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Re: Killifish conservation program
Thanks Paul for your interest.
In a nutshell, the Killifish Conservation Committee (KCC) consists of a
cooperative effort on the part of members of the American Killifish
Association to preserve a representative example of killifish fauna for
future generations. Given limited resources, it is impractical to try to
include all killifish species in this program. Because of this, a core group
of species, representing several genera, are chosen for breeding..
The KCC program was designed to facilitate the organization, administration
and the conservation methodologies necessary to preserve a representative
example of killifish fauna for future generations.
The KCC program provides a general framework within which specific teams of
volunteer's function to protect specifically selected killifish species. A
Species Coordinator coordinates the activities of each team. The activities
of each Species Coordinator within a genus are, in turn, coordinated by a
Genus Coordinator, and that of the various Genus Coordinators by the
Chairman of the Conservation Committee.
The KCC program includes criteria and methodologies by which core species,
representative of their respective genera, are selected, specifies the
duties and requirements of coordinators and volunteers, outlines operating
methods, and provides appropriate reference information.
In addition, the program provides for a special fast reaction team to
address emergency situations. This subprogram, known as the Emergency
Survival Program (ESP) has its own set of objectives, procedures and
criteria. This program and its subcommittee
is organized to identify species that are endangered or already extinct in
the wild, and to organize captive breeding programs to conserve them.
The KCC manual is organized as follows:
Section 1: The Conservation Program
Section 2: Organization and Administration
Section 3: References and General Information
The Core Species propagation activity is the central activity of the KCC at
large, and represents the primary mission of this effort. Ultimately, each
genus, or group of closely related genera should be represented by one or
more core species. Since it is unrealistic to attempt to conserve every
species, the judicious selection of a few which express the essential
characteristic of the genus will leverage limited resources to their maximum
benefit.
The KCC breeding program is founded on the goal of propagating the core or
ESP species and preserving its genetic diversity. The character and
complexity of the breeding program is determined by the resources and number
of participants in each breeder team as well as the availability and
propagation difficulties of the target species. The Genus and Species
Coordinators determine the best mix of procedures to be employed for each
Core and ESP selected species.
By forming teams of breeders for each core species, the load is spread
around, and some degree of genetic diversity may be maintained in the
process. In fact one can participate with a few as two tanks. The duties of
the team member is simply to propagate the core species and to report on its
status periodically to the core species coordinator. The coordinator will
also ask you to trade fish or eggs, if possible, with other members of the
breeder team at least once per year. If you cannot continue for some reason,
you are asked to offer your stock to the team.
Regards to all,
Charlie Nunziata
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