Our 2008 convention, was held over the weekend of Fri.15 - Sun.17th
February 2008 at the Britannia Hotel, Almond Brook Road, Standish,
Wigan, Lanc's. UK. WN6 0SR (Tel.no. 01257 499988). This was last years
venue and is just 1/2 mile east from junction 27 on the M6. Below
were the program of events. Look back shortly for news of our upcoming
2009 Convention.
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Friday |
Informal Dinner |
7.00 for 7.30 |
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CSG presentation |
9.00 - |
Brian Walsh –
The mouths of Catfish. |
| Saturday |
Doors open |
9.30 am |
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Program start |
10.00 |
Introductions - |
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Social Workshops |
10.15 |
BCA - Live foods
- AAGB - Diseases & Parasites - BLA - Tank
making - BKA -UKAPS. |
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12.30 |
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Lunch |
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Talk 1 |
2.00pm |
Dinyar & Rusty
Lalkaka –
African catfish from the Nile, Rift valley and the Congo. |
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3.15 |
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Tea break 30 min |
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Talk 2 |
3.45 |
Michael Hardman
- Reproduction in Catfishes.
Pt. 1 Review of what's known.
Pt. 2 Endocrinology of reproduction
forum on spawning triggers (Evening) |
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4.45 |
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Announcements |
5.00 |
Close day one |
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Convention Dinner |
7.30 for 8.00 |
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9.30 |
Catfish spawning triggers (Forum) |
| Sunday
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Doors open |
9.30 am |
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Program starts |
10.00 |
Introductions |
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Talk 3 |
10.05 |
Michael Hardman
- Reproduction in Catfishes. Pt 3 How reproductive
biology relates to other aspects of catfish biology. |
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11.00 |
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Break |
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Talk 4 |
11.30 |
Mark Breeze
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Keeping and breeding Dwarf Cichlids. |
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12.30 |
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Lunch |
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Talk 5 |
2.00 |
Martin Taylor
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Phylogeny of Corydoradinae catfishes |
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3.15 |
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Tea break |
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Talk 6 |
3.45 |
Dinyar & Rusty
Lalkaka –
Asian catfishes |
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5.00 |
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Presentations |
5.15 |
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Please book early.
Avoid late bookings as this not only gives us logistical
headaches, but it will cost you more money. All ticket bookings
should be marked ‘Convention” and sent to: -
The Secretary
Catfish Study Group
103 The Uplands,
Palace fields,
Runcorn WA7 2UB
Cheshire.
Please note
Rooms should be booked directly with the hotel, and to ensure that
you are only charged the Convention rates please state when booking
that you are there for the Catfish Convention. Enquiries
to: - Ian Fuller: chairman@catfishstudygroup.org
You can access the full price list below for tickets, meals
and menu for print out. This is in PDF format.
 Free
Acrobat Reader for viewing PDF files
1. Ticket Order
Form
2. Dinner Menu's
You can print off the Convention poster here
to display in your LFS and for your own use.
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