Florida Collecting Guide - 2nd. Edition

["Charles Nunziata" <epiplaty at tampabay_rr.com>]

Announcing the new 2nd. Edition issue of the Florida Collecting Guide:



The members of the Central Florida Region of NANFA and the Suncoast
Killifish Society, an affiliate club of the American Killifish Association,
are pleased to announce the availability of the new issue of the Florida
Collecting Guide.



This project was originally conceived as a casual guide to collecting native
Florida fishes for the use of local members, providing, in a single volume,
the kind of information that is not normally available to the collector. The
inaugural issue, first made available at the 2000 A.K.A. convention in Tampa
included 64 fish photos, short articles of interest to the collector,
Florida State regulations, and lists of collecting sites with general
descriptions of locations and the typical fish found at each. The authors,
photographers and the publisher donated all the profits to NANFA and the
SKS.



The publication was very well received and we were encouraged to expand it
into a more formal and useful volume. As a result, the work has been
redesigned into sections that can easily accept addendums and updates as our
research continues. The number of fish photos has roughly doubled, we have
added a new section of aquarium friendly plants that can be collected, and
we have started a section on invertebrates. Future updates will concentrate
on filling in the species not yet represented and upgrading existing
photographs, and finishing the sections on plants and invertebrates. Also
added are sections on collections techniques, and tabular data on breeding
and maintaining virtually every fish that can be adapted to the aquarium.



The Florida State regulations and listings of protected species and species
of special concern have be revalidated, and collecting site location
information has been updated with GPS references to allow the collector to
precisely find them. An expanded table of contents, a complete index, and
miscellaneous articles of interest finish out the volume. Once again, all pr
ofits are donated to NANFA and the SKS.



Contact Charlie Nunziata (epiplaty at tampabay_rr.com) off-line for details.


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