Re: NANFA-- Natives should get TV exposure

Robert Carillio (darterman_at_hotmail.com)
Wed, 20 Sep 2000 16:47:33 EDT

Yes Bob, I would have to agree with that, as collecting has been a means of
a living for many Peru people in recluse areas. I saw a pbs show about that
one time.

>From: Michiganfish_at_aol.com
>Reply-To: nanfa_at_aquaria.net
>To: nanfa_at_aquaria.net
>Subject: Re: NANFA-- Natives should get TV exposure
>Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 14:04:56 EDT
>
>When I was collecting in Peru most of the fish were identified as LSF
>(little
>silvery fish). The locals would stop what they were doing to watch the
>foreigners jumping in the swamps and rivers. I ask if the thought we were
>crazy. I was told that they or family members had all made money
>collecting.
>They new that the fish had value. What made us different was he came to
>collect our own. In this way the river people of Peru probably value their
>native fish more then North Americans.
>
>Bob Muller
>
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