Monday the 9th: WCAS First Meeting & Draw!!

[Morainy]

Kick-off Meeting of the Wet Coast Aquarium Society


Date: Monday, May 9th, 2011
Time: 7:30 PM (Doors Open at 7:15 PM)
Place: UBC Aquatic Ecosystems Research Laboratory Building (AERL), Room 120

Getting there: The AERL Building is immediately next door to the Beaty Biodiversity Museum (on the North side of the Museum), for directions to the Museum and parking information see: Getting to the Museum | Beaty Biodiversity Museum

Thanks to Aquariums West for the excellent Member’s-only draw prize and April’s Aquarium for a super raffle draw prize for the May 9th meeting.

[Morainy]

Here's some information about the guest speaker for the first meeting:

Getting Information on Fishes out of and into FishBase

Dr. Daniel Pauly, UBC Fisheries Centre

This presentation will explain and demonstrate what kind of, and how, information on fish is encoded into FishBase the online encyclopedia of fishes (see Search FishBase), and how to access it. The presentation will also document how lay persons can contribute to FishBase, thus making it even more useful for British Columbians.

Daniel Pauly is a Professor at the Fisheries Centre of the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, of which he was the Director for 5 years (Nov. ’03-Oct. ’08). Since 1999, he is also Principal Investigator of the Sea Around Us Project (see Sea Around Us Project), funded by the Pew Charitable Trusts, Philadelphia, and devoted to studying, documenting and promoting policies to mitigate the impact of fisheries on the world’s marine ecosystems.

The concepts, methods and software which Dr. Pauly (co-)developed, which are documented in over 500 scientific and general-interest publications, and in over 30 books and reports, are used throughout the world. In the late 1980, Dr. Pauly initiated the development of FishBase, a computerized encyclopedia on currently 32,000 species of fish, which is now online (see Search FishBase) and receives over 30 million ‘hits’ per month from half a million unique users.

[Morainy]

Just a reminder -- the first meeting is only a couple of days away, now.

[mysticalnet]

Do we need to be a member to come? Have not heard anything about this society until this section came up. How do we become a member?

[bcareader]

No need to be a member to attend any of the Wet Coast Aquarium Society meetings and speaker events, these are free and open to the public. Yes, you certainly can join up on Monday evening (and therefore participate in the draw for the 45G tank and stand). We will also be selling raffle tickets for a chance to win a certificate ($80 value) redeemable at April's Aquarium.

[Morainy]

Hi Mysticalnet -- this is a new group!

Do we need to be a member to come? Have not heard anything about this society until this section came up. How do we become a member?