Evening Lecture
Series
March
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 1950s, 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
April
Tell It Good Bye Kiddo, A History of the
North Atlantic Fishery
Dr. William Fowler
Distinguished Professor
Northeastern University
Tuesday, April 15th, 2008
It was cod that sustained New England. The "sacred cod" tied New
England into a global economy that stretched across the Atlantic. Cod,
molasses, rum and slaves were the mainstay of British North America.
In independence New England fishermen ventured to the banks off
Nova Scotia and farther north seeking cod. There was, they thought,
an inexhaustible supply. Five centuries after first discovering this
treasure have we finally exhausted it?
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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