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clarionreef · 12-18-2007, 10:38 PM

Hello Manhattan reefers!
Wow!
Thanks so much for the vote of confidence and the kick off donation drive!
We have been in Papua New Guinea for 6 months now surveying the reefs and have finished the initial report to the National Fisheries Authority of the government of Paua New Guinea.
As a result, we were just funded for the training mission and all systems are go!
We will hit the ground running Jan 15th .
I need to get enough netting material for a few hundred divers and send get it to Port Moresby by mid January.
Whatever you may have heard about reform , MAC, IMA, net training etc before....bear in mind that this time professional, career fish people are in charge of the project design, the terms, the strategy, the training and initial industry development.
We are not what has gone before. We are not MAC.
We are something else entirely.
For starters....the open door policy, the accessibility, the openness, the transparency, the deep experience, the seasoned training team and the bottom up, field oriented methodology is refreshing and exciting to be a part of.
New Guinea will be what the Philippines and Indonesia can not be anytime soon...100% NETCAUGHT ...and patterned after the Australian model...
This is the beginning.
The Philippines had one in 1960....
Indo in 1978...
Now its our turn...PNG...2008!
If you have a hundred questions...fire away.
Sincerely, Steve Robinson
Eco EZ Inc program
National Fishery Authority
Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea

12-18-2007, 10:38 PM	#11
clarionreef Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: San Francisco Posts: 40 Reefer Ratings: (0) Friends: (0)	Hello Manhattan reefers! Hello Manhattan reefers! Wow! Thanks so much for the vote of confidence and the kick off donation drive! We have been in Papua New Guinea for 6 months now surveying the reefs and have finished the initial report to the National Fisheries Authority of the government of Paua New Guinea. As a result, we were just funded for the training mission and all systems are go! We will hit the ground running Jan 15th . I need to get enough netting material for a few hundred divers and send get it to Port Moresby by mid January. Whatever you may have heard about reform , MAC, IMA, net training etc before....bear in mind that this time professional, career fish people are in charge of the project design, the terms, the strategy, the training and initial industry development. We are not what has gone before. We are not MAC. We are something else entirely. For starters....the open door policy, the accessibility, the openness, the transparency, the deep experience, the seasoned training team and the bottom up, field oriented methodology is refreshing and exciting to be a part of. New Guinea will be what the Philippines and Indonesia can not be anytime soon...100% NETCAUGHT ...and patterned after the Australian model... This is the beginning. The Philippines had one in 1960.... Indo in 1978... Now its our turn...PNG...2008! If you have a hundred questions...fire away. Sincerely, Steve Robinson Eco EZ Inc program National Fishery Authority Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea