THE CANADIAN PERSPECTIVE. 
Colin MacDonald, Clearwater Fine Foods Inc., Bedford,=20 
Nova Scotia, Canada 

SHIPPING & HANDLING OF LIVE LOBSTERS:  THE=20 
AMERICAN PERSPECTIVE. 
John Riley,  Bio-Resource Engineering Department=20 
University of Maine,  Orono, 
Maine 

DEVELOPMENT OF THE BRITISH COLUMBIA LIVE=20 
FINFISH INDUSTRY. 
Mike Hamer, Vancouver, B.C., Canada 

AN INSIDE LOOK AT CATCHING, TRANSPORTING,=20 
AND MARKETING LIVE ROCKFISH. 
Richard Larson, Powak Fishing Co., Salt Spring Island,  BC, =20 
Canada 

THE BRITISH COLUMBIA LIVE FINFISH FISHERY=20 
FROM THE SMALL BOAT HARVESTER PERSPECTIVE. 
Valentyn deLeeuw and Hilde Harrison, Duncan,  British=20 
Columbia, Canada 

RAPID CHANGES AND GROWTH OF CALIFORNIA'S=20 
LIVE FINFISH FISHERY. 
Kimberly McKee-Lewis, California Dept. of Fish & Game,=20 
Santa Barbara, California 

LIVE FISH TECHNOLOGY: HISTORICAL CONVENIENCE=20 
TO MODERN MULTISPECIES STRATEGY IN NORWAY. 
Kjell Midling, Norwegian Institute of Fisheries and Aquaculture,=20 
Tromsoe, Norway 

1:00-2:30 
Lunch  --  Harborside Dining Room 
TRANSPORT OF KILLER WHALE FROM MEXICO CITY=20 
TO NEWPORT, OREGON 
Mark Dickens, United Parcel Service, Atlanta, Georgia 

2:30 - 3:55 
THE DESIGN AND OPERATION OF LIVE SEAFOOD=20 
HOLDING SYSTEMS. 
Jerry Lang,  Majestic Seafood Products, Inc., Richmond  BC,=20 
Canada 

DEVELOPMENT OF IMPROVED TECHNIQUES FOR THE=20 
TRANSPORT OF LIVE FISH. 
Mike  Rimmer,  Finfish Aquaculture Research Group,  Cairns, =20 
Queensland, 
Australia 

MAJOR ELEMENTS OF A LIVE FISH TRANSPORT=20 
SYSTEM USING PURE OXYGEN 
Rob and Tjarda Barratt, Point Four Systems Inc., Port Moody, =20 
BC, Canada 

AQUAHAUL:  DEVELOPMENT OF HAULING TANK=20 
TREATMENT FOR FOOD FISH. 
James Fajt, AquaHaul, Manhattan, Kansas 

3:55 - 4:20  --  Refreshment Break - in Lobby 
4:20-6:00 
DESCRIPTION AND APPLICATION OF AQUI-S. 
Jan Holland, Fish Transport Systems Ltd.  Canada and=20 
New Zealand 

THE NEW ZEALAND AND IKE DAI LIVE TRANSPORT=20 
SYSTEM. 
Barry Torkington, Fish Transport Systems Ltd., Canada and=20 
New Zealand 

LIVE TRADE IN CALIFORNIA FROM THE=20 
WHOLESALER'S PERSPECTIVE. 
Henry Cheung, Charlie Seafood, San Francisco, California=20 
and  Paul Olin, Ph.D., 
University  of California 

REVIEW OF THE LIVE FISH INDUSTRY:  A=20 
CALIFORNIA RESTAURANT OWNER'S PERSPECTIVE. 
John Ho, Ming Dynasty Restaurant, Santa Barbara,=20 
California and Deborah McArdle, 
University of California, Santa Barbara, California 

6:00  --  Brian Paust    CLOSING REMARKS 

***ADJOURN*** 
=C5 


From coral at aoml.noaa.gov  Fri Sep 13 09:10:44 1996
From: coral at aoml.noaa.gov (Coral Health and Monitoring Program)
Date: Fri, 13 Sep 1996 09:10:44 -0400 (EDT) 
Subject: Spawning at FGBNMS 
Message-ID: <Pine.SGI.3.92.960913091014.24279A-100000@coral> 

---------- Forwarded message ---------- 
Date: Thu, 12 Sep 1996 13:42:15 -0400 
From: CBAggie at aol.com 
To: coral at aoml.noaa.gov 
Subject: Re: Octocoral Spawn (fwd) 

On the night of  Sept 3, 4, &5 A mass spawning event was again observed at 
the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary.  In addition the the many 
colonies of Diploria and Montastrea species obsreved releasing gametes, a 
single small (approx. 15cm diameter)  colony of Porites astreoides was 
observed slowly releasing a milky white substance similar to the sperm 
release previously seen in male M. cavernosa species.  This seems somewhat 
unexpected, as I understand P. astreoides to be a brooding species.  Could 
someone shed some light on this for me. 

Carl Beaver 
Center for Coastal Studies 
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi 


From strong at nadn.navy.mil  Fri Sep 13 09:33:04 1996
From: strong at nadn.navy.mil (Prof Alan E Strong)
Date: Fri, 13 Sep 1996 09:33:04 -0400 (EDT) 
Subject: "Coral Bleaching Event in Hawai'i" 
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.3.93.960912120640.23841A-100000@uhunix1> 
Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.95.960913092654.8036A-100000@charleston> 

Dave Gulko - 
Coral bleaching enthusiasts[?]: You may now get up to date SST anomaly 
info that should help in locating potential high-SST related coral 
bleaching areas of possible concern from our WebSite at: 

http://psbsgi1.nesdis.noaa.gov:8080/PSB/EPS/SST/climo.html 

Let us know what you think. 

Hawaii has been in an area of high SSTs for the past month or so... 

Cheers, 
Al Strong 
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                                Alan E. Strong 
Physical Scientist/Oceanographer                 Adj. Asst. Professor 
  NOAA/NESDIS/ORA/ORAD -- E/RA3                    US Naval Academy 
  NOAA Science Center -- RM 711                    Oceanography Department 
  Camp Springs, MD  20233                          Annapolis, MD  21402 
	301-763-8102                                    410-293-6566 [v-mail] 
	astrong at nesdis.noaa.gov                         strong at nadn.navy.mil 
	FAX: 301-763-8020                               FAX: 410-293-2137 
     http://www.nadn.navy.mil/Oceanography/FACULTY/AES_resume.html 
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On Thu, 12 Sep 1996, Dave Alan Gulko wrote: 

> 	A major coral bleaching event began in late August in the south 
> basin of Kane'ohe Bay, O'ahu in response to high temperature.  A long 
> period of hot, calm weather drove temperatures into the 29 - 30 degrees 
> centigrade range in the restricted basin (this is 1 - 2 degrees 
> centrigrade higher than oceanic temperatures).  The return of trade winds 
> and cloud cover during the second week of September lowered surface water 
> temperatures into the "safe" range.  If the temperatures continue at 
> normal levels, we expect most of the coral to recover within 1-3 months. 
> The event is under investigation by Paul Jokiel of the Hawai'i Institute 
> of Marine Biology (jokiel at hawaii.edu). 
>  
>  
>  
>  


