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202 ContributorsExcellence Award for the most outstanding researcher in 2008. Besides, publishingover 90 papers, he has been a contributing author to a chapter in Water for Food,Water for Life in the Global Synthesis, Comprehensive Assessment <strong>of</strong> WaterManagement in Agriculture (IWMI). He has co-edited the book Aquatic Ecosystemand Development: Comparative <strong>Asian</strong> Perspectives , Backhuys Publishers, Leiden,The Netherlands. He is a Chartered Biologist in the <strong>In</strong>stitute <strong>of</strong> Biology, Sri Lankaand a life member <strong>of</strong> several scientific pr<strong>of</strong>essional societies.Department <strong>of</strong> Zoology, University <strong>of</strong> Kelaniya, Kelaniya GQ 11600, Sri Lanka,zoousa@kln.ac.lkF. Brian Davy , BSc, PhDBrian received his PhD in Biology from Texas A&M, focusing on fisheries biology/natural resource management. He has worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow at CornellUniversity and as a visiting scientist at Tokyo University <strong>of</strong> Fisheries. Much <strong>of</strong> hisexperience has been with IDRC based in Canada (Vancouver and Ottawa), as wellas 13 years based in Singapore. His interests lie in sustainable aquatic resourcesmanagement, particularly in aquaculture and small scale fisheries.Senior Fellow IISD, 340 Albert St, Suite 710, Ottawa ON, Canada K1R 7Y6,bdavy@iisd.caSena S. De Silva , BSc (Hons), PhD (Stirling), DSc (Stirling), Hon. DSc(Ruhuna U.)With over 35 years <strong>of</strong> experience in the academia, and aquaculture and inland fisheriesmanagement research and development, he has held academic positions in universitiesin Sri Lanka, Stirling, Scotland, National University <strong>of</strong> Singapore, andDeakin University, Australia. He was responsible for developing and deliveringpostgraduate courses in aquaculture in the “distance mode.” He is an internationallyreputed researcher in fin fish nutrition and reservoir fisheries, and has expertise infish introduction and biodiversity in relation to aquaculture. He is the author <strong>of</strong> threeadvanced texts and over 200 research publications in international journals andserves on the editorial board <strong>of</strong> the journal <strong>Aquaculture</strong> <strong>In</strong>ternational, <strong>Aquaculture</strong>Research, Fisheries Management and Ecology . He has received many awardsincluding the NAGA Award (ICLARM) in 1993, Deakin University Vice Chancellor’saward for “Best Researcher,” <strong>Asian</strong> Fisheries Society Gold Medal in 2004 andHonorary Life Member <strong>of</strong> the World <strong>Aquaculture</strong> Society (2005). He was a foundermember <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Asian</strong> Fisheries Society and served in the Council for 9 years.NACA, PO Box 1040, Kasetsart Campus, Bangkok 10903, Thailand, sena.desilva@enaca.orgModadugu V. Gupta , PhD, Hon. DScDr. Modadugu V. Gupta, the former Assistant Director General <strong>of</strong> WorldFishCenter, has over 40 years <strong>of</strong> experience in fisheries and aquaculture research anddevelopment, networking, and human resources development in Asia, Pacific, andAfrica. He led and provided guidance to WorldFish Center in determining how itsstrategic research thrusts could address the country and regional priorities and

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