Symposium on Molluscan Fisheries And Aquaculture.

The World Congress of Malacology was held on the campus of The University of Western Australia from July 11 to 16, 2004. The Congress, with a theme of Molluscan Megadiversity: Sea Land and Freshwater, attracted 300 mollusc workers from Australia and 41 overseas countries. Details of the congress can be found at: http://www.mollusckey.com/perth

The Congress provided an opportunity to develop a symposium on molluscan fisheries and aquaculture that highlighted current progress in the field, particularly in the Australasian region. A total of 35 papers were presented: 27 lectures and 8 posters. Fourteen of the papers presented at the symposium are printed in full in this issue. A list of the other papers presented at the congress, and their abstracts, can be obtained from the listed website.

The symposium on molluscan fisheries and aquaculture and publication of the papers was generously supported by the Australian Fisheries Research and Development Corporation, the Western Australian Department of Fisheries Development and Better Interests Fund and the Journal of Shellfish Research. We acknowledge with appreciation the contribution made by the referees of the various papers and the considerable help from Sharon Brown of the WA Department of Fisheries in formatting the papers.

Papers presented at the World Congress of Malacology Perth, Western Australia July 11 to 16, 2004

GREG B. MAGUIRE, (1) FRED E. WELLS (2) AND LINDSAY M. JOLL (2) (1) Research Division, Western Australian Department of Fisheries, Post Office Box 20, North Beach, Western Australia 6920, Australia; (2) Western Australian Department of Fisheries, Locked Bag 39, Cloisters Square, Western Australia 6850, Australia