From sgittings at ocean.nos.noaa.gov  Fri Sep 13 10:19:02 1996
From: sgittings at ocean.nos.noaa.gov (Gittings, S.)
Date: 13 Sep 1996 10:19:02 -0400 
Subject: Coral spawning@Flower Gardens 
Message-ID: <n1369512436.5577@ocean.nos.noaa.gov> 

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From Norbert.Schmidt at net4you.co.at  Fri Sep 13 13:42:51 1996
From: Norbert.Schmidt at net4you.co.at (Norbert Schmidt)
Date: Fri, 13 Sep 1996 19:42:51 +0200 
Subject: Coral spawning Curacao 
Message-ID: <1.5.4.32.19960913174251.00687e40@net4you.co.at> 

Manfred van Veghel reports spawning was observed for the sixth consecutive 
year.Would be interested whether it occurred every year at the very same time?? 

I suggest to include in all future reports lunar phase and currentconditions 
as well.(Can figure out moon phase of specific dates of course,but who has 
such a calender at hands? Currents are a lot more difficult to reconstruct). 
In my observations in Maldives virtually everything is related to currents 
(or is it the moon causing the currents?) 

Norbert Schmidt 


From woodley at uwimona.edu.jm  Fri Sep 13 14:55:17 1996
From: woodley at uwimona.edu.jm (Jeremy Woodley)
Date: Fri, 13 Sep 1996 13:55:17 -0500 (GMT-0500) 
Subject: Spawning Curacao 
In-Reply-To: <199609122057.QAA27433@tula.cura.net> 
Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.90.960913134912.3439D-100000@minotaur.uwimona.edu.jm> 

A quick question: did you check for spawning at the Last Quarter in early  
August?  In Jamaica, we though that would be too early this year: as they  
did at the Flower Gardens, but were then surprised by the amount of spawning. 

Jeremy Woodley 

On Thu, 12 Sep 1996, EcoSense wrote: 

> Hello Coral Spawning Fans, 
>  
> Coral Spawning observations from Curacao, Netherlands Antilles 1996 
>  
> Reefs on Curacao were monitored on with Reef Care Volunteers: 
> August 30 through September 2 from 21.00 - 22.15 pm 
> August 31 & September 1 from 16.00 - 17.00 pm 
> September 3 through September 5 from 19.30 - 23.00 pm 
>  
> Spawning observations: 
> Date         Location	Species		Time		#		% 
> 31 Aug     Seaquarium	Gorgonia ventalina?	21.30-22.15	10		25% 
> 04 Sept     Slangenbaai	Montastrea  annularis  
>                                       Columnar	                   21.20		1		<5% 
>                                       Massive	                   22.12-22.20	2		<5% 
>                                       Montastrea cavernosa	21.45-22.05	3 (2male; 1 female)	5% 
> 05 Sept     Slangenbaai  Ruby Brittlestar	21.20-21.17	3 (2 male; 1 female) 
>                                       Montastrea cavernosa	21.50		1 (male)		<5% 
>  
> This is the 6th consecutive year we are monitoring the spawning on 
> Curacao. Never before we saw so little spawning in either one of the 
> months of this `split-spawning-event'. May be a consequence of last 
> years bleaching! A major spawning is expected from 2 to 4 October.   
>  
> Observations from Aruba, Bonaire and Saba are pending. 
>  
> Manfred van Veghel 
> EcoSense <ecosense at cura.net> 
> Dr. Manfred L.J. van Veghel 
> PO Box 3187 
> Curacao, Netherlands Antilles 
> Phone and Fax: +599 9 613196 
>  


From cindyh at hawaii.edu  Fri Sep 13 23:20:36 1996
From: cindyh at hawaii.edu (Cindy Hunter)
Date: Fri, 13 Sep 1996 17:20:36 -1000 
Subject: "Coral Bleaching Event in Hawai'i" 
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.3.93.960912120640.23841A-100000@uhunix1> 
Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.93.960913165518.13281A-100000@uhunix3> 


The current coral bleaching event in Hawaii is not limited to Kane'ohe 
Bay.  Corals in Kailua Bay, a shallow but more open-coast environment 
southeast of Kane'ohe Bay on Oahu, have shown exceptional bleaching 
responses over the past two weeks.  

The bleaching in Kailua Bay was first evident on Labor Day weekend--just 
after a period of very warm, nearly windless weather conditions.  
Near-shore seawater temperature in Kailua Bay on September 2nd was 31 
degrees C. Up until that time (over the past four years), we had not 
measured temperatures higher than 29.5 degrees in Kailua Bay [on 9/7/95]. 
All coral species (large massive bommies=Porites evermanni and P.  lobata;  
rice and lavendar coral=Montipora verrucosa and M. flabellata; rose and 
lace coral=Pocillopora meandrina, P. ligulata, and P. damicornis)  were 
bleached to varying extent, except the common finger coral, Porites 
compressa; bleaching in this species didn't appear for another three to 
four days.  Of note is that colonies of Montipora patula, an encrusting 
species found in the same habitat and often adjacent to bleached Montipora 
verrucosa and M. flabellata, has _not_ bleached.  

As of yesterday (September 12th), nearly every coral in Kailua Bay from 
shore to about 1.5 km out--in depths to 5 m--appeared bleached, with most 
colonies being white or very pale. In the past 10 years of our studies on 
corals in Kailua Bay, we have not seen anything close to such a bleaching 
response, both in terms of extent of pigment loss and numbers of species 
involved.  

Seawater temperatures returned to normal (about 28 degrees) rapidly 
(within a week). Since we have not previously observed such an extreme 
bleaching event in Hawaii, we cannot predict how long corals will take to 
recover. Some mortality is already apparent in colonies of the most 
rapidly bleached species-- Pocillopora damicornis and P. meandrina (lace 
and rose coral).  


Cindy Hunter 
Celia Smith  
Botany Dept. 
University of Hawaii 




From brosnan at lclark.edu  Sat Sep 14 12:31:20 1996
From: brosnan at lclark.edu (Dr.Deborah M. Brosnan)
Date: Sat, 14 Sep 1996 09:31:20 -0700 (PDT) 
Subject: jetty impacts 
Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.3.91.960914092107.1613B-100000@sun.lclark.edu> 

I am looking for any information on the impacts of constructing jetties  
and marinas on coral reef communities. I'm interested in effects of the  
actual construction process, e.g. increased turbidity, sedimentation  
etc. from disturbing the sediment. I'm also interested in teh secondary  
and longterm effects. For instance, a new jetty or marina means more boat  
traffic and there is greater potential for anchor damage, and oil  
pollution (often runoff from discarded oil). 

