Rolf C. Hagen Inc.
Aquarium water treatment products
Aquatic plant nursery and micropropagation
Rare and Exotic Fish
ebiKen Shrimp products
ADA aquarium products
VAHS May 8th meeting 7pm at Maywood community school
Our Guest speaker for May is Ernie Cooper,Ernie will be talking on the wildlife trade specifically on aquatic species. We will also have our Question and Answer period.
Come out and meet fellow Aquaruim hobbyists,
Ernie Cooper
Ernie leads the Vancouver-based wildlife trade team for WWF-Canada and is the National Representative of the TRAFFIC Network — the wildlife trade monitoring program of WWF and the IUCN. He is responsible for monitoring Canadian wildlife trade and its impact on Canadian and international conservation; liaising with Canadian authorities; and assisting the TRAFFIC network’s global efforts to ensure that wildlife trade is not a threat to the conservation of nature. Significant publications include: CITES, Eh? A Review of Canada’s Implementation of CITES Under WAPPRIITA; A Guide to the Identification of Seahorses; and An Overview of the Illegal Trade, Market Forces and Fur Industry Perceptions in North America and Europe.
Ernie, a graduate of the University of Victoria, has worked in the field of international wildlife conservation for more than 20 years and is a leading Canadian authority on wildlife trade; the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES); the identification of wildlife products; and enforcement of Canada’s wildlife trade legislation (WAPPRIITA). Prior to joining WWF-Canada in 2001, Ernie was a Canadian Federal Game Officer and was Environment Canada’s first Wildlife Inspector. Between 1988 and 2001 Ernie conducted inspections of more than 4,000 shipments of wildlife and wildlife products; identified more than 250,000 CITES listed animals, plants and products for the enforcement of CITES; and provided training on CITES, international wildlife trade and the identification of wildlife products to more than 1000 officers from Canada, USA, Mexico and Taiwan.
In addition to his role for WWF-Canada, Ernie is an Associate of the Simon Fraser University Centre (SFU) for Forensic Research, and an Adjunct Professor to the SFU School of Criminology. He is a member of the Society for Wildlife Forensic Science and a founding member of the newly formed Pacific Association for Wildlife Forensic Science.
VAHS April 10, 2013 meeting
New Location for the April 10, meeting
Maywood Community School
click on maywood community school above and it will open google maps.
4567 Imperial Street, Burnaby, BC Canada V5J 1B7
The School is located near Metrotown and the Metrotown skytrain station.
ANNUAL VAHS SPRING PLANT AND FISH AUCTION
This is one of our major events of the year. Our annual Spring Plant and Fish Auction April 10,2013. Mark it on your calender.
Auction is open to everyone but you must be a VAHS member to sell. Memberships are available at the door. A great opportunity to meet other local hobbyists.
More info to come on location and time. Contact dave@vahs.ca or mike@vahs.ca for more info.
Next VAHS meeting March 13 2013
New Location for the March 13 meeting
Maywood Community School
click on maywood community school above and it will open google maps.
4567 Imperial Street, Burnaby, BC Canada V5J 1B7
The School is located near Metrotown and the Metrotown skytrain station.
There will be an admission fee of 2 dollars per person to cover the cost of renting the room.
Everyone is welcome, memberships are available at the door.
March, April, May, and June meetings will be held at Maywood community school.
Feature presentation
aQ led lights will be giving a presentation at the March 13, 2013 meeting. You can check out their website at http://www.qpaws.ca This will be an interesting meeting on whats available in led energy saving lighting
for you energy savers.
As usual we will have our question and answer period hosted by Bart Vandijk and our mini auction of hobbyist surplus.
Febuary,13, 2013 meeting.
VAHS meeting for Wednesday, February 13, 2013.
Place: Vancouver Aquarium
Time: 7:30 pm
Guest speaker Rafal Izdebski from Aquatic Escapes Aquarium services will be talking on Salt water aquariums and salt water fish.
Raf and Diana Izdebski
The owners of Aquatic Escapes Aquarium Services and Malawi Mayhem African Cichlids have been active members in the aquarium hobbyist community for more than two decades. Combined the two have kept over 30 personal aquariums and have experience raising hundreds of freshwater and marine species. This includes fish, invertebrates, corals and aquatic plants.
You can visit the website at http://www.aquaticescapes.ca for more on what Rafal does and his expertise.
Would like to make our December 12 meeting a potluck meeting, so bring some food items ( munchies and appies) if you like,
We will be supplying water, pop and juice.
Our annual gift exchange will also take place, if you would like to participate bring a gift under 10 dollars. Not nessacarily aquarium related.
Election of Societies officers will also take place.
Meeting starts at 7:30 at the Vancouver Aquarium.
Hope you all can make it to the meeting.
merry Xmas
Board of Directors VAHS.
VAHS October 10 2012 Meeting
VAHS presents Guest Speaker Jennifer Reynolds This event is an open meeting everyone is welcome Topic: Freshwater Stingrays in the Wild and in the Aquarium Learn more about the natural history of South America’s Freshwater Stingrays (Potamotrygonidae), and how to … Continue reading
November 17, 2012 Aquarium Hobby Auction
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VANCOUVER AQUATIC HOBBYIST SOCIETY’S ANNUAL 2012 MONSTER AUCTION Registration from 8:30 am – 9:30 am Auction Starts at 10:00 am Sharp! Sponsored in part by Hagen. See the new Fluval Sea Innovative Products for … Continue reading
Christel Kasselmann guest speaker September,12, 2012
Guest Speaker Christel Kasselmann will be here for our September,12, 2012 meeting. Everyone must Register for this event! Topic: New and rare aquarium plants. See events for more info. “Christel Kasselmann passes on her experience from over 30 plant collecting expeditions … Continue reading
VAHS 2012 Planted Aquarium Contest
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The 2012 VAHS Planted Aquarium contest The pictures are posted. Check out the Final entries. Thanks to all who participated and a big thanks to our sponsors. Winners will be announced at the November Monster Auction. Sponsors of this event. … Continue reading
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