Recent content by ferdiecruz

In response to Jaime, I could not response earlier and was knock out of the RDO because somebody out there does not like me. I was sent 72 viruses that crashed my PC and destroyed most of the files. Spent a month to reconstruct everything and get my computer going. What is the beef about...

To All, While Steve aptly said everything price structure and links to reform if we want to save the supply that comes from here we need to face up to the problems this industry has spawned. We all have to move and not wait for the Government to take action. If we wait then I am afraid we are...

Hi Lee, I think we are off tangent in the questions you asked but I will answer them in this response. I would rather that you asked; did this organizations and people learn a lesson from the PR episode? Why was there two positive traces of cyanide in people I have trained? ( On second thought I...

Dear Lee, In the last quarter of the year there were several issues that EASI had to discuss and decide before proceeding into more training. Allow me to expound on it. EASI’s board of trustees held three meetings to discuss several issues that have surfaced through feedbacks from very...

Dear Jaime Baquero, Have your tried doing trainings in the field with collectors who knows that their families next meal heavily rest on their shoulders to collect tons of ornamental fish hoping that if they caught a few good species they can ram down the throats of exporters their tons of...

To Jaime and Company, I knew about the attacks of Jaime Baquero early on and had suspicions on who was actually behind the fabricated and malicious accusations. I thought it better not to join in the whole mud-slinging adventure, finding it better to concentrate on what I was doing...

Some questions came my way about the “Big Switch”. I thought it better to go down to a city from the island I was on to write something more about it. A lot of us would look at things in a negative way but for me and the others involve it becomes an added lesson. As frustrating as it is when...

I’m back and I have a lot of catching up to do. I have been in and out of the field and had no time to do some writing and posting. I received an email from Dr. Peter Rubec with an attached copy of what Horge wrote ages ago. Horge, I think one the submission of samples (food and ornamental) to...

A Profile: I come from the other side of the world. Where the whole things starts. The ocean where the fish comes from and the hands that catches them. Where the fish are packed into oxygenated plastic bags and put into styro boxes to be loaded into the planes that flies to the Western world. I...

Jhon, I wanted to discuss about what we call certified and non-certified net collectors and what if MAC becomes the judge, jury and executioner but the other day I received a call from one of the exporters that was allowing me to work with their technical and field staff in creating some kind of...

Jhon, Let us talk about Bohol in combination with the CDT that I heard is going to be implemented for MAC certified exporters ONLY. I would presumed Jhon, that when you go somewhere to do some fact-finding mission you would prepare everything and demand for information from the person or...

Dear Jhon B I have been forwarded the discussions in the forum. Let me address first the pricing issue. Pricing is not the major issue. When it comes to delivery and accepting fish an entire system comes into play. That is where the win or lose situation for ornamental fish collectors will...