List of Endorsees as at 6 July 2012 Eva Abal, Chief Scientific Officer, Great Barrier Reef Foundation, Australia Haziq Harith Abd Hamid, Seremban, Malaysia Greta Aeby, Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, USA Ahmed Abdoulkarim, Centre National de Documentation et de Recherche Scientifique, Comoros Rahim Abdul, Wwf Pakistan Gwader, Pakistan Kee Alfian Abdul Adzis, Bangi, Malaysia Sabah Abdullah, Milan, Italy Sabrina Abdullah, Kota Kinabalu Sabah, Malaysia Mohamed Abdulrazzak, Colorado State University, USA Avigdor Abelson, Tel Aviv University, Israel David Abrego, Australian Institute of Marine Science, Australia Alberto Acosta, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Colombia Thomas Adam, University of California, USA M. shiham Adam, Marine Research Centre, Maldives Pierre-Andre Adam, Island Conservation Society, Seychelles Lisa Adams, Hilo, HI, USA Mehdi Adjeroud, Institute of Development Research, Noumea Jason Adolf, University of Hawaii Hilo, USA John Adornato III, National Parks Conservation Association, USA Toni Adshead, Auckland, New Zealand Sahir Advani, Dakshin Foundation, India Marcelo Aenlle, Buenos Aires, Argentina Siham Afatta, Jakarta, Indonesia Jamie Afflerbach, UCSB Bren School of Environmental Science & Management, USA Davide Agnetta, Palermo, Italy Sylvain Agostini, University of the Ryukyus, Japan Joshua Aguilar, Tacloban City, Philippines Catalina Aguilar Hurtado, James Cook University, Australia Patricia Aguirre, Queretaro, Mexico Said Ahamada, Indian Ocean Commission, Mauritius Mushtaque Ahmed, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman Laura Airoldi, University of Bologna, Italy T. T Ajith Kumar, Annamalai University, India Larissa Akiko, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil Omar Al Riyami, Environment Society of Oman, Oman Moonyeen Nida Alava, Conservation International, Philippines Ali Albalushi, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman Mark Albins, Oregon State University, USA Rebecca Albright, Australian Institute of Marine Science, Australia Pedro M. Alcolado, Instituto de Oceanologia, Cuba Jahson Alemu I, Institute of Marine Affairs, Trinidad and Tobago Abdulnasser Al-Gifri, APEAN, Yemen Farikhah Alhaliim, Gresik, Indonesia Amer Al-Hashimi, Doha, Qatar Shaker Alhazeem, Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, Kuwait Hassan Rashid Ali, State University of Zanzibar., Tanzania Kates Allas, www.zambotimes.com, Philippines Alice Alldredge, University of California, USA Denis Allemand, Centre Scientifique de Monaco, Monaco Pamela Allen, Brisbane, Australia Clare Allen, Liverpool, United Kingdom Bruno Allevato, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil Abigail Alling, Biosphere Foundation, USA Nicola Allison, University of St. Andrews, United Kingdom Glenn Almany, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, Australia Djamil Al-Halbouni, Institute of Geophysics, University of Göttingen, Germany Khawla Al-Muhannadi, Environment Friends Society, Bahrain Mamoon Al-Rshaidat, The University of Jordan Aqaba Branch and Marine Science Station, Jordan Areej Alsheikh Hussain, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates Elvira Alvarado, Profesor of Ecology, Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano, Colombia Julia Alvarez-Barco, Universidad Simon Bolivar, Venezuela Lorenzo Alvarez-Filip, Simon Fraser University, Healthy Reefs Initiative, Mexico Jorge Alvarez-Romero, James Cook University, Australia Fernanda Amaral, UFRPE, Brazil Ana Amorim, Centro de Oceanografia, FCUL, Portugal E. Elvan Ampou, Institute for Marine Research and Observation - SEACORM/Jembrana, Indonesia Trond Amundsen, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway Maria Elena Anaya, Mexico City, Mexico Kristen Anderson, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, Australia Bob Anderson, Wisconsin Lutheran College, USA Edward Anderson, Aquatic Science Pacific, Fiji Kelley Anderson Tagarino, Marine Science Coordinator, American Samoa Community College, USA Agustin Andresen, Buenos Aires, Argentina Mialy Andriamahefazafy, Blue Ventures, Madagascar Florent Angly, Australian Centre for Ecogenomics, Australia Magdalena Anguelova, Naval Research Laboratory, USA Holger Anlauf, National Oceanography Centre, United Kingdom Jorg Anson, Kewalo Marine Laboratory, Micronesia Andrea Anton, UNC-Chapel Hill, Spain Chandani Appadoo, Mauritius Lidwien Appels, Hotels Association of Tanzania, Tanzania Kalle Applegate, Tamuning, Micronesia Deepak Apte, Bombay Natural History Society, India Zeev Arad, Technion, Haifa, Israel Manuel Aranda Lastra, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia Hazel Arceo, University of Nice - Sophia Antipolis, France Pedro Ardisson, Cinvestav, Mexico Rizya Ardiwijaya, The Nature Conservancy/Denpasar, Indonesia Ernesto Arias, Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados del I.P.N., Mexico Niesa Ariff, Ipoh, Malaysia Leanne Armand, Macquarie