Larval fish identification guide for the South China Sea and Gulf of Thailand.

Abstract

The Indo-west Pacific has long been recognised as the global centre of shallw water marine biological diversity and the South China Sea. Which is located at the centre os this marine biological realm, therefore represents an area of globally significant marine biodiversity. The UNEP/GEF South China Sea Project represents the first attempt to develop regionally co-ordinated programmes of action designed to reverse environmental degradation particularly in term of coastal habitat degradation and loss, and fisheries over-exploitation in this area.