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Note from the
coordinator
Dear Readers,
This is the 13th issue of the Bulletin.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank all those who
have contributed and ask that you take an active role in its
improvement, as many of you have already indicated that the
Bulletin is useful.
Is the current presentation by section,
i.e. 1) New Information, 2) Correspondence, 3) Publications,
satisfactory?:
• Which section should be given
more space?
• In the ‘New Information’
section, would you have new information for the columns on ‘In
situ spawning observations’ and ‘Asexual reproduction
through fission observations’? Are these columns suitable?
• The ‘Aquaculture’ column
has been continued thanks to the collaboration of S. Battaglene
from ICLARM. We regret the closure of the Coastal Aquaculture
Centre (CAC) Solomon Islands.
• Are there any other new columns
that you would like to see included?
Your suggestions and comments are both useful
and necessary for the Bulletin’s development, so please
do not hesitate to share them with us.
This issue includes original articles on:
• problems related to maintaining
broodstock for aquaculture;
• the Philippines, which is making
its first appearance in our Bulletin — even though it is
the top trepang producer worldwide;
• Kenya;
• traditional uses of sea cucumbers
in the South Pacific, a subject for which not much research
had been carried out previously; and
• many other interesting topics.
Summaries of the papers and posters presented
at the 10th International Echinoderm Conference, 31 January
— 4 February 2000, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
are presented here.
Due to the length of this issue (52 pages),
we could not include the New members column. It will be included
in the next issue. If you would like to receive this list, please
contact the SPC Information Section (see contacts on cover page).
The "Echinoderms Newsletter" is
also available on the Web at:
www.nmnh.si.edu/iz/echinoderm
.
An echinoderms forum has also been created
following the International Conference in Dunedin. You can subscribe
by contacting:
sabine.strohr@nrm.se
or by sending a e-mail to:
listserv@nrm.se
and including on the first line of the message:
SUBSCRIBE ECHINODERM-L
your surname and first name, but no other
text.
Chantal Conand
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