This multivolume field guide covers the species of interest to fisheries of the major marine resource groups exploited in the Western Central Pacific. The area of coverage includes FAO Fishing Area 71 and the southwestern portion of Fishing Area 77 corresponding to the South Pacific Commission mandate area. The marine resource groups included are seaweeds, corals, bivalves, gastropods, cephalopods, stomatopods, shrimps, lobsters, crabs, holothurians, sharks, batoid fishes, chimaeras, bony fishes, estuarine crocodiles, sea turtles, sea snakes, and marine mammals. The introductory chapter outlines the environmental, ecological, and biogeographical factors influencing the marine biota, and the basic components of the fisheries in the Western Central Pacific. Within the field guide, the sections on the resource groups are arranged phylogenetically according to higher taxonomic levels such as class, order, and family. Each resource group is introduced by general remarks on the group, an illustrated section on technical terms and measurements, and a key or guide to orders or families. Each family generally has an account summarizing family diagnostic characters, biological and fisheries information, notes on similar families occurring in the area, a key to species, a checklist of species, and a short list of relevant literature. Families that are less important to fisheries include an abbreviated family account and no detailed species information. Species in the important families are treated in detail (arranged alphabetically by genus and species) and include the species name, frequent synonyms and names of similar species, an illustration, FAO common name(s), diagnostic characters, biology and fisheries information, notes on geographical distribution, and a distribution map. For less important species, abbreviated accounts are used. Generally, this includes the species name, FAO common name(s), an illustration, a distribution map, and notes on biology, fisheries, and distribution. Each volume concludes with its own index of scientific and common names. Volume 1: Seaweeds, corals, bivalves and gastropods
Carpenter, K.E., Niem, V.H., (eds.), 1998-2001. FAO, Rome, Italy 
Volume 2: Cephalopods, crustaceans, holothurians and sharks
Volume 3: Batoid fishes, chimaeras and Bony fishes part 1 (Elopidae to Linophrynidae)
Volume 4: Bony fishes part 2 (Mugilidae to Carangidae)
Volume 5: Bony fishes part 3 (Menidae to Pomacentridae)
Volume 6: Bony fishes part 4 (Labridae to Latimeriidae), estuarine crocodiles, sea turtles, sea snakes and marine mammals
White, W.T., Last, P.R., Stevens, J.D., Yearsley, G.K., Fahmi, Dharmadi, 2006. ACIAR, Canberra, Australia
Obtaining reliable species composition and abundance data from catches is essential for effective fishery management. Field guides are needed to assist fishery biologists with species identification, but no such identification guide to sharks and rays of Indonesia exists.The INDO-OZ elasmobranch project was carried out between 2001 and 2006, with collaboration between scientific and fisheries agencies in Indonesia and Australia. This comprehensive guide,written in both English and Indonesian, is the first of its kind to provide identifications of the sharks and rays marketed in Indonesia.This will become an indispensable reference, not only to fishery field workers, but also to people interested in the natural history of Indonesian sharks and rays. We would like to express our thanks to those who have worked so hard to prepare this book, which we are sure will prove to be a benchmark regional guide to sharks and rays.
Lourie, S.A., Foster, S.J., Cooper, E.W.T., Vincent, A.C.J., 2004. Project Seahorse and TRAFFIC North America, University of British Columbia and World Wildlife Fund, Washington D.C., USA 
The 12th meeting of the Conference of Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) took place in Santiago, Chile, from November 3 to November 15, 2002. During this meeting the Parties (signatories to CITES) voted to include all seahorses (genus Hippocampus) in Appendix II of the Convention, effective May 15, 20041. Effective implementation of the CITES listing will require that government authorities and other stakeholders be able to identify seahorse species that are utilized in international trade. This guide has been developed to help meet this need. The goal of the guide is to provide technically accurate information that is useful to specialists and non-specialists alike. This is no simple task as many species are similar in appearance and their identification can be challenging. The trade in seahorses involves both live and dead specimens. In some regions the live trade is the dominant pressure on seahorse populations, but the great majority of the seahorses in international trade are dried and destined for use in traditional medicine (see Section 3.0). This guide therefore has been designed with a bias towards the identification of dead specimens.
Indonesian Coral Reef Foundation (TERANGI), 2001. Jakarta, Indonesia
Bondad-Reantaso, M.G., McGladdery, S.E., East, I., Subasinghe, R.P., (eds.), 2001. FAO Fisheries Technical Paper, FAO, Rome, Italy and NACA, Bangkok, Thailand 
The Asia Diagnostic Guide to Aquatic Animal Diseases or 'Asia Diagnostic Guide' is a comprehensive, up-datable diagnostic guide for the pathogens and diseases listed in the NACA/FAO/OIE Quarterly Aquatic Animal Disease Reporting System including a number of other diseases which are significant in the Asia region. It was developed from technical contributions of members of the Regional Working Group (RWG) and Technical Support Services (TSS) and other aquatic animal health scientists in the Asia-Pacific region who supported the Asia-PacificRegional Aquatic Animal Health Management Programme. The objective was to produce an Asia diagnostic guide, that could be of specific use in the region, for both farm and laboratory level diagnostics, to complement the Manual of Procedures for the implementation of the "Asia Regional Technical Guidelines on Health Management for the Responsible Movement of Live Aquatic Animals". This Asia Diagnostic Guide could then be used to expand national and regional aquatic animal health diagnostic capabilities that will assist countries in upgrading technical capacities to meet the requirements in the OIE International Aquatic Animal Code (Third Edition) and the OIE Diagnostic Manual for Aquatic Animal Diseases (Third Edition) and WTO's Sanitary and Phytosanitary Agreement (SPS), and in support of relevant provisions in the FAO's Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries. The information in the Asia Diagnostic Guide is presented in a format that spans from gross observations at the pond or farm site (Level 1), to guidance for information on technologically advanced molecular or ultrastructural diagnostics and laboratory analyses (Levels II and III, and OIE aquatic animal health standards), thus, taking into account international, regional, and national variations in disease concerns, as well as varying levels of diagnostic capability between countries of the Asia-Pacific region.
This work is a basic introduction to coral reef fish species. The first impression a diver gets in coral reef waters is the beauty of underwater life, its diversity and uniqueness. Not only diversity of fish species, but also their behavior and interactions vary vastly.The first step for fish identification is to get to know the families, after which the fish can be identified to species level which often is much more difficult. Before identifying a fish, it has to be found first. To achieve this, knowledge of habitat preferences /sand, coral, crevices, seagrass, rock bottom, pelagic, benthic) of fishes is needed, as well as information on their behavior (solitary, pairing, schooling). It is equally important to note the activity perod of the species. With this knowledge, it becomes easy to find the right time for fish observation, when the fish leave their hiding places for foraging.