If anyone has any information, or knows of publications or reports I'd  
appreciate hearing from you. 
Thanks 
Deborah Brosnan 


From coral at aoml.noaa.gov  Mon Sep 16 08:17:59 1996
From: coral at aoml.noaa.gov (Coral Health and Monitoring Program)
Date: Mon, 16 Sep 1996 08:17:59 -0400 (EDT) 
Subject: Spawning at FGBNMS (fwd) 
Message-ID: <Pine.SGI.3.92.960916081740.783B-100000@coral> 

---------- Forwarded message ---------- 
Date: Fri, 13 Sep 1996 17:14:23 -0400 
From: Alina Szmant <aszmant at rsmas.miami.edu> 
To: Coral Health and Monitoring Program <coral at aoml.noaa.gov> 
Subject: Re: Spawning at FGBNMS 

Porites astreoides is a brooder, but that means it broods it's eggs.  if it 
is to outcross with other individuals, each colony must release sperm, which 
is likely what you saw. 

Alina Szmant 

At 09:10 AM 9/13/96 -0400, you wrote: 
>---------- Forwarded message ---------- 
>Date: Thu, 12 Sep 1996 13:42:15 -0400 
>From: CBAggie at aol.com 
>To: coral at aoml.noaa.gov 
>Subject: Re: Octocoral Spawn (fwd) 
> 
>On the night of  Sept 3, 4, &5 A mass spawning event was again observed at 
>the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary.  In addition the the many 
>colonies of Diploria and Montastrea species obsreved releasing gametes, a 
>single small (approx. 15cm diameter)  colony of Porites astreoides was 
>observed slowly releasing a milky white substance similar to the sperm 
>release previously seen in male M. cavernosa species.  This seems somewhat 
>unexpected, as I understand P. astreoides to be a brooding species.  Could 
>someone shed some light on this for me. 
> 
>Carl Beaver 
>Center for Coastal Studies 
>Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi 
> 
> 
> 
********************************************** 
Dr. Alina M. Szmant 
Coral Reef Research Group 
RSMAS-MBF 
University of Miami 
4600 Rickenbacker Cswy. 
Miami FL 33149 

TEL: (305)361-4609 
FAX: (305)361-4600 or 361-4005 
E-mail:  ASZMANT at RSMAS.MIAMI.EDU 
********************************************** 


From coral at aoml.noaa.gov  Wed Sep 18 07:58:37 1996
From: coral at aoml.noaa.gov (Coral Health and Monitoring Program)
Date: Wed, 18 Sep 1996 07:58:37 -0400 (EDT) 
Subject: NOAA/EPA Coral Reef Symposium (1/95) on Web 
Message-ID: <Pine.SGI.3.92.960918075601.2339A-100000@coral> 


The symposium entitled, 

A Coral Reef Symposium on Practical, Reliable, Low Cost Monitoring Methods 
for Assessing the Biota and Habitat Conditions of Coral Reefs 
(January 26-27, 1995; Annapolis, Maryland) 

can now be viewed on the Web at the following URL: 

	http://www.epa.gov/OW/coral/symposium.html 




From jogden at marine.usf.edu  Wed Sep 18 16:46:58 1996
From: jogden at marine.usf.edu (John Ogden)
Date: Wed, 18 Sep 1996 16:46:58 -0400 (EDT) 
Subject: Coral harvest for bone restoration 
Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.93.960918164213.29378A-100000@jaws.marine.usf.edu> 


Does anyone have any information on the harvest of corals for orthopedic 
surgery and bone restoration?  I am particularly interested in where and 
how such coral collection is done, what species are taken, and whether or 
not it is damaging to coral reefs.  Does anyone know the companies that 
prepare the material for medical use?  Thanks. 

John C. Ogden        Director        Phone:  813/893-9100 
Florida Institute of Oceanography    Fax:    813/893-9109 
830 First Street South               St. Petersburg, Florida 33701 


From carlson at soest.hawaii.edu  Wed Sep 18 23:03:00 1996
From: carlson at soest.hawaii.edu (Bruce Carlson)
Date: Wed, 18 Sep 1996 17:03:00 -1000 (HST) 
Subject: Coral harvest for bone restoration 
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SUN.3.93.960918164213.29378A-100000@jaws.marine.usf.edu> 
Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.95.960918170007.6389B-100000@iniki> 



John, 

Can't add much insight to help answer your question, except that Goniopora 
and, I think, Porites are both used for bone grafts.  But I want to add 
that I would be interested in receiving the same information.  Most corals 
are fairly easy to cultivate in captivity and if there is a demand the 
Waikiki Aquarium (and other "coral farmers") might be able to provide 
cultured material. 

Bruce Carlson 
Waikiki Aquarium 

On Wed, 18 Sep 1996, John Ogden wrote: 

>  
> Does anyone have any information on the harvest of corals for orthopedic 
> surgery and bone restoration?  I am particularly interested in where and 
> how such coral collection is done, what species are taken, and whether or 
> not it is damaging to coral reefs.  Does anyone know the companies that 
> prepare the material for medical use?  Thanks. 
>  
> John C. Ogden        Director        Phone:  813/893-9100 
> Florida Institute of Oceanography    Fax:    813/893-9109 
> 830 First Street South               St. Petersburg, Florida 33701 
>  
>  


From hendee at aoml.noaa.gov  Thu Sep 19 09:54:01 1996
From: hendee at aoml.noaa.gov (James C. Hendee)
Date: Thu, 19 Sep 1996 09:54:01 -0400 (EDT) 
Subject: More on coral and bones 
Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.960919095102.11312G-100000@wave> 


The following should be more helpful.  They mention, "Surgeons use  
Porites and Goniopora corals for such grafts." 

 FitzGerald, Lisa M. Building coral bones. Sea Frontiers v. 38 (Feb. '92) p. 
13 il.  



From hendee at aoml.noaa.gov  Thu Sep 19 09:41:00 1996
From: hendee at aoml.noaa.gov (James C. Hendee)
Date: Thu, 19 Sep 1996 09:41:00 -0400 (EDT) 
Subject: coral and bones 
Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.960919085510.11312D-100000@wave> 


The following references may be of help for at least locating the  
Principal Investigators; then you can ask them more about where they got  
their coral. 


Pool, Robert.  1995. Coral chemistry leads to human bone repair.  Science  
267(Mar 24): 1772. 

Mora, F; Ouhayoun, J P.  1995. Clinical evaluation of natural coral and 
porous hydroxyapatite implants in periodontal bone lesions: Results of a 
1-year follow-up. Journal of clinical periodontology. Volume 22, Number 11: 
877 

Arnaud, E.; Morieux, C.; Wybier, M.; De Vernejoul, M.-C. Osteogenesis induced 
by the combination of growth factor, ilbrin glue and coral. Development of a 
substitute for autologous bone graft. Experimental study in the  
rabbit. Annales de chirurgie plastique et esthetique. 39(4): 491. 


