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Acknowledgments This book would not have been possible without the support, guidance, and encouragement of many people. I am indebted to my mentor, Dr. Ronald V. Clarke, for everything he has done for me. Thank you for the fateful meeting where you asked me to study illegal fishing—a meeting that sealed the course of my intellectual inquiry for many years to come. Among other reasons, thank you for playing such an integral role in fostering my intellectual growth. Thank you to Dr. Graeme Newman for his valuable feedback on the earlier drafts of the manuscript. If it were not for his suggestion to “unlearn some of the bad hab- its of academic writing” (email communication, April 15, 2014), I would not have been able to write this book the way it came out. Thank you to Dr. Daniel Pauly for his meticulous review of my manuscript and his prudent advice on how I can improve it. His guidance was, indeed, instrumental. I wish to express my gratitude to my colleague and mentor, Dr. Michael Maxfield, or “grandpa Maxfiled” as my little Sophia would say, for his unwav- ering support. Thank you also to my colleagues Dr. Stephen Pires, Dr. William Moreto, Dr. Nerea Marteache, Dr. Daan van Uhm, Dr. Judith Weis, Dr. Man- gai Natarajan, and Dr. Julie Viollaz for investing your criminological training and intellectual energy into the study of wildlife crimes. I would like to extend my gratitude to Jessica Gribble, senior acquisitions editor at ABC-CLIO, for her guidance throughout the development of the book. Thank you for cheering me along as I completed the chapters, and for your positive sprit. I am so for- tunate to have had this opportunity to work with her. Thank you, also, to Roza Minasyan for embellishing the book with the exquisite drawings of the fishing vessels.