The Annual Seminar was a great success !!
The MAST executive would like to thank our great sponsors for their support of our Annual Seminar, which was a fantastic success this year because of their help. TAL SWEET & SANJAY JOSHI put on a great show and a good time was had by all.
The big thanks goes to:
Andy Dehart, the Director of Husbandry for the new aquarium will, present a virtual fly-through of the new state of the art aquarium being built at the base of the CN Tower. Andy will reveal some renderings of the exhibits and provide an update on the aquarium’s progress. Andy Dehart joined the Ripley’s Aquarium team to help open this facility after 20 years at the National Aquarium in both their Baltimore and Washington, DC locations. He also serves as the Shark Advisor for the Discovery Channel and is a regular on their annual Shark Week programming.
The Marine Aquarium Conference of North America is one of the premier conferences for marine aquarium enthusiasts. Each year thousands of fans of captive reefs congregate on the host city to hear talks, check out the new trends in reef keeping and meet up with old friends.
While recent MACNAs have largely been held in the United States, it might be a surprise to some MAST members to learn that MAST held the very first MACNA back in 1989 and the fifth.
This year MACNA will be hosted in South Florida. I’ve already purchased my tickets, so I hope to see you there!
Join us at the Living Arts Centre, 4141 Living Arts Drive, Mississauga ON L58 4B8, on May 4th, from 2-5 pm for our Annual Seminar–this year we have two internationally speakers.
Tal Sweet
Co-founder of the Marine Breeding Initiative (MBI) and the operator of Fishtal Propagations based in Michigan, Tal is sought after in regards to his research and knowledge of captive breeding.
and
Sanjay Joshi
Professor of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering at Penn State University and co-manages Penn State’s Aquarium, Sanjay is an award winning publisher of marine articles and sought after for international speaking engagements.
How to Pay: Click on the orange Join MAST button on the top right corner of the page and use the Special Event Button.
Door Prizes including a FLUVAL EDGE AQUARIUM !!!
| Speakers – TAL SWEET & SANJAY JOSHI – non member $20 – Click the buy now button | |
| Speakers – TAL SWEET & SANJAY JOSHI – member $10 – Click the buy now button | |
| Speakers – TAL SWEET & SANJAY JOSHI – family member $15 two tickets – Click the buy now button |
Are you a Current MAST member? Do you enjoy the MAST experience? Do you have ideas to make MAST even better than it is? Do you want to be part of MAST’s Leadership Team? Would like the opportunity to assist in the direction MAST goes? If you can answer “yes” to any of these questions….Submit your nomination to be one of the Directors on the Executive Board by 1 May 2013.
There are 4 categories–President, Vice President, Treasurer and Director (4 positions). The requirements are member in good standing as of 11 March 2013 and send in an email to info@mastcanada.org NLT 1 May 2013 explaining which position you are applying for.
thanks to the dedication of the executive committee along with helping hands from JT and others, we had a great success at the workshop. Aquatic Kingdom as well as Coral Reef Shop donated corals and glue and because of their generosity a good time was had by all. Additionally, some members contributed their own corals including Jenn/Rene, Cam, Russ and Dayne.
Next in early February
Everyone is encouraged to join our interactive workshop — it will allow you to observe and ask questions as various corals are fragged (cut into smaller pieces for sharing). Attendees will then frag various corals at each of the three tables. Participants will learn how to bag and even ship coral frags to other hobbyists. Everyone will leave with frags.
There will be three tables set up one for each of the major coral groupings, soft corals, LPS and SPS will be fragged and mounted. Everyone will be encouraged to try their hands at fragging each of the coral types.
Cost is estimated at $20 per person
Just a quick reminder that our next MAST meeting for the year will be held Wednesday night (7:30-9:30) at our new location.
This month’s meeting topic will be UNDERWATER PHOTOGRAPHY, presented by Michael McVicar. Michael is extremely experienced in this field and is sure to teach us all something new.
Thanks to Mike and Steve’s hard work, we have a new meeting location!
For 2012-2013, and possibly beyond, we’ll be meeting at the following location: Armour Heights Community Centre
2140 Avenue Road, Toronto, Ontario
South of 401 at Avenue road, on the corner of Wilson and Avenue road, ours is the first building south west corner.
We’ve put a map up on the right hand side, and we look forward to seeing you at the kick-off meeting September 12, 2012 at 7:30pm. Come catch up with the group and welcome new members. We’re looking forward to welcoming you back!