Doherty, M. J.; Schlag, G.; Schwarz, N.; Mollan, R.A.B.. Biocompatibility of 
xenogeneic bone, commercially available coral, a bioceramic and tissue 
sealant for human osteoblasts. Biomaterials 15(8): 601. 


From gregorh at hk.super.net  Thu Sep 19 10:03:40 1996
From: gregorh at hk.super.net (gregorh at hk.super.net)
Date: Thu, 19 Sep 1996 22:03:40 +0800 (HKT) 
Subject: Request for Info on Coral Implants 
Message-ID: <199609191403.WAA27959@is1.hk.super.net> 

In 1989, I did a story on coral implants for Asia Technology magazine. At that  
time, the major company in Asia marketing coral implants was a French company  
called SOFAMOR. They were purchasing their corals in New Caledonia and Tonga.  
Their contact numbers were: 

SOFAMOR Asia Pacific Ltd 
Room 1910 Asian House 
1 Hennessy Road 
Wanchai, Hong Kong 
Fax (852) 2865-2237 
Tel (852) 2528-1363 

Given the time since this story, it is quite likely that they have moved. So  
if anyone has trouble tracking them down, let me know and I can try to see if  
they are still here in HK. The company is large and sells many other products. 

Closer to home (for those in US) is a US manufacturer: 

INTERPORE International 
18008 Skypark Circle 
Irvine California 
(800) 722-4489 
In california (800) 722-4488 

The technology of turning coral into implants was developed by Dr. John Weber,  
Prof. Marine Geology and Prof. Eugene White, Solid State Science Dept. at Penn  
State Univ. USA 

Hope this helps. 

Gregor Hodgson 
Institute for Environmental Studies 
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology 
Clearwater Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong 
gregorh at hk.super.net 
Fax: (852) 2358-1582 
Tel: (852) 2358-8568 


From mhatziolos at worldbank.org  Thu Sep 19 10:06:22 1996
From: mhatziolos at worldbank.org (Marea Hatziolos)
Date: Thu, 19 Sep 1996 14:06:22 +0000 (GMT) 
Subject: Coral harvest for bone restoration 
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SUN.3.93.960918164213.29378A-100000@jaws.marine.usf.edu> 
Message-ID: <"B1349ZWMKEJNEC*/R=WBHQB/R=A1/U=MAREA HATZIOLOS/"@MHS> 

          John, 

          I don't have a specific reference for you, but you may wish to  
          get in touch with Dr. David Newman at the National Cancer  
          Institute who does bioprospecting in marine species.  His  
          address is: 

          		Dr. David Newman 
          		Division of Cancer Treatment 
          		National Cancer Institute 
          		Cancer REsearch and Development Center 
          		P.O. Box B 
          		Frederick, MD  21702-1201 

          		Tel: (301) 846-5387 
          		FAX: (301) 846-6178 
          		e-mail:  Newman at dtpvx2.ncifcrf.gov 

          If you find out anything, I'd really be interested in hearing  
          about it. 

          Thanks and good luck! 


          Marea 


From lcharpy at com.univ-mrs.fr  Fri Sep 20 03:52:19 1996
From: lcharpy at com.univ-mrs.fr (Loic Charpy)
Date: Fri, 20 Sep 1996 09:52:19 +0200 
Subject: Marine Cyanobacteria Symposium 
Message-ID: <199609200755.DAA01446@reef.aoml.noaa.gov> 

MARINE CYANOBACTERIA and related organisms 
With the exiting developments in the field of marine cyanobacteria and 
related organisms 
 over recent years it has become clear that there is a pressing need to draw 
the diverse 
 interests together for a general symposium. 
 This international symposium will focus on the new techniques which have become 
 available over the past few years such as molecular phylogeny and cell 
sorting to bring  
experts in a diversity of fields together to address the important results 
but are just now 
 becoming available. 

Organizers 
L. Charpy (ORSTOM, France) & A.W. Larkum (University of Sydney, Australie) 

Organizing Committee 
L. Charpy (ORSTOM, COM), A.W. Larkum (University of Sydney), C. 
Charpy-Roubaud (ORSTOM, COM), 
 T. Le Campion-Alsumard (CNRS, COM), S. Maestrini (CNRS, CREMA), 
 J.-F. Pavillon (Institut Oc?anographique) 

Scientific committe 
L. Charpy (France), A.W. Larkum (Australia), L.J. Borowitzka (Australia), M. 
Borowitzka (Australia),  
C. Charpy-Roubaud (France), R.D. Fox (France), M. Furnas (Australia), S. 
Golubic (USA), M. Herdman (France), 
 T. Le Campion-Alsumard (France), S. Maestrini (France), Balobe M. 
(Lettonie), J. O'Neal (Australia), D. Vaulot (France). 

For information contact 
Dr. Lo?c Charpy, OSTOM, Centre d'Oc?anologie de Marseille, Rue de la 
Batterie des Lions, 13007 France. 
Fax : (33) 91.04.16.35 
E-mail : charpy at orstom.rio.net 

Scope of the Symposium 
 The symposium will be organized in a set of symposia and workshops to 
address the most important issues. 
 A list of symposia is set out below. The proceedings of the symposium will 
be published as " Marine Cyanobacteria ". 

List of Symposia 

1 Taxonomy and Phylogeny 

2 Environment : Ecology and Global changes 

3 Nutrient relations 

4 Productivity 

5 Harmful blooms and Natural products 

6 Aquaculture and Genetic manipulation 

 The home page french an english versions are located in : 
htpp://com.univ-mrs.fr/orstom/charpy.html and 
http://com.univ-mrs.fr/orstom/charpy_e.html 
Loic Charpy 
Centre d'Oc?anologie de Marseille 
Traverse de la Batterie des Lions 
F-13007 Marseille France 
Tel. 91.04.16.00 Fax 91.04.16.35 


From coral at aoml.noaa.gov  Fri Sep 20 11:45:24 1996
From: coral at aoml.noaa.gov (Coral Health and Monitoring Program)
Date: Fri, 20 Sep 1996 11:45:24 -0400 (EDT) 
Subject: Coastweeks Celebration 
Message-ID: <Pine.SGI.3.92.960920114216.6931B-100000@coral> 

---------- Forwarded message ---------- 
Date: Fri, 20 Sep 1996 15:23:17 GMT 
From: Steve Morrison <smorrison at ocean.nos.noaa.gov> 
Subject: Coastweeks 

smorrison at ocean.nos.noaa.gov (Steve Morrison) sent the following: 

------------------------------------------------------------ 

I'm writing you to alert you to this year's Coastweeks Celebration.  As 
you may or may not know, Coastweeks activities include beach clean-ups, 
nature walks and programs to educate us all on the importance of our 
coasts.  We at NOAA's National Ocean Service have created a web site that 
lists various Coastweeks activities state-by-state.  In order to 
disseminate this information as widely as possible, could you please link 
to our page and let your colleagues and other know about it as well. 
Thank you for your time.  The address is: 

http://www.nos.noaa.gov/coastweeks/into.html 


Steve Morrison 
smorrison at ocean.nos.noaa.gov 
------------------------------------------------------------ 
Server protocol: HTTP/1.0 
Remote host: fjord.nos.noaa.gov 
Remote IP address: 140.90.168.129 


From fautin at kuhub.cc.ukans.edu  Fri Sep 20 11:37:49 1996
From: fautin at kuhub.cc.ukans.edu (DAPHNE G. FAUTIN)
Date: Fri, 20 Sep 1996 10:37:49 -0500 (UTC -05:00) 
Subject: ICRS 
Message-ID: <Pine.PMDF.3.91.960920103640.543574115A-100000@KUHUB.CC.UKANS.EDU> 

Is the list of participants at the June ICRS in Panama available  
electronically?  If so, where? 


