Italy – Miradolo Terme, January 2008 New rainbowfish first discovered in 1992 on Island Batanta – Indonesia, is now described
GEORGE BARLOW DIED
George W. Barlow 1929 – 2007 Distinguished ichthyologists and fish collectors left us in 2007For scientists and particularly for fish-lovers around the world 2007 was a sad year. Three outstanding personalities passed away. Jacques Géry’s obituary was published in aqua…
STUART M. M. GRANT DIED
Stuart Malcolm Mariot Grant 1937 –2007 A man, who has done more for Lake Malawi cichlids than anyone else, has suddenly passed away. He was a man who loved fishes and Malawi, the country were he has spent most of…
New blue-eye
New blue-eye from Indonesia – Aru Islands, discovered in April 2007
CHRISTMAS 2007
Italy – Milano, 24-25 December 2007 Merry Christmas Frohe Weihnachten Buon Natale Joyeux Noël Feliz Natal Feliz Navidad
The Blue Auction
France – Monaco, 20 September 2007 The Blue Auction is an historical and innovative event aimed at raising funds to protect the oceans and the marine life they contain. The Blue Auction took place on September 20, 2007 in the…
Jacques Géry died
Jacques Géry, 1917 – 2007 One of the great ichthyologists of our times has left us. Jacques Géry the extraordinary Frenchman, the gentleman par excellence, this humble man, has fallen asleep forever. I called once him the greatest characoid…
BIO-PIRACY OR BASIC SCIENCE?…
1. Statements from Brazilian scientists about Brazil and the so called biopirataria held during several worldwide conférences “Research needs to be stimulated, not criminalized,” said Enio Candotti, a physicist who has been the president of the Brazilian Society for…
WHAT IS UP IN BRASIL WORLDWIDE COMMENTS
Some of the comments in the Worldwide Web in regards to my and Natasha’s arrest in Manaus, Brazil on August 29th, 2008 First Comments: Date: 12.19.2008, 09:11 PM – Tom Barr, California, U.S.A. Heiko, I am from the plant…