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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Funding provided by the New Zealand Department of Conservation Services Levy program and the Pew Fellowship in Marine Conservation and the Environment. We thank Scott Kraus, John Williamson and Christine Courtney for assistance with this manual.  

Manual produced by the New England Aquarium Conservation Department for and in collaboration with the New Zealand Department of Conservation.

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