From slcoles at bishop.bishop.hawaii.org  Fri Sep 20 15:44:46 1996
From: slcoles at bishop.bishop.hawaii.org (Steve Coles)
Date: Fri, 20 Sep 1996 09:44:46 -1000 
Subject: More Coral Bleaching in Hawaii 
Message-ID: <9609201944.AA53734@bishop.bishop.hawaii.org> 

Yesterday (19Sep96) I observed moderate coral bleaching on the reefs of 
leewad Oahu, Hawaii from Nanakuli to Kahe Point and to depths of 8 m.  From 
these observations, it can be assumed that this condition extends to the 
entire western side of Oahu, the first time that it has been reported from 
this area.  In contrast to the total zooxanthellar pigment loss reported 
last week for corals in two areas in embayments on windward Oahu, the 
present bleaching is partial and limited to three species.  Pocillopora 
meandrina is most affected, with about 5% of the colonies observed having 
lost pigmant on their branches but retaining some zooxanthellar pigment in 
their branch bases, resulting in a pale coral with the pink to rose coral 
characteristic of coral tissue pigments.  Encrusting Montipora capitata 
(=verrucosa), present in low abundandance, is totally bleached, while 
encrusting Montipora patula ranges bleached to normal.  The dominant coral 
in the area, Porites lobata, with a few exceptions, is generally unchanged. 

This is the first time this phenomenon has been observed in this area in 25 
years of monitoring.  This is a completely open coastline with no 
opportunity for restriction of circulation that would promote localized 
heating of ambient water. Temperature measured at the time was 27.0-27.2 
deg. C. Intake temperatures continuously monitored by the nearby Kahe Power 
Station will provide a record for the last month which can be correlated 
with this event. 


From johian at homer.acs.bethel.edu  Sat Sep 21 21:13:27 1996
From: johian at homer.acs.bethel.edu (Ian S. Johnston)
Date: Sat, 21 Sep 1996 20:13:27 -0500 (CDT) 
Subject: Search for a textbook 
Message-ID: <199609220113.UAA29684@homer.bethel.edu> 

During January '97 I will be teaching a course ("Human Impacts on Coral Reefs")  
in the Philippines and Hawaii for a small group of students from here in the Mid 
West.  In previous years I have used Sue Wells and Nick Hanna's "The Greenpeace  
Book of Coral Reefs" as a required textbook .... it was not only technically  
ideal (covering the material at the right level) but also a beautifully  
illustrated "keep-sake" for my students.  Unfortunately the book is out of print 
so I am looking for suggestions for a substitute (one that is currently in  
print, or due out by the beginning of November) .... or alternatively, does  
anyone know of a stache of 15 copies of the Greenpeace book that I could buy on  
behalf of my students? 

Any advice will be gratefully received .... thanks 

Ian S. Johnston, Ph.D. 
Department of Biological Sciences 
Bethel College, St.Paul, MN 55112, USA 
Office phone & Voice Mail (612) 638 6198 
Home phone (612) 633 0703 


From edrew at ultra.net.au  Sun Sep 22 23:41:26 1996
From: edrew at ultra.net.au (ed drew)
Date: Mon, 23 Sep 1996 13:41:26 +1000 
Subject: Surplus Halimeda sediment samples 
Message-ID: <199609230341.NAA06324@ultra.ultra.net.au> 

Now that I have finished sieving the 1100 sediment samples collected for 
studies  
of the Halimeda banks of the GBR, at last, I am left with a small mountain  
of surplus back-up duplicates which may soon be consigned to the local dump. 

However, since most sedimentology educators and alike will not have access  
to this type of material, anyone seriously interested in acquiring some  
should e-mail me for further details.  

I have in mind a cross-shelf set of four samples, sieved to gravel, sand and  
mud fractions and complete with location map. They would then be directly  
referable to my < Atlas of GBR Halimeda Banks > when it finally sees the  
light of day. 

Ed   

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From rogeru at batelco.com.bh  Mon Sep 23 01:59:44 1996
From: rogeru at batelco.com.bh (rogeru at batelco.com.bh)
Date: Mon, 23 Sep 1996 08:59:44 +0300 
Subject: Coral bleaching in Bahrain, Arabian Gulf 
Message-ID: <19960923055943.AAA9900@as08p11.access.batelco.com.bh> 

This summer we observed several areas of coral bleaching.  Areas were 
adjacent to the main island of Bahrain, as well as up to 15 miles offshore. 

Water temperature during July and August this year regularly reached 37 
degrees C inshore (also at the fish hatchery intake).  Water temperatures 
were also once recorded about 20 miles offshore.  It was 35 degrees C, even 
in 13 m of water.  Informal discussions with fish hatchery staff here 
indicate that water temperture this year may have been up to 4 degrees C 
higher than that recorded last year. 

Things are cooling down a bit now.  Water is down to about 30 degrees C now. 
Bleached corals are beginnning to foul with algae. 

Roger Uwate, Ph.D. 
Advisor 
Directorate of Fisheries 
P.O. Box 20071 
Bahrain 



From kudalaut at indo.net.id  Thu Sep 26 02:00:09 1996
From: kudalaut at indo.net.id (kudalaut at indo.net.id)
Date: Wed, 25 Sep 1996 23:00:09 -0700 
Subject: Coral reef monitoring project in Indonesia 
Message-ID: <199609260600.XAA17052@server.indo.net.id> 

Dear everybody, 

I am managing, together with 3 colleagues, a diving center in Manado, 
Indonesia. Being all biologists, we are doing our best for education and 
conservation in our area. 

At present we are writing a protocol for operational procedures for a reef 
monitoring program. We would be very grateful to any scientist involved in 
similar programs who like to look at it and to give some criticism. We think 
it could be some activity proposed for International Year of the Reef 1997. 
What is your opinion? 

The document is actually a Microsoft Word 6.0 for Windows file (.doc) that I 
can send to you as attachment via e-mail. Can you read this format? 

If anybody of you is interested in receiving the file, please, let me know. 

Looking forward for hearing from you. 

