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International Aquarium Congress September 2012 – World Café Collection Sustainability Harvest
International Aquarium Congress 2012
World Café
Collection Sustainability
12th September 2012
CTICC
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High Level Objective Build the IAC community through 2 World Café sessions as part of the IAC conference for participants to connect, network, converse and share their challenges, their solutions, their resources, their ideas and invite everyone’s involvement and contribution.
Collection Sustainability Issues
Themes Issues
Suppliers
Ethical and sustainable suppliers and collectors
o Want to acquire animals from ethical and sustainable suppliers
Traceability: o Costs o Origin o Techniques o Food requirements
Acquisition/Disposition: o Sourcing of animals o Ethics o Sustainability
Reliable & sustainable commercial suppliers Ethics / Law:
o How far do you push collections? o What difference is there between dolphin & anchovy?
Sustainable Source (Trust of both Aquariums
and Suppliers)
Trust of suppliers
o Quarantine after long distance travel o Declining availability of fish
Source is not stable or reliable Cost Permits – hard to get especially the protected species Communication is not good either Maintenance of collection species Understand the environment where collected species come from New species vs. old tank
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New Development
Changing project timelines
o Projects being delayed can cause problems for collections from source to aquarium
o Can impact husbandry
Public
(Expectation and Pressure)
NGO:
o Not science based goals o Political issues related to permits
Meeting expectations of public & departments within the organisation, e.g. one animal needed by various departments
Public expectations vs. reality – maintaining the balance between what they expect to see & what we are able to provide
New charismatic species – no room for mistakes: o Restricts our ability to innovate
NGO’s and public pressure: o Emotionally driven o Financially driven
Availability
Acquisitions and dispositions – No.1 challenge Lack of species available (Chinese)
Ethics
(Aquarium Ethics – what they are keeping &
Supplier Ethics -‐ how they collect)
Perception of wild caught animals
o What is the difference between fish or dolphin or elephant collected from the wild (ethically)
Research & Development -‐ innovation
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Husbandry / Information
Misunderstandingcreate a gap between staff, visitors, technical
and aquarium Disconnect between idealistic acquisitions & realistic husbandry What to do with animals that don’t fit into the exhibit for
whatever reason & where do you draw the line with kind of problem and species
Surplus species management – what to do with species after temporary exhibitions?
Disease control Introducing new / young species into a mature display
o The mature very established o Hierarchy and new causes confusion & fighting resulting
in increased mortality Opening collection tells a story – then introducing new means
disrupting the story and rebuilding the display Mortalities:
o Acceptable? o Learning curve o Rationalising o Reducing o Perception of public
Unexpected arrivals: o Unprepared o Low information base on supply
Cost
Finance – high cost in stocking the aquarium (i.t.o. staff or
supply) Collections:
o Costly o Location – restricted access to animals – MPA’s
Communication
between Aquariums
Communication between aquariums regarding ethical and
sustainable suppliers & available species for exchange Lack of breeding information for use by all
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Permits
Politics:
o No accountability & responsibility particularly municipalities
o Lack of qualifications Permits – government regulation & adaptability to regulations Regulations -‐ Local, National & International Predation
Collection Sustainability Solutions
Themes Solutions
Collection Plan
Clarity of mission:
o ICP o Resource allocation -‐ staff / budget
Regularly reviewing institutional program (ICP) – willing to add & remove animals
Disposition – animals for life or plan their future ahead Create healthy, diverse exhibits that are economical &
functional. Use quarantine as a tool to achieve this goal whenever possible
Education up & down: o Consensus of all to develop a collection plan
Bigger vs. better – make the little ‘critters’ wow! Have a clear vision and institutional collection plan Create a long term vision leading to new captive communities
Budget
Set realistic budgets for animal acquisitions
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Communication with External Audiences
Be rationally assertive and strong -‐ don’t apologise Public Aquarium responsibility for the global collection
o House animals o Training & education o Aquarium hotline
Permits: o Proper resources (flow, time, cost) o Communication
Building strategic relationships with authorities & public Raise awareness / profile of what we do Open communication with staff, regulatory agencies,
management, suppliers & collectors Public aqauaria must build trust and credibility by proving their
actions: o Legislation around breeding – aquariums of a certain size
should breed Communication & education through transparency Educate the public
Communication
between Aquariums and
Regional Organisisations
Global co-‐operation between organisations (not splitting up)
o Use existing stakeholders like WAZA o Get a common voice also for solving permit problems in
the long term More communication between aquariums regarding trusted,
ethical suppliers IAC should be a bridge between aquariums, giving for example
good information on the reputation of suppliers Co-‐operative management at regional & global level Ethical suppliers – communication between aquariums
concerning trusted suppliers (trusted list) Ethical suppliers – exchanging between aquariums Aquariums should work together and speak in one voice:
o Legislation o Information sharing o Breeding programmes o Use existing structures
Information & Communication: o Sharing
More regular & more easily o Quality
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More precise data (what, where, when, how & who)
Develop I.A.C. supplier list East/West communications Permitting – build up trust as institute, regional associations &
international associations to work together to influence and/or change legislation
Animal change Networks – communication Communicate with each other (build and maintain network)
o Including researchers o Sharing animals / Husbandry techniques
Improve relationships Speak with a united voice against uninformed bureaucracy
Suppliers
AZA – commercial member that accredits animal collectors
o Where do we go for animals from reputable suppliers? Certification of suppliers to ensure sustainability of sourcing
practices Ethically collected healthy animals cost money
o Have a list of sustainable collectors o Regional associations could mandate that their members
utilise sustainable / ethical collectors first Ethical collection for sustainability
o Know how o Appropriate facility o Appropriate source:
Breeding Source Good husbandry
o Disposition – animals for life or plan their future ahead Define source for stocking aquaria
o Breeding programmes o Suppliers o Other aquaria
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Training / Education
Training of control officials (customs, etc) Educate suppliers and nurture the relationships with them –
fisherman, etc Permitting – select one person to manage permitting process.
They build up knowledge and build relationships Permits – build up relationship with officials, government &
permit makers Education:
o Fishermen o Legislators o Park officials o Compliance officers
Be proactive with regards to potential legislative restrictions o Best management practices o Protocols o Specimen assessments
Show responsibility Availability of animals
o Empowering and educating fishermen o Relationships with other institutions to exchange animals