Dec TBRC Meeting -12/9

[Mrs Postal]

It's time for our December meeting. That means the White Elephant exchange(no more than a $10 gift), our host raffles for 2017(if you hosted a meeting, you are in the running for a gift valued at $250), our Membership raffle, the Wrasse Educational presentation and whatever else we can think of. The Board has some plans for next year that we'd like to talk about and you can see the latest madness that Postal has created.

Please come and join us at 6pm. Bring a side dish, lots of parking in our driveway and along the road.

7546 Pine Lands Dr
Wesley Chapel, FL 33544-5721

 

[Safir]

If I get my truck fixed monkey and I will be there.

 

[zachfishman]

Hi everyone! Our guest presenter for the December meeting, M.S. student Elizabeth Groover from the University of FL Tropical Aquaculture Laboratory, will share her work with several tropical wrasse species! We had an excellent presentation by Tim Lyons in March (also from UF Tropical Aquaculture Lab) and are looking forward to this one! Here's a bit more about Elizabeth's work:

Members of the Labridae family (wrasses) are popular in the marine aquarium trade. With over 200 different species imported each year, wrasses are the second most imported fish family in the United States. There are thought to be over 500 species of wrasses, but only a few have been captively propagated. The development of captive spawning and larval rearing protocols for these fishes will be a critical tool for the protection of natural ecosystems and the development of the aquarium trade.

Elizabeth (Liz) Groover graduated from Roger Williams University in 2015 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Marine Biology and a minor in Aquaculture and Aquarium Science. Since then, Elizabeth has worked as a lab technician at the University of New Hampshire Coastal Marine Laboratory and participated in a six-month marine ornamental aquaculture internship at Biota Aquaculture in Palau. Liz is currently pursuing her Masters degree in Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences at the University of Florida Tropical Aquaculture Laboratory and expects to graduate in 2018. Her research is funded through the SeaWorld and Busch Gardens Conservation Fund in association with Rising Tide Conservation and focuses on developing commercial aquaculture protocols for three highly valuable species of Halichoeres wrasses: the Melanurus or Hoeven's wrasse (H. melanurus), Yellow Wrasse (H. chrysus), and Radiant Wrasse (H. iridis).

 

[Mrs Postal]

Host raffle tonight!!! .Jae Kang, Joseph Mitchell , Mark Straley , Ahmed Bhutta , Chris Alexander , Zach Ostroff, Devina Brown. You are all in the running. Need not be present to win and the gift will be shipped to you! It's a great way to get a little something for having us in your home!

 

[Safir]

What about me?

 

[Postal]

What about me?

You are in the raffle for the second half of the year (next meeting).
And you have won enough!!!