Best Regards 

Massimo Boyer 


              * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *   
              * Manado Seagarden Adventures               * 
              * Kuda Laut Project                         * 
              * P.O. Box 1535                             * 
              * Manado 95001                              * 
              * North Sulawesi                            * 
              * Indonesia                                 * 
              * Phone and fax: +62 431 61100              * 
              * E mail: kudalaut at indo.net.id              * 
              * Internet site: http://www.wp.com/kudalaut * 
              * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 


From carlson at soest.hawaii.edu  Wed Sep 25 14:29:27 1996
From: carlson at soest.hawaii.edu (Bruce Carlson)
Date: Wed, 25 Sep 1996 08:29:27 -1000 (HST) 
Subject: Solomons 
Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.95.960925082720.16369C-100000@iniki> 



Folks returning from dive trips to the Solomon Islands have reported 
extensive damage to corals due to heat stress.  Apparently the effect is 
very widespread.  I cannot confirm this from first-hand observation but 
the reports come from people who have been there "before" and "after" so I 
consider them highly reliable. 

Bruce Carlson 
Waikiki Aquarium 


From coral at aoml.noaa.gov  Wed Sep 25 14:27:11 1996
From: coral at aoml.noaa.gov (Coral Health and Monitoring Program)
Date: Wed, 25 Sep 1996 14:27:11 -0400 (EDT) 
Subject: FGBNMS Spawning text 
Message-ID: <Pine.SGI.3.92.960925142434.16063A-200000@coral> 


On September 13, 1996, Steve Gittings circulated a message concerning 
spawning at the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary.  That 
message contained a uuencoded document which was not easily translated by 
some of you.  Therefore, I have attached that document here in text 
format. 

	Cheers, 

	Jim Hendee 

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|                                                       | 
| Coral Health and Monitoring Program                   | 
| Ocean Chemistry Division                              | 
| Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory  | 
| National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration       | 
| Miami, Florida                                        | 
| USA                                                   | 
|                                                       | 
| Email:          coral at coral.aoml.noaa.gov             | 
| World-Wide Web: http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov            | 
|                                                       | 
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From coral at aoml.noaa.gov  Thu Sep 26 12:39:43 1996
From: coral at aoml.noaa.gov (Coral Health and Monitoring Program)
Date: Thu, 26 Sep 1996 12:39:43 -0400 (EDT) 
Subject: FGBNMS Spawn text location 
Message-ID: <Pine.SGI.3.92.960926123815.17738A-100000@coral> 


If you wish to retrieve the FGBNMS '96 text via ftp, you can get it via 
anonymous ftp at coral.aoml.noaa.gov in the following subdirectory: 

	pub/champ/docs/misc 


	Cheers, 

	JCH 



From jogden at marine.usf.edu  Thu Sep 26 16:48:25 1996
From: jogden at marine.usf.edu (John Ogden)
Date: Thu, 26 Sep 1996 16:48:25 -0400 (EDT) 
Subject: Management courses (fwd) 
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.3.91.960926121307.7144D-100000@mar> 
Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.93.960926164601.18875F-100000@jaws.marine.usf.edu> 


In my view the best course in this field is the M.Sc. in Tropical Coastal 
management at Newcastle, UK: 

Dr. Alasdair J. Edwards, Course Director 
Centre for Tropical Coastal Management 
Department of Marine Sciences and Coastal Management 
University of Newcastle 
Newcastle NE1 7RU 
UNITED KINGDOM 


John C. Ogden        Director        Phone:  813/893-9100 
Florida Institute of Oceanography    Fax:    813/893-9109 
830 First Street South               St. Petersburg, Florida 33701 

On Thu, 26 Sep 1996, Rosa Elisa Rodriguez wrote: 

>  
> Hello, 
>  
> Does anyone have information about Integral Coast Management Courses that  
> give enfasis to Coral Reefs? 
>  
> Any information will be helpful. 
>  
> Thank you 
>  
> Rosa Rodriguez 
> Ap. Postal 1174 
> 77500 Cancun, Q. Roo 
> MEXICO 
>  
> Tel (987)102-19 
> Fax (987) 101-38 
>  
> e-mail: rosaer at mar.icmyl.unam.mx 
>  
>  


From coral at igc.apc.org  Thu Sep 26 17:31:12 1996
From: coral at igc.apc.org (coral)
Date: Thu, 26 Sep 1996 13:31:12 -0800 
Subject: coral reef education 
Message-ID: <324AF620.72A9@igc.apc.org> 

If you are interested in knowing about recently released coral reef=20 
educational materials, please read the rest of this message. Thank you. 
Marcy Roth 
Campaign Manager 
--=20 
Coral Forest 
400 Montgomery Street, Suite 400 
San Francisco, CA 94104 USA 
(415) 788-REEF (7333) 
Fax (415) 331-4064 
E-mail: coral at igc.apc.org 
Web site: http://www.blacktop.com/coralforest 

CORAL FOREST TEACHER'S GUIDE 

Much of CORAL FOREST's mission to preserve coral reef ecosystems is 
accomplished through education.  As a part of our organizational 
strategy and in response to numerous requests from teachers around the 
world, CORAL FOREST has developed an interdisciplinary, hands-on 
Teacher's Guide for grades K-5, 6-8, and 9-12.  With more than 160 
pages, it is currently the most extensive and comprehensive coral reef 
teacher's guide available in the United States. 

CORAL FOREST's Executive Director Wendy Weir recruited master teachers 
experienced in curriculum development to help produce this spirally 
integrated guide.  It was first written and tested in the classroom by 
our team of teachers, then edited and field-tested by other teachers, 
educators from major aquariums and scientific institutions, scientific 
advisors, and CORAL FOREST staff.  The guide is contained in a 
three-ring binder making it easy to add information and lesson plan 
updates.  A full-color interpretive poster - The Coral Forest: 
Diversity of Life on the Coral Reef, a scripted slide presentation, 
and several books are also available as supplementary references, 
along with our web site located at 
http://www.blacktop.com/coralforest 

The objective of the Teacher's Guide is to present students and 
teachers with highly informative yet interesting educational material 
that will encourage them to think about the complexity of coral reefs 
and their surrounding environment, the threats reefs are facing, and 
the possible solutions to these threats.  The guide also presents 
students with different ways to take action to save  reefs, thereby 
instilling in them the understanding and confidence that they can 
improve the world in which they live. 

Organization of the Materials 

The Teacher's Guide is divided into three sections: 
        =80       Background Information 
        =80       Lesson Plans: K-5, 6-8, and 9-12 
        =80       Resources 

All information contained in these sections may be reproduced for 
classroom use only. 

Background Information - The Background Information provides teachers 
of all grades with extensive information about coral reefs, so that 
they can effectively instruct their students and use the lesson plans. 
It addresses three major areas. 

        =80       What and Where are the Coral Reefs? describes the 
anatomy,reproduction and feeding behaviors of coral polyps, as well 
as their geographic location and formation. 

