Re: collecting issues

[Rjga at aol_com]

Last year, the Goldenline Travel Agency in the UK teamed with Today's 
Aquarist magazine to organize a collecting trip from the UK to the Rio Xingu 
tributary of the Amazon River. The total cost for the 12 day itinerary was 2,200 
pounds. 

Goldenline perhaps through a US affiliate might be pursuaded to offer 
something similar from a US departure point. Contact information is 
steve at goldenline_co.uk or you can telephone to 011-01564 783706. If someone wants to 
investigate, I think that's fine, but I don't think it's the BOT's job. Rather, I think 
this could be sponsored by a US fish magazine that could generate interest 
from a much larger base than the AKA could provide.

This would be mostly a catfish-tetra-cichlid trip with killifishes notably 
absent, but if you want a cruise pretending to be an adventure, this might be 
it. They can also assist you in bringing fish back alive. Some experience 
working in muck in the tropics would be educational to wannabe adventurers.  

Then they can consider doing a trip on their own, without AC, roof, hot 
water, or cold drinks, for two weeks at a stretch and see how much fun they've been 
missing.  

Robert J. Goldstein, Ph.D.
Robert J. Goldstein & Associates, Inc.
Environmental Consultants
8480 Garvey Drive
Raleigh, NC 27616 USA
tel  (919) 872-1174
fax (919) 872-9214
URL   www.rjgaCarolina.com
e-mail  rgoldstein at rjgaCarolina_com


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