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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" align="left"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><font size="3"><em>The deadline for the VIMS Larval Fish Workshop has been extended to August 7, 2015. Please forward to anyone you think might be interested.
We still have a couple spots remaining.</em></font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" align="left"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><font size="3"><strong>Larval Fish Workshop at VIMS</strong></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" align="left"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><font size="3"><strong>October 5 - 16, 2015</strong></font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><font size="3">The Virginia Institute of Marine Science Nunnally Ichthyology Collection in Gloucester Point, VA, is home to a large ichthyoplantkton collection. This
collection contains samples from the tropical and northern Pacific Ocean, the Southern Ocean, the Amazon Plume, Sargasso Sea, the Caribbean, the Mid- and South Atlantic Bights, and the Chesapeake Bay. As part of our current NSF CSBR grant, we are hosting a
larval fish workshop from October 5-16, 2015. </font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt; text-autospace:"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><font size="3">Goals of the workshop include:
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt 0.25in; text-autospace:"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><font size="3">1) how to sort and identify larval fishes;
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt 0.25in; text-autospace:"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><font size="3">2) preparation, storage, and curation of larval fish collections; and
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; text-autospace:"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><font size="3">3) imaging techniques for larval fishes.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><font size="3">Participants will sort and identify ichthyoplankton samples to the family level under the guidance of four expert taxonomists:<span style="">
</span>Drs. Jeff Leis (University of Tasmania), Ann Matarese (Alaska Fisheries Science Center, NOAA), Nalani Schnell (Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle), and G. David Johnson (Smithsonian Institution).
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font size="3"><u><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Week One:
</span></u><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Mesopelagic fishes collected in subtropical Hawaiian waters and the subarctic North Pacific.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font size="3"><u><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Week Two:</span></u><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> Larval fishes from the western tropical Atlantic in and adjacent to the Amazon
River plume. </span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><font size="3">The workshop is open to students, collections managers, curators, and other museum and research professionals. The workshop is free; however, participants
will be responsible for covering the cost of transportation, lodging, and meals.</font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><font size="3">If interested please contact Dr. Peter Konstantinidis (</font></span><a href="mailto:peterk@vims.edu" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><font color="#0000ff" size="3">peterk@vims.edu</font></span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><font size="3">)
for an application or download one from the Nunnally Ichthyology Collection website:
</font></span><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.vims.edu_research_facilities_fishcollection_larval-5Fworkshop_index.php&d=AwMF-g&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=Edvks72GbRy3UkXvrCw7mh8fk7-uhraewj5n2x6ZA58&s=2wbF8lFBg7Vcjt79DWVb7eboRtQX6HgJKTNw6MWcOS0&e=" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><font color="#0000ff" size="3">http://www.vims.edu/research/facilities/fishcollection/larval_workshop/index.php</font></span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><font size="3">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><font size="3">Applicants can attend both weeks of the workshop or either the first or second week. However, preference will be given to individuals that are able
to attend both weeks. <b style=""><i style="">The application deadline has been extended to August 7, 2015. </i></b> Notification of acceptance will be made by August 15, 2015.
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<span style="font-size:10pt">| Collection 804.684.</span>7285<br>
skhuber@vims.edu <font size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">| www.vims.edu</span></font></span></font><br>
<font size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">PO Box 1346 | Rt. 1208 Greate Rd., Gloucester Pt., VA 23062<br>
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