Banggai Project Rescueis a unique new research project starting up to tackle issues plaguing the Banggai Cardinalfish,Pterapogon kauderni, in its native habitat. By tapping into the aquarium community forsupport via Kickstarter，该项目召集了一支水族馆和海洋科学家团队，将这一主张带头，其主要目标是防止Banggai被淘汰。
与目标25,000美元, the early support of the Banggai rescue project is positive with nearly 40 supporters pledging around $7,000 to support the project. According to the official press release, the project is being coordinated by James Lawrence, editor and publisher of CORAL Magazine and head of Reef to Rainforest Media. Project Banggai Rescue will have three main components: an expedition to explore the fishesnative environment, research on captive breeding, and publishing a book covering the project.
Besides Lawrence, bothRet Talbot和我们自己的Matt Pedersen被命名为合着者。劳伦斯（Lawrence）看到未来几周的项目团队的科学方面。
Banggai Project Rescueplans on sending a team that includes Talbot, to the remote Banggai Islands in Sulawesi, Indonesia, in May and Pedersen is currently exploring and writing new protocols for small-scale breeding of the species. The expedition has several simultaneous missions:
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- Tracking the source of a mysterious disease that kills many Banggai Cardinals collected for the aquarium trade
- Exploring the possibility of establishing mariculture operations run by local Indonesian families
- Collecting healthy broodstock for captive aquaculture research in the United States
The book, entitled “BANGGAI Rescue, Adventures in bringing Pterapogon kauderni back from the brink,” is slated to be published in time for MACNA in Dallas/Fort Worth in September. Sales of the book will help fund ongoing research and sustainability initiatives.
完整新闻稿如下：
Rescue Project comes to the aid of the endangered Banggai Cardinalfish
Team of scientists and aquarists will use “crowd-funding” in the marine aquarium and conservation worlds to underwrite research and publish new book
佛蒙特州谢尔本（Shelburne） - 2012年3月12日
“It’s time to save this fish,” says James Lawrence, as he and an interdisciplinary team of aquarists and marine scientists today announce the launch of a major initiative to prevent the Banggai Cardinalfish, Pterapogon kauderni, from being wiped out in parts of its native range.
该物种以其异常呼吸的生殖习惯而闻名，并闻名，该物种被国际有关科学家联盟（IUCN）列为2007年。水族馆贸易的不受控制的收获被认为是天然范围非常有限的鱼类的主要威胁因素。
Banggai Project Rescuewill send a team on an expedition this May to the remote Banggai Islands in Sulawesi, Indonesia, with several simultaneous missions: assessing the situation; tracking the source of a mysterious disease that kills many Banggai Cardinals collected for the aquarium trade; exploring the possibility of establishing mariculture operations run by local Indonesian families; and collecting healthy broodstock for captive aquaculture research in the United States.
“我们需要大约25,000美元才能在该项目的第一阶段。” Coral Magazine的编辑兼出版商兼总部位于佛蒙特州谢尔伯恩的Rainforest Media的礁石负责人劳伦斯说。“今天，我们将与Kickstarter.com活动一起生活，以筹集探险，圈养育种研究和种子资金的资金，以制作一本涵盖该项目各个方面的书。”合着者今天宣布，包括探险队嵌入的作家Ret Talbot和正在编写新方案的马特·佩德森（Matt Pedersen），他正在为该物种的小规模繁殖。劳伦斯说，科学团队将在未来几周内被命名。
该书题为Banggai Rescue，《冒险》（Banggai Rescue），从边缘带回翼刺kauderni，该书定于2012年9月底及时出版，及时参加达拉斯/福特沃思堡的年度海洋水族馆会议。该书的销售将帮助资助正在进行的研究和可持续性计划。
Kickstarter: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/603466482/the-banggai-rescue-project
网站：http：//banggai-rescue.com
Media Resources: http://www.banggai-rescue.com/contact/media-support/