        =80       Life on the Coral Reef explains the biodiversity of 
the coral reef ecosystem and describes the protection and predation 
techniques of the myriad of marine life that makes up the coral reef 
food chain.  This section also introduces four native coastal peoples 
and shows how they are taking action to protect their marine 
environment. 

        =80       Benefits, Threats, and Solutions emphasizes the 
economic and ecological importance of coral reefs to both humans and 
ecosystems. 
It demonstrates the anthropogenic threats reefs are facing and 
possible solutions to these problems. 

Lesson Plans: K-5, 6-8, and 9-12 - The lesson plans, with activities, 
masters, and assessment instruments, correlate with the three major 
areas discussed in the Background Information.  Each lesson provides 
the teacher with clear educational objectives and an interdisciplinary 
index to relate the curriculum to pertinent subject areas, such as 
science, math, geography, art and language arts.  It also provides 
guidelines for presentation of the material, and suggestions for 
follow-up and extension of the lessons. 

The lesson plans are formatted as follows: objective, 
interdisciplinary index, vocabulary, materials, presentation, and 
follow-up/extension.  Where relevant, they also contain review 
information. 

Resources - At the end of the Teacher's Guide is a resource section 
containing a glossary, bibliography, references for students, list of 
coral reef-related organizations, educational merchandise, and action 
programs.  This material supports and enhances the teacher's ability 
to present information about coral reefs in an efficient and thorough 
manner, and to expand the students' study and involvement with reefs 
if desired. 

CORAL FOREST is currently having the Teacher's Guide adapted and 
translated into Spanish and Hindi, and is working with the Smithsonian 
Tropical Research Institute to develop educational programs based upon 
this material for use in Central and South American countries. 

                     CORAL FOREST EDUCATIONAL PRODUCTS 


BARU BAY: AUSTRALIA 
Children's book and audio cassette tape 
with narration. By Bob Weir and Wendy 
Weir. 40 pages, 9" x 12" hardcover. 
#302 $20 
      =20 
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#303 $20 

THE CORAL FOREST Diversity of Life on the Coral Reef. Full color poster 
with key to the illustration and information.  25" x 36" 
#904 $10 


Teacher's Guide 
Coral reef teacher's guide with detailed 
background information, interdisciplinary 
lesson plans for K-5, 6-8, and 9-12 and 
resources. 158 pages in white 3-ring binder. 
#800 $22 

Slide Presentation 
Scripted slide presentation which corresponds to Background 
Information in Teacher's Guide. 40 full color coral reef slides. 
#801 $27.50 



From pcis at igc.apc.org  Sat Sep 28 11:02:50 1996
From: pcis at igc.apc.org (GreenLife Society)
Date: Sat, 28 Sep 1996 08:02:50 -0700 (PDT) 
Subject: New List on the Middle East 
Message-ID: <2.2.16.19960928080606.852fd576@pop.igc.org> 

As part of our Middle Eastern Environmental Project, we are launching a new 
list devoted to the discussion of environmental issues in the Middle East, 
MIDEASTENVIRO.  

It is our hope to focus more attention on critical environmental issues in 
the region, including threats to marine and terrestrial biodiversity; 
desertification, and destruction of coral reef ecosystems and to increase 
the interface among researchers working for solutions. 

To subscribe: 

1. Send an e-mail message to listproc at environlink.org; 
2. Leave the subject line blank 
3. In the body of your message, type subscribe mideastenviro YOUR NAME (this 
is your real name, not your e-mail address). 



William C. Burns 						 
Director, GreenLife Society - North American Chapter  
700 Cragmont Ave. 
Berkeley, CA 94708 USA  	 
Phone/Fax: (510) 558-0620	 
E-mail: pcis at igc.apc.org				 
WWW site: http://EELINK.umich.edu/greenlife/index.html						


GLSNA Affiliations: 

Union of Concerned Scientists, Sound Science Initiative 
The EarthAction Network 
The Galapagos Coalition 
Reseau International d'ONG sur la Desertification (RIOD) 
Accredited NGO Observer, International Whaling Commission 
European Social Science Fisheries Network 

-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 
"The great use of life is to spend it for something 
that will outlast it." 
                                   -- William James 
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From pcis at igc.apc.org  Sun Sep 29 01:52:40 1996
From: pcis at igc.apc.org (GreenLife Society)
Date: Sat, 28 Sep 1996 22:52:40 -0700 (PDT) 
Subject: New List on the Middle East 
Message-ID: <2.2.16.19960928225619.6e678e0c@pop.igc.org> 

My apologies; there was an error in the instructions for subscribing to the 
list.  The correct address to send your requests is listproc at envirolink.org, 
not environlink.org.   


As part of our Middle Eastern Environmental Project, we are launching a new 
list devoted to the discussion of environmental issues in the Middle East, 
MIDEASTENVIRO.  

It is our hope to focus more attention on critical environmental issues in 
the region, including threats to marine and terrestrial biodiversity; 
desertification, and destruction of coral reef ecosystems and to increase 
the interface among researchers working for solutions. 

To subscribe: 

1. Send an e-mail message to listproc at envirolink.org; 
2. Leave the subject line blank 
3. In the body of your message, type subscribe mideastenviro YOUR NAME (this 
is your real name, not your e-mail address). 



William C. Burns 						 
Director, GreenLife Society - North American Chapter  
700 Cragmont Ave. 
Berkeley, CA 94708 USA  	 
Phone/Fax: (510) 558-0620	 
E-mail: pcis at igc.apc.org				 
WWW site: http://EELINK.umich.edu/greenlife/index.html						


GLSNA Affiliations: 

Union of Concerned Scientists, Sound Science Initiative 
The EarthAction Network 
The Galapagos Coalition 
Reseau International d'ONG sur la Desertification (RIOD) 
Accredited NGO Observer, International Whaling Commission 
European Social Science Fisheries Network 

-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 
"The great use of life is to spend it for something 
that will outlast it." 
                                   -- William James 
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 


From fits at servtech.com  Sun Sep 29 18:37:08 1996
From: fits at servtech.com (Nabil M. El-Khodari)
Date: Sun, 29 Sep 1996 18:37:08 -0400 
Subject: INFOTERRA: New List on the Middle East 
References: <2.2.16.19960928080606.852fd576@pop.igc.org> 
Message-ID: <324EFA14.7D36@servtech.com> 

GreenLife Society wrote: 
>  
> As part of our Middle Eastern Environmental Project, we are launching a new 
> list devoted to the discussion of environmental issues in the Middle East, 
> MIDEASTENVIRO. 

Congratulations to GLSNA on its initiative. The Middle East needs some 
attention particularly when all activities seem centered around Eatern 
and Central Europe and Latin America. 

It seems that the concept of sharing one global village, where any 
pollution in one area affects the whole world, is ignored. 

Hope to see more initiatives towards the Middle East and Africa. 

