1st International conference about efforts to conserve endemic Freshwater Fishes of Mexico and its rivers
This will not be a "typical" GWG meeting, the purpose of this event is different: We want to show the Mexican people how much we care about their fish and habitats, not restricting our efforts to Goodeids, but extending them to other groups of Mexican fish, river restoration and workshops to help local communities to deal with problems related to rivers.
1st International conference about efforts to conserve endemic Freshwater Fishes of Mexico and its rivers
November 25.-27., Oaxaca de Juárez
Organized by the Goodeid and Xiphophorus Working Groups, the municipality of Oaxaca de Juárez, the Comisión de cuenca de los ríos Atoyac y Salado and the Iniciativa Rescatando a Profunduus oaxacae
Preliminary programme:
Friday, 25.11. (Presentations):
09:00 – 09:30: Opening speeches at the Esplanada de Candiani
09:30 – 10:00: Tour through the exhibition of municipial projects
10:00 – 10:15: Visit of biotope aquariums of Profundulus oaxacae and Notropis imeldae
10:15: Entering the venue, the Casa de la Tierra
10:30 – 11:00: Mag. Michael Köck, GWG: Uniting aquarists and zoos – examples of international ex situ conservation breeding projects for threatened Mexican Freshwater Fishes
11:05 – 11:35: Dr. Omar Domínguez Domínguez, UMSNH: Returning lost treasures - The successful reintroduction of gone Mexican Freshwater Fishes
11:40 – 12:10: Dr. Emilio Martínez Ramírez, CIIDIR OAXACA: Gems of our neighbourhood – The fish species of the Atoyac river
12:10 – 12:25: Break
12:30 – 13:00: Dr. Ernesto Velázquez Velázquez, UNICACH: Unknown Escamudos – the fish family Profundulidae
13:05 – 13:35: Biól. Víctor Manuel Ortíz Cruz and Reymundo Morales Reyes, Presidente del Comisariado Ejidal de Jalapa del Valle: An in situ conservation project for Profundulus oaxacae
13:40 – 14:10: Biól. Omar Eduardo Rocha Gutiérrez, SEMARNAT: Efforts of SEMARNAT in the conservation of habitats of fish in danger of extinction
14:10 – 14:55: Lunch break
15:00 – 15:30: Visiting the exhibition of student posters outside of the Casa de la Tierra
15:35 – 16:05: Acuaristos Nigel Hunter and Erwin Radax, XWG: The Xiphophorus species of Oaxaca and their habitats.
16:10 – 16:40: Dra. Gloria Molina Gaytán, UABJO: Preliminary results of the analysis of aquatic macroinvertebrates in the determination of the water quality of the Atoyac river
16:40 – 16:55: Break
17:00 – 17:30: Ing. Eloy Leyva, UMEYP: Small underground and surface dams for the rehabilitation of rivers and streams
17:35 – 18:05: Biól. Ignacio Daniel Gonzáles Mora, WWF-Mexico: Life in the rivers, what teaching does it provide for us
18:10 – 18:40: M. C. Emmanuel Ramírez, CCRAYS: Actions for the Atoyac river: Problems and Solutions
18:45 – 19:00: Notes for the next day and Good night words
19:00: End of day 1
Saturday, 26.11. (Presentations):
09:25 – 09:55: Dr. Wilfredo Antonio Matamoros Ortega, UNICACH: Biogeographic patterns and evolution of North American Killifishes of the super family Funduloidea
10:00 – 10:30: M. C. Paola Montserrat Mendez Arzate: Temperature and habitat effects on Girardinichthys multiradiatus metabolism and tolerance at high altitude
10:35 – 11:05: Dr. David Tafolla Venegas, UMSNH: The role of parasites in fish conservation
11:05 – 11:20: Break
11:25 – 12:55: Dr. Rubén Alonso Contreras Tapia, UAM: Cichlid conservation through understanding larval feeding biology and development
12:00 – 12:30: Acuarista Claudia Martínez: How aquarism helps to mold new generations of conservationists
12:35 – 13:05: Dra. Mari Carmen Uribe Aranzábal, UNAM: Characteristics of the reproductive systems of teleosts
13:05 – 13:20: Break
13:25 – 13:55: Dr. Isaí Betancourt Resendes, CONACYT-UAQ: Silversides in peril - threatened Chirostoma species of Mexico
14:40 – 14:30: Dr. Adán Fernando Mar Silva, UNAM: Could mitogenomic data improve the conservation strategies in cave fishes? Two Mexican species cases, Ophisternon infernale and Typhliasina persei.
14:30 – 15:00: Lunch Break
15:00 – 15:30: Dr. Federico Hernández Valencia, UMSNH: Participation of communities in programmes to conserve aquatic biodiversity.
15:35 – 16:05: Dr. Omar Domínguez Domínguez, UMSNH: Proyecto Achoque – conservation efforts for Ambystoma dumerilii, an endemic neotenic newt species from the Pátzcuaro lake
16:10 – 16:40: Dr. Jairo Arroyave, UNAM: Microendemism and the need for conservation: the case of Mexican troglobitic Rhamdia.
16:40 – 16:55: Break
17:00 – 17:30: Curador David Suryanto Kasih, Berliner Gesellschaft für Großaquarien: 1.000 species, a generational bridge
17:35 – 17:55: M. C. Ivette Marai Villa Villaseor, UMSNH: Toxic effect of nitrate on fish species endemic to central Mexico
18:00 – 18:30: M. C. Luis Martin Mar Silva, UMSNH: Evaluation of the establishment capacity of Zoogoneticus tequila (Webb & Miller, 1998) born ex situ to closed populations in situ
18:30 – 18:45: Break
18:45 – 19:00: Notes for the next day and Good night words
19:00: End of day 2
Saturday, 26.11. (Workshops):
09:00 – 09:15: Presentation of the Workshops at the Esplanada de Candiani
09:15 - 10:00: Workshop 1: Separation of domestic waste at home – COAO
10:10 - 11:50: Workshop 2: Generation of domestic compost – Municipio de Oaxaca de Juárez
12:00 – 12:45: Workshop 3: Techniques for correct reforestation – Certified Arborists
12:45 – 13:00: Break
13:00 – 14:30: Workshop 4: Macroinvertebrates as bioindicators - Dra. Gloria Molina Gaytán
14:30 – 15:00: Lunch break
15:00 – 16:15: Workshop 5: Domestic wastewater treatment - Biól. José Rodriguez Saenz
16:15 – 17:15: Workshop 6: The dry toilet, an ecologic alternative – t.b.a.
17:15 – 18:30: Workshop 7: Rainwater harvesting – INSO
18:30 – 18:45: Break
18:45 – 19:00: notes for the next day and Good night words in the Casa de la Tierra
19:00: End of day 2
Sunday, 27.11. (Visiting habitats):
07:00: Departure to Jalapa del Valle.
08:00: Arrival at Jalapa del Valle and welcome words
09:00 – 10:00: Common breakfast
10:00 – 10:20: transfer to the site of the in situ project for Profundulus oaxacae
10:20 – 12:00: Project site tour
12:00 – 12:20: Return to Jalapa del Valle
12:30 – 13:30: transfer to Oaxaca de Juárez
14:00 –15:00: Lunch at San Felipe del Agua (everyone pays according to consumption).
15:00 – 16:30 Río San Felipe Tour, to the only known habitats of Notropis imeldae.
16:30: Farewell words
17:00: End of event