Top News: Ocean Voice International gets new grant for ornamental fish project in the Philippines

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Ornamental Fish International Provides New Grant to Ocean Voice International for Ornamental Fish Project in the Philippines

Ornamental Fish International has provided a new grant to Ocean Voice International (OVI) for their program on a sustainable fishery for aquarium fishes in the Philippines. The £800 (US$1250). This grant will assist OVI and their Filipino partner the Haribon Foundation for Conservation of Natural Resources, to continue their work on marine aquarium fishes that benefits the harvesters, the industry and the hobbyist, as well as the coral reef environment.

The grant of £800 will be used to help continue training marine aquarium fish collectors to use nets (instead of cyanide), to help establish a facility for the export of net-caught fishes, and to educate coastal people how to better conserve and sustainably use the coral reef habitat essential for producing coral reef fishes. Last year Ornamental Fish International provided an award of £400 for the OVI/Haribon programme.

We hope that individual corporations and dealers in the aquarium industry whether suppliers of ornamentals, manufacturers, publishers or distributors, will follow in Ornamental Fish International's footsteps and make contributions to Ocean Voice's programme.

Ocean Voice International deeply thanks Ornamental Fish International for its award for their sustainable marine aquarium fish harvesting programme. We also salute Ornamental Fish International for its environmentally and commercially forward looking policies.

For more information contact:

http://www.ovi.ca
Jaime Baquero, OVI Director, (819) 243-1334, e-mail:
bd...@freenet.carleton.ca
Katja Rodriguez, OVI Director, (613) (613) 952-0603, e-mail:
bo...@freenet.carleton.ca
or: Don McAllister, OVI President, (613) 264-8986, e-mail:
mc...@superaje.com