GLSNA has been the first organizations to encompass my earlier posts 
about Arabic posting on the WWW. You can visit the GLSNA Arabic Site at 
http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/3285/arabic.htm 

Sincerely, 
--  
Nabil M. El-Khodari	  HTML Writers Guild	mailto:fits at servtech.com 
Web designer	 Software Contractors' Guild	Tel.: (416) 762-5135 
http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/3285/	Fax.: (416) 762-3490 
President, FITS (Falcon International Teleco./Translation Services) 



From earias at kin.cieamer.conacyt.mx  Mon Sep 30 17:59:05 1996
From: earias at kin.cieamer.conacyt.mx (Ernesto Arias Gonzalez)
Date: Mon, 30 Sep 96 15:59:05 CST 
Subject: Coral species 
Message-ID: <9609302159.AA11504@cieamer.conacyt.mx> 

I am looking for the total number of coral species in coral reefs of the 
next geographic regions: 

Philippines, New Guinea, GBR Australia, Seychelles, One three reef southern 
GBR, Marshalls and Marianas, Alligator reef florida, Bahamas, Venezuela, 
Hawaii, Barbados, California Bay, Mafia Arch eastern Africa, Fanning atoll, 
Johnson atoll Pacific Ocean,Western Coast of Florida 

I was looking for this information in different references but I didnt 
arrive to find all information. If someone could help me how to  get this 
information I would appreciate it. 
Thanks   

J. Ernesto Arias Gonzalez 
Lab. Ecologia de Ecosistemas Arrecifales 
CINVESTAV-Merida 
A.P. 73-CORDEMEX 
97310 Merida, Yucatan, Mexico 
TE: (99) 812903 EXT 283 
Fax: (99) 812917 
e-mail earias at kin.cieamer.conacyt.mx 


From biusing at ppps.po.my  Mon Sep 30 21:08:11 1996
From: biusing at ppps.po.my (Rooney Biusing)
Date: Tue, 01 Oct 1996 01:08:11 GMT 
Subject: Regional Workshop on Sustainable Aquaculture and Biodiversity Conservation of Coral Reefs 
Message-ID: <199610010053.IAA14304@jaring.my> 

Workshop Title : Regional Workshop on Sustainable Aquaculture and Biodiversity Conservation of Coral Reefs 

Organisers : DOF (Department of Fisheries Sabah), IDS (Institute of Development Studies Sabah), NACA (Network 
of Aquaculture Centers in Asia-Pacific),  
UMS (Universiti Malaysia Sabah), Sabah Parks 

Location :-  The East Asian Seas area is a global centre of marine biodiversity and within this area the coastal waters 
around the State of Sabah in Malaysia  
have a particularly rich and diverse marine community.  The workshop will be held in Kota Kinabalu, the capital of 
the State of Sabah, Malaysia. 

Workshop Date :- 4-8th December 1996 (tentative date, subject to change) 

Venue :- to be decided later (tentatively at Kota Kinabalu) refer to  
http:\\www.jaring.my\sabah     
for more information!! 

The workshop will cover two main topics :- 
i) 	status of the breeding and grow-out technology of groupers, wrasses and other coral-reef associated fish 
species; and  
ii) 	resource management issues, including environmental impacts of the collection of wild grouper/coral-reef 
associated fish fries/juveniles,  
and management of adverse interactions on the environment, etc. 

Background 

NACA is cooperating with DOF, IDS, UMS and Sabah Parks in organising a regional workshop on the aquaculture of 
groupers and coral reef-associated marine fish.   
The workshop is organised in response to the increasing regional interest in the aquaculture of high value tropical 
marine fishes (e.g. groupers and wrasses),  
and increasing concern over the environmental impacts of the marine live fish trade. The workshop is intended to: 

i. 	review the present status of culture of groupers and coral reef associated fishes, particularly the captive 
breeding of major reef fishes; 

ii. 	review the social, economic and ecological impacts, including those on biodiversity, related to the live reef 
fish fishery and aquaculture; 

iii. 	identify specific needs for promoting aquaculture and sustainable management of reef fish resources, such 
as research, information, policy development  
and training for the responsible development of the industry; and 

iv. 	identify common problems related to reef fish aquaculture in the Asian region, and to explore ways for 
regional cooperation to overcome such  
common problems. 

Participants :-  Workshop participants will include Malaysian and regional experts involved in grouper or reef fish 
breeding and aquaculture,  
and coral reef fishery management.   

Topics to be covered include:  

status of breeding of groupers and other candidate coral-reef associated fish species; 
reef fish aquaculture management practices (feeding, stocking, harvests); 
social/economic/environmental impacts of reef fish aquaculture; 
impacts associated with capture of wild seed and the live fish trade; 
marketing aspects; and 
management of grouper and reef fish resources and integration into coastal area management planning. 

Workshop outputs :   
The workshop proceedings will be published under a joint publication of DOF, NACA, IDS, UMS and Sabah Parks.  
It is expected that the publication would provide guidance to aquaculturists, scientists, policy makers and coastal 
resource  
managers involved in reef fish aquaculture and coral reef and coastal resources management. 

REGISTRATION FEES : F.O.C. (participants however have to pay for their own lodging, food will be provided at the 
venue) 


ENQUIRIES : 

Please contact : 

Rooney Biusing (organising secretary) 
Fisheries Research Center, 89400 Likas, 
Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia. 
e-mail : biusing at ppps.po.my 
<Rooney Biusing> 
Kota Kinabalu, Sabah,Malaysia. 
e-mail : biusing at ppps.po.my 


From mbs at mangga.usc.edu.ph  Thu Sep 26 18:31:43 1996
From: mbs at mangga.usc.edu.ph (Marine Biology Section, USC, Cebu, Philippi)
Date: Thu, 26 Sep 1996 22:31:43 +0000 
Subject: Eritrea or Red Sea info 
Message-ID: <66288F0441@mangga.usc.edu.ph> 

Dear All, 

Can anyone please refer me to persons who have done marine studies in  
Eritrea and the Red Sea region.  I'd appreciate if you can point me  
in the right direction or contacts.  Thank you so much. 

____sender's name_____ 
Marine Biology Section 
University of San Carlos          fax (+63-32) 3460351 
Cebu City 6000, Philippines       email: mbs at mangga.usc.edu.ph 

****** When replying, PLEASE INCLUDE ADDRESSEE'S NAME IN  
SUBJECT HEADER *** thanks. ******** 


From rosaer at mar.icmyl.unam.mx  Thu Sep 26 14:14:03 1996
From: rosaer at mar.icmyl.unam.mx (Rosa Elisa Rodriguez)
Date: Thu, 26 Sep 1996 12:14:03 -0600 (CST) 
Subject: Management courses (fwd) 
Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.91.960926121307.7144D-100000@mar> 


Hello, 

Does anyone have information about Integral Coast Management Courses that  
give enfasis to Coral Reefs? 

Any information will be helpful. 

Thank you 

Rosa Rodriguez 
Ap. Postal 1174 
77500 Cancun, Q. Roo 
MEXICO 

Tel (987)102-19 
Fax (987) 101-38 

e-mail: rosaer at mar.icmyl.unam.mx