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Northeastern University
Marine Science Center
Evening Lecture Series
Buy a Fish, Save a Tree
Scott Dowd
Amazon Biologist
New England Aquarium
Tuesday, March 4th, 2008
7:00pm
Preserving Amazon rainforest through sustainable aquarium fisheries.
Since the 1950’s, every year large quantities of live fish are captured in the Amazon rainforest and exported for the aquarium fish trade. Tens of millions of individuals of a single species can enter the international trade from Brazil.
Over the past decade, these fisheries have become the focus of the scientific community. When the scope of the industry was first observed, the usual red flags were raised with fisheries concerns; over harvesting, habitat damage and socioeconomic inequity. However, after taking a closer look at the regional trade in aquarium fish, quite a different picture has emerged.
Come hear about the surprising role that these tiny beautiful fish play in not only the safeguarding of Amazon rainforest but the role they play in the growing climate change crisis
This lecture is free to the public.
Light refreshments served at 6:30PM.
The lecture begins at 7:00PM and is roughly an hour long.
The Marine Science Center is wheelchair accessible.
430 Nahant Road, Nahant, MA 01908
Call Tracy Hajduk for more information
or email t.hajduk@neu.edu
http://www.marinescience.neu.edu/outreach
Phone: 781-581-7370 ext 321 |
