The authors are greatly indebted to:
Ms S. Busilacchi, who established the database for the LME study, and searched, scrutinized and input the data from additional sources for the period 1990-98; and
Mr R. Grainger, Chief, FAO-FIDI, and Ms A. Crispoldi, Senior Fishery Statistician, FAO-FIDI, for their continuous support to these projects and the valuable comments to the manuscript.
