I've been away and without access to the Net so this was not the sort of news I was expecting on my return.
We first met Alan at the Dunedin conference in 1993 and we have had many a laugh, and disagreements, over the years. We even stayed with Alan and Rose once during our travels around the country and they looked after us well while proudly showing us their part of NZ (not to mention all the fish and tanks).
He will be missed by many and we have lost a very knowledgeable fishkeeper.