CONVENTION 2008 :  15th - 17th Feb.


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.

 

Friday Informal Dinner 7.00 for 7.30  
  CSG presentation 9.00 - Brian Walsh – The mouths of Catfish.
Saturday Doors open 9.30 am  
  Program start 10.00 Introductions -
  Social Workshops 10.15 BCA - Live foods - AAGB - Diseases & Parasites - BLA - Tank making - BKA -UKAPS.
  12.30
  Lunch    
  Talk 1 2.00pm Dinyar & Rusty Lalkaka
African catfish from the Nile, Rift valley and the Congo.
  3.15
  Tea break 30 min    
  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)
  4.45
  Announcements 5.00 Close day one
  Convention Dinner 7.30 for 8.00  
    9.30 Catfish spawning triggers (Forum)
Sunday Doors open 9.30 am  
  Program starts 10.00 Introductions
  Talk 3 10.05 Michael Hardman - Reproduction in Catfishes. Pt 3 How reproductive biology relates to other aspects of catfish biology.
  11.00
  Break    
  Talk 4 11.30 Mark Breeze -
Keeping and breeding Dwarf Cichlids.
  12.30
  Lunch    
  Talk 5 2.00 Martin Taylor -
Phylogeny of Corydoradinae catfishes
  3.15
  Tea break    
  Talk 6 3.45 Dinyar & Rusty Lalkaka
Asian catfishes
  5.00
  Presentations 5.15  

 




 
                
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