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.
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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
|
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
-
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 -
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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