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ContributorsBelen O. Acosta , BSc Fisheries (<strong>Aquaculture</strong>), MSc Fisheries (<strong>Aquaculture</strong>)Ms. Belen Acosta is presently the Special Departmental Coordinator for <strong>Aquaculture</strong>Department <strong>of</strong> the Southeast <strong>Asian</strong> Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC/AQD). Prior to joining SEAFDEC/AQD, she was a research fellow at WorldFishCenter’s <strong>Aquaculture</strong> and Genetic Improvement and assisted in coordinating the<strong>In</strong>ternational <strong>Network</strong> on Genetics in <strong>Aquaculture</strong> (INGA) – a global forum forcollaborative research and training in applied fish breeding and genetics. She also ledand managed the IDRC-funded collaborative project on “Public and PrivatePartnerships in Fish Genetics Research” using the GIFT (Genetic Improvement <strong>of</strong>Farmed Tilapia) experience as an example. Prior to this, she was a research associateat ICLARM’s (formerly WorldFish Center) GIFT Project. One <strong>of</strong> her major contributionsin this project was leading the development <strong>of</strong> the initial version <strong>of</strong> GIFTManual <strong>of</strong> Procedures using the United Nations’ standardized training methodology.SEAFDEC <strong>Aquaculture</strong> Department, Manila Office, 102 Philippine Social ScienceCenter Building, Commonwealth Avenue, Diliman, 1101, Quezon City, Philippines,bacosta@seafdec.org.phUpali S. Amarasinghe , BSc (Kelaniya), MSc (Wales), PhD (Ruhuna)Upali has 29 years <strong>of</strong> experience in reservoir fisheries and fisheries management inSri Lanka. He worked as a research <strong>of</strong>ficer in the Ministry <strong>of</strong> Fisheries and NationalAquatic Resources Research & Development Agency (NARA) from 1980 to 1992.Since 1992, he is working as an academic staff member in the University <strong>of</strong>Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. He worked as a commonwealth postdoctoral fellow in ImperialCollege, London in 2000–2001 and was an academic visitor in the Centre forLimnology, Netherlands <strong>In</strong>stitute <strong>of</strong> Ecology, Nieuwersluis, The Netherlands in2007. He participated in two major research projects on reservoir and lake fisheriesin Asia funded by European Commission and Australian Centre for <strong>In</strong>ternationalAgricultural Research. He is the winner <strong>of</strong> Third World Academy <strong>of</strong> Science awardfor the young scientist in the field <strong>of</strong> Biology in 1993 for research on fisheries biology.Besides winning several awards from the Presidential Award Scheme <strong>of</strong> Sri Lankafor publishing papers in journals <strong>of</strong> high impact factor, he also won the ViceChancellor’s award for the outstanding scientist in the Faculty <strong>of</strong> Science, University<strong>of</strong> Kelaniya in 2007 and the Committee <strong>of</strong> Vice Chancellors and Directors (CVCD)201

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