SKIPJACK TUNA

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Compiler

The information on skipjack was compiled and written by Patricia Kailola, and edited by Meryl Williams and Derek Staples.

Information Provided by the Following

• John Hampton (Secretariat for the Pacific Community -SPC)
• Johan D. Bell, SPC (Pacific Island consumption patterns, climate change)
• Lindsay Chapman, SPC (Pacific Island consumption patterns)
• Simon Hoyle – SPC
• Peter Williams – SPC
• Peter Nichols (CSIRO, Australia)
• IOTC
• Victor Restrepo ISSF
• Ludwig Kumoru – Papua New Guinea, National Fisheries Authority
• Leontine Baje – PNG NFA
• M. Shiham Adam – Maldives Marine Research Centre (and Founding Trustee of the International Pole-and-Line Foundation, IPNLF, http://www.ipnlf.org)
• FAO – for use of figures
• Fishbase team

Reviewers

Drafts of the presentation were reviewed by the following:

• John Hampton (SPC)
• Victor Restreppo (ISSF, SAC Chair)
• Johann Bell (SPC)
• Lindsay Chapman (SPC)
• Meryl Williams (AsiaPacific-FishWatch)

Photographs and Graphics

• Secretariat for the Pacific Community
• Johann Bell (SPC)
• International Seafood Sustainability Foundation
• Fabien Forget (ISSF)
• David Itano (ISSF, personal)
• Food and Agriculture Organization
• Warren Scomi (SPC)
• Wikimedia Commons

Funding and Support

Funding to prepare the skipjack information was provided by the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (iss-foundation.org) and the Asian Fisheries Society (www.asianfisheriessociety.org).

In-kind support has been provided by the host organizations of those who provided information and reviewed drafts.