Our speaker this month is Chris Pullen M.Sc.<\/p>\n
Chris Pullen has defined his life around fish and water both personally and professionally.\u00a0 He has been an active fish keeper for over 25 years focusing on planted aquaria, fish breeding,\u00a0 marine systems, and a brief stint in aquaponics.\u00a0 Currently he’s focused on raising and breeding dwarf rainbows, killifish, Apistogramma, plecos and a few oddballs. Chris completed an undergraduate degree in ecology and his graduate work focused on fish ecology and conservation physiology, specifically stress ecology of fish.\u00a0 \u00a0Following an early career in outdoor adventure tourism, Chris worked as a fish habitat ecologist before moving on to the financial sector in environmental and social risk management. He is currently part of the executive team at Ducks Unlimited Canada leading the organizations sustainability initiatives.\u00a0 An avid angler, Chris has pursued fish with rod and reel across Canada and the tropics and is equally at home observing fish with a mask and fins or wading in a stream with a dip net.\u00a0 If it involves fish, he’s in!<\/p>\n
This presentation is :\u00a0 Getting to know the neighbours:\u00a0 Fish watching in the Ottawa region.<\/p>\n
There’s no end to the wonders we can observe raising fish in our home aquaria.\u00a0 The hobby provides endless opportunities to experience and learn about fish from around the world, from fresh to brackish to salt water. We become experts on the fish of the rift lakes of Africa, the Amazon or the rivers of Papua New Guinea, but have you ever stopped to wonder what is going on in the lakes and streams around your own home?\u00a0 In this talk we’ll explore the fish communities of the Ottawa region, their life histories, get to know couple of species in more detail and the places they inhabit.\u00a0 Through the discussion we’ll also touch on the ins and outs of observing fish in the wild and opportunities to do so around the region.<\/p>\n
We will have some open vendor\u2019s tables for people (including you) who want to bring some stuff to sell, so bring some cash, just in case.\u00a0 Don\u2019t forget that memberships are up for renewal, and we can do them at the meeting.\u00a0 However, if you are unable to attend the meeting, you can still renew online by going to our Membership page.\u00a0 Previous memberships expired on September 31, 2022.<\/p>\n
Meeting Location<\/strong><\/p>\n Monday, March 27, 2023, 7:00pm<\/strong> Dates to remember<\/strong> This is a FREE event sponsored by the Ottawa Valley Aquarium Society. Anyone with an interest in aquariums and related hobbies is welcome to attend. OVAS presentations are a great place to meet other aquarium hobbyists, exchange ideas and learn more about fish and aquatic plant keeping.<\/p>\n Sponsor<\/strong>\u00a0discounts for members: Happy fish keeping!<\/strong><\/p>\n www.ovas.ca<\/a> Errol Choo (charlie) Our speaker this month is Chris Pullen M.Sc. Chris Pullen has defined his life around fish and water both personally and professionally.\u00a0 He has been an active fish keeper for over 25 years focusing on planted aquaria, fish breeding,\u00a0 marine systems, and a brief stint in aquaponics.\u00a0 Currently he’s focused on raising and breeding dwarf […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6142,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"aside","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,4,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-aside","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-announcements","category-general","category-meetings","post_format-post-format-aside"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ovas.ca\/ovas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ovas.ca\/ovas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ovas.ca\/ovas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovas.ca\/ovas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovas.ca\/ovas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6140"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovas.ca\/ovas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6140\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovas.ca\/ovas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ovas.ca\/ovas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovas.ca\/ovas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovas.ca\/ovas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nHintonburg Community Centre
\n1064 Wellington Street West, Ottawa, ON
\n(Just a few minutes away from our previous location.)<\/p>\n
\nMonday, Apr 24th
\nMonday, May 29th<\/p>\nAlso, we are planning an additional event, in lieu of the giant auction, date and location TBD.<\/h2>\n
\nPonds & Aquaria
\nBig Al\u2019s *
\nCritter Jungle *
\nLa Niche & Moi *
\n* 10% discount<\/strong>\u00a0for aquarium-related goods and livestock. Please see the sponsor for restrictions.<\/p>\n
\nfacebook.com\/OttawaValleyAquariumSociety\/<\/a>
\ninstagram @ovas_ca<\/a><\/p>\n
\nPresident<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"