July 2018 GPASI Regular Meeting
Friday July 27th, 2018
Brian Zimmerman
Bio:
I have been interested in North American Native Fish for almost my whole life. My father has photos of me playing in a stream when I was 2 years old. My parents got me interested in reading by getting me fish books because I had no interest in reading otherwise. By the time I was in middle school I knew I wanted to work with fish and by high school it was definitely natives. While still in high school I began breeding fish in aquariums and built a 1/4 acre wetland just to breed my own grass pickerel in my parents backyard. I then went to college at Heidelberg University in Tiffin Ohio where I double majored in water resources and environmental biology. Also while there I started Zimmerman's Fish and began selling native fish to other enthusiasts. I then moved on to Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green Ohio where I got a masters in Aquatic Ecology and completed my thesis on a study of Redside Dace with the help of the NANFA conservation grant. From there I moved on to a couple of interesting temporary positions with a couple of consulting companies and the Ohio Division of Wildlife. While working for ODW I revamped their fish ID pages (http://wildlife.ohiodnr.gov/species-and-habitats/species-guide-index) so that it included descriptions and photos of all Ohio fish species. Apparently I impressed them enough with my work there because after that temporary position ended I was asked to work on a project through Ohio State University funded by ODW to revise the well-known (at least to fish people) book Fishes of Ohio by M.B. Trautman. The new book should be out this coming fall. Since then I have started on several other projects jointly with OSU and Ohio DOW including some captive propagation and reintroduction of several state listed fish species.
Summer Picnic - August 18th
Babbling Brook Grove, North Park
Hi All,
The GPASI summer picnic is going to be at North Park again this year, Same location as last year! Join us Saturday August 18th at the Babbling Brook Grove beginning at 1:00pm. The club will supply burgers, dogs, and drinks. We ask the attending members to bring a side dish or desserts. It is near the lake so bring your fishing and collecting gear (PA license required). There will be raffles for club related products. Please let Amanda Westerlund know what you are bringing so that it is not doubled. 
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August 2018 GPASI Regular Meeting
Friday August 31th, 2018
August Speaker: Jeff Cardwell
“Collecting Wild Discus in Brazil"
Jeff Cardwell has been active in the aquarium hobby for more than 45years. He maintains over 60 aquaria and his interests and expertise extend to catfish, killies, rainbowfishes and cichlids. Jeff has traveled extensively to collect aquarium fishes on more than 40 trips to Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Surinam, Uruguay, Mexico, El Salvador, the Bahamas and the U.S. Virgin Islands. An enthusiastic keeper of North America’s native fishes, his collecting trips have also taken him to many parts of the United States. Both as a speaker and a judge, Jeff has been a familiar figure at shows throughout the Midwest for more than thirty years. He is an active member of the American Cichlid Association, the American Killifish Association, the American Livebearer Association, and the Circle City Aquarium Club.
Fall Auction 2018
Auction Rules
- Accounts must be paid in full before you leave the auction. PAYMENT OPTIONS - Cash, Check, Credit Card.
- Buyers may set up a TAB (with valid ID), or pay cash at the time of winning bid purchase.
- Bids will be in dollar increments.
- A FOUR Color dot system will be used to assure a fair mix of different items.
- $3 EXPRESS BIDS: After the end of the First Table, buyers/sellers may pay a $3 cash fee to have the item auction off immediately during the auction.
- DONATIONS: Please specify donations as “Donation” or “Marzina Fund.”
- Any items not claimed or left behind become property of GPASI.
- NO PRIVATE SALES. NO RESALE OF PURCHASED AUCTION ITEMS. PLEASE KNOW WHAT YOU ARE BIDDING ON BEFORE BIDDING AS ALL SALES ARE FINAL, Buyer Beware. GPASI does not guarantee any item and is not responsible for any loss..
Seller Rules
- Split is 70% to the seller and 30% to GPASI for bags $2 or more.
- Bags that sell for $1 the split is 0% seller, 100% GPASI.
- Bags are to be labeled with an alpha numeric numbering system (ex. ABC 01, ABC 02).
- The seller chooses the 3 letters and bags are numbered in ascending sequence. Please ASK the registration table if your 3 Letter seller code has been already taken.
- All sellers MUST register BEFORE taking your items to the “Check In” tables. Bags MUST be marked Clearly with the following: Bag Number, Your Name, Phone Number or Email Address, Scientific name of Fish, Common Name (if applicable), and actual number of fish in bag. BAGS WITHOUT THIS INFO WILL BE CHARGED $3 TO BE CORRECTLY LABELED OR WILL NOT BE AUCTIONED.
- Appropriate terminology: PAIR = 1 male and 1 female of same species, MATED PAIR = pair that has spawned, TRIO = 1 male and 2 females of same species, REVERSE TRIO = 2 males and 1 female of same species.
- Sellers MUST bring items to be auctioned off to the “Check In” tables. Do not place bags on any colored tables.
- GPASI reserves the right to refuse sale of obviously sick/deformed fish, fish that are to small / young or fish regulated by the state of PA.
- All Equipment should be labeled as to its conditions ( Example: New, Used, Works, Noisy, Leaks, etc).
- If an item does NOT sell, it will be set aside and will NOT come up for sale again.
- All fish MUST be housed in suitable bags/buckets. NO Ziplocks or Baggies or buckets without lids.
- Catfish, cichlids, and others with sharp spines MUST be DOUBLE BAGGED.
- $3 REBAGGING FEE - for fish improperly bagged - Play it safe and double bag everything!
- Sellers are limited (per household) 5 BAGS OF ANY SPECIES OR COLOR/FIN TYPE OR ITEM TYPE. This will be enforced! Extra bags/items will NOT be sold.
- Sellers may not remove items placed in the auction after they have been checked in.
- Seller’s proceed check will be mailed to the address given to GPASI at registration table.
September 2018 GPASI Regular Meeting
Friday September 28th, 2018