#reefs Presentation: Paul Holthus of MAC 12/15

[Leonard]

Fellow reefkeepers:

 

This Sunday, December 15th, at 9 PM EST, Paul Holthus of MAC (Marine Aquarium Council) will be giving a presenting on #reefs about his work with the Marine Aquarium Council (MAC). We are going to run this presentation a little differently than we have in the past. We would like to make this a MAC Question and Answer session and in preparation for this, we'd like to ask attendees to read the "MAC Certification for the Quality and Sustainability of Marine Ornamentals: From Reef to Retail" powerpoint presentation found here: http://www.reefs.org/library/talklog/p_hol...thus_121502.htm Please come ready with your questions and log on a couple minutes early as we will be taking questions starting 10 minutes prior to the MAC Q&A session.

 

Paul's Biography:

 

Paul Holthus, Executive Director: Over the past several decades, Paul has focused on the sustainable, environmentally sound use of coastal and ocean resources and the role of the private sector in achieving this. He has developed interaction among the shipping, tourism, oil and fisheries industries on ocean resource use; played a major part in establishing the Pacific Regional branch of the UN Environment Program; worked with the South Pacific Commission (now the Secretariat of the Pacific Community) and the East West Center; and set up global and regional programs for several of the largest international environment organizations. He has undertaken resource management projects in more than 30 countries and territories of Asia, the Pacific, Central America and Africa as well as international marine resource policy work on the Law of the Sea and the UN Convention on Biological Diversity. The range of this experience extends from site level work with village fishermen on small islands to global ocean policy work with UN agency directors.

 

Door Prize:

 

At the conclusion of Paul's presentation, a door prize will be awarded. This week's door prize is being donated by Sunlight Supply ( http://www.sunlightsupply.com/ ). The door prize is a Reef Optix II MH retrofit reflector and socket! This door prize also includes ground shipping if the winner is within the continental US. Please see this page for details about the Reef Optix II MH retrofit reflector and socket: http://www.sunlightsupply.com/aquarium/pro...ctors.shtml#ro2

 

Come join the Q&A session to learn more about the work that MAC is doing for the hobby and maybe you'll be the lucky one to walk away with this reflector/socket combo! To join in the chat, please see the following web page: http://www.reefs.org/access/index.html .

 

We look forward to seeing you there!

 

-- Reefs.org Staff

 

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