University, Australia Roy Armstrong, University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez, USA Suzanne Arnold, Island Institute, USA Donald James Aromalo, Vanua-Tai Resuurce Monitors Network (WSB), Vanuatu Christos Arvanitidis, Heraklion, Greece Irawan Asaad, Dir Gen Forest Protection and Nature Conservation, Ministry of Forestry, Indonesia Muhammad Asbar, FPIK-UMI, Indonesia Rebecca Asch, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, USA Laode Aslan, Dean of Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Science, Haluoleo University, Indonesia Shankar Aswani, Universty of California, USA Jelle Atema, Boston University, USA Mebrahtu Ateweberhan, University of Warwick, United Kingdom Matheus Athayde, Coral Reef Ecosystems Laboratory University of Queensland, Australia Jennifer Atherton, James Cook University, Australia Daniel Atkins, Newcastle, Australia Ian Atkinson, James Cook University, Australia Asta Audzijonyte, Hobart, Australia Anaide Aued, UFSC, Brazil Nancy Auerbach, University of Queensland, Australia Jerald Ault, University of Miami, USA Didier Aurelle, Aix-Marseille University, France Peter Auster, Senior Research Scientist, Sea Research Foundation - Mystic Aquarium, USA Yoav Avneon, Ben Gurion University, Israel Natalia Ayala Schiaffino, Puerto Morelos, Mexico Amira Azizi, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Malaysia Ana Paula B. Moreira, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Della Grace Bacaltos, Davao, Philippines Imam Bachtiar, University of Mataram, Indonesia Amy Baco-Taylor, Florida State University, USA Frauke Bagusche, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, United Kingdom Anjali Bahuguna, Ahmedabad, India Claudia Baider, The Mauritius Herbarium, Mauritius Andrew Baird, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Australia Andrew Baker, University of Miami, USA Joe Baker, Adjunct Professor, James Cook University, Australia Lynn Baker, Office of Environment and Heritage, Australia Manikandan Balakrishnan, National Institute of Oceanography, Kochi, India Eduardo F. Balart, Centro de Investigaciones Biologicas del Noroeste, La Paz, BCS, Mexico Godfrey Baldacchino, University of Prince Edward Island, Canada Laura Baldo, Basel, Switzerland Eldon Ball, Australian National University, Australia Barbara Ballarin, Univeristy of Bologna,, Italy Natalie Ban, James Cook University, Australia Anastazia Banaszak, Puerto Morelos, Mexico Sue Bandaranaike, James Cook University, Australia Eulalia Banguera-Hinestroza, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia Sophie Bantos, UMR PRODIG, CNRS, France Pedro Baram, Mexico City, Mexico Guadalupe Barba, UNAM, Mexico Susini Barbara, Rome,, Italy Marcos Barbeitos, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil Luca Barbieri, SSI, Thailand Catia Barbosa, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil Jaciana Barbosa, Natal, Brazil Jeevan Baretto, Columbus, USA Nicola Barnard, Fauna & Flora International, United Kingdom Orit Barneah, Ruppin Academic Center, Israel Diego Barneche, PhD candidate, Macquarie University, Australia Christopher Barnes, University of Victoria, Canada Alfredo Barrera, Centro INAH Yucatan, Mexico Lilly Barrera, Puerto Morelos, Mexico James Barry, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, California, USA Eduardo Barriopedro, Buenos Aires, Argentina Dan Barshis, Stanford University, California, USA Larry Basch, Deltares Research Institute, Netherlands Zeenatul Basher, University of Auckland, New Zealand Adrian Bass, James Cook University, Australia Peter Bassett, White Plains, USA Preuss Bastien, IRD, Noumea, France Rachael Bathgate, University of Melbourne, Australia Waisea Batilekaleka, Wildlife Conservation Society, Fiji Daniela Batista, Pontificia Universidade catolica do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Brian Battaile, University of British Columbia, Canada Michael Batty, Secretariat of the Pacific Community, France Sebastien Baudin, France Julia Baum, Sloan Research Fellow & Asst. Professor, University of Victoria, Canada Justin Baumann, The Ohio State University, USA Iliana Baums, The Pennsylvania State University, USA Narissa Bax, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, Australia Alan Baxter, Comparative Genomics Centre, James Cook University, Australia Line Bay, Australian Institute of Marine Science, Australia Rachael Bay, Hopkins Marine Station, Stanford University, USA Till Bayer, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia Just Bayle, University of Alicante, Spain Elisa Bayraktarov, Center for Tropical Marine Ecology, Germany Calvin Beale, Misool Eco Resort, Indonesia Robin Beaman, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, James Cook University, Australia John Beardall, School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Australia Giovanni Bearzi, Dolphin Biology & Conservation,, Italy Brian Beck, Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation, USA Lynnath