4th International Zoo and Aquarium Symposium

FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT

4th International Zoo and Aquarium Symposium

Freshwater fish conservation:

linking ex situ and in situ actions

Chester, 19th – 23rd April, 2010

A joint initiative of NEZS Chester Zoo, the IUCN / WI Freshwater Fish Specialist Group and the Zoological Society of London to bring together field biologists, taxonomists, conservationists and aquarists for a common goal: integrated multidisciplinary conservation action for freshwater fishes.

The programme will include lectures and workshops on the following themes:

• Integrated regional in situ and ex situ conservation
  
• Methods for conservation priority setting
  
• Genetic management of freshwater fish populations
  
• Integrated species management – which species benefit fromex situ management?
  
• Husbandry and management of endangered freshwater fishspecies in aquariums.

To express interest, or for more information, please contact:

Claudine Gibson
Programme Officer
IUCN SSC / WI Freshwater Fish Specialist Group
Chester Zoo, Caughall Road, Upton, Chester, CH2 1LH
E-mail: c.gibson@chesterzoo.org