I'll second that, I liked the old way too, but this is refreshing.

sidguppy wrote:

Even George W Bush has recently accepted that global
climate change has been caused by human activity.

He did???

Amazing!

now if you'll excuse me, while I topple off my chair

That's news to me too.

Also, think of the many extraordinarily unfortunate natural disasters that have happened in the last year (even some not global warming related): -SE Asian tsunami (with 2 major earthquakes) -Guatemalan floods/mudslides (potentially related) -Pakistan/Afghanistan earthquake -Hurricane Katrina ...

When an illegal fish reaches the U.S., Customs/Fish & Wildlife usually send them to a public aquarium.

Go to the Adobe Acrobat site and download the free version of the reader. This will let you view the .pdf files.

I recently returned fom 2 weeks on the Rio Negro and Rio Solimoes, in Brazil. I was with an expedition hosted by Project Piaba (Lee has been on one of these trips). We saw many catfish, and it was very exciting. The weather there is very warm and humid, but the fortunate thing is that there are no ...

Dinyar, Do you know of Project Piaba? Its basic goal is to assess the plausibility of a sustainable ornamental fish trade in the Rio Negro (especially with the cardinal tetra, as you mentioned). The "natives" get such a tiny sum per fish that there is little economic incentive for them to treat wild ...

Do you have Adobe Acrobat?

Welcome!

Welcome to Planetcatfish!

We're still working on putting up projectpiaba.org, which will be more helpful. Basically, a lot of people living in the forest (especially in the Rio Negro basin) rely on it for jobs and income. Most species of aquarium fish living in the flooded forest can only be collected in small amounts at a ...

If any of you are familiar with Project Piaba (http://www.angelfire.com/pq/piaba), then you would know that this proposed ban can seriously endanger the rain forest. A lot of species (especially the cardinal tetra, but there are catfish too) are sustainably harvested by the locals. If this method of ...

Welcome to the site!

Welcome to the site Neal.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Thanks Lee, and everyone else.

For those of you who don't (and do) know me, I was the winner of the 16-18 article category. What did you guys think of my article?

Ryan

It was one of the best conventions I've been to... Can't wait till we have the next one ( , Andrew...) had an awesome time meeting everyone and the speakers.

Ryan

I do the same at the New England Aquarium in Boston, MA. It's really cool!

I am also a BAS member!

As for the books, I suggest you contact my friend Lee Finley at finleyaquaticbooks.com or lfinley58@att.net. Thanks,

Ryan

Hi, Soon, there will be a new quarterly magazine out. Catfish Currents will be all about catfish. Since it will not not be unveiled untl October of 2004, we are not taking subscription requests as of yet. However, we are taking advertisements for the first year of issues. Here are the following ...

Will do

Tropical Fish Monthly is going to start a catfish-only publication later this year. "Catfish Currents" will come out 4x a year. I will keep you posted. We are taking advertising requests, but not subscriptions as of yet. Thanks, Ryan McAndrews Editor/Publisher of Tropical Fish Monthly and Catfish ...