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Steve, for clarification sake, could you give a basic outline of the project? Lissa and I know the deal, but the rest of the thread (except Gresham) don't really know. All they know is you're asking for money for nets when you've already got a $1.3M budget. Why come to a few reef clubs for a couple o hundered when you've got over a million?
Have fish/inverts ever been collected in PNG before? (for wholesale MO)
Why is the gov't letting your program in?
How will techniques be taught? Will it be 'let's have lunch and see how net collecting works?' or will it be 'here's your net, now let's go catch some fish?'
How long will each season of collecting last, and how long will it be monitored?
How will you keep corruption out of the line of command? (as best you can)
Why have the other 'send money for nets' programs not worked in the end? (not to trash other people, just to point out how they went awry)
And in the end of all of it, how are WE (MR and other hobbyists) going to get these net caught fish?
You've said you want to be accountable to us. how do we find out what's going on once you've left? will there be monthly/quarterly collection reports? Will there be random cyanide testing?
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