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steve, i'd like to pick your brain a bit if i may. 1. in your experience, on average, how long does it take a group of cyanide collectors learn and become somewhat profficient at collecting with nets? 2. do your trainers have experience collecting lapu lapu with nets as well? thanks mark

Steve, just how many "good" trainers do you know? and what is the monthly? or annual rate of pay for one?

THanks for "all" the attention guys. :lol:

well, as i said before, the saga continues...... now, MAC Certification Systems Director - Peter Scott has been framed by the same guys in phils that wanted me out of MAC-Manila....... Mitch, as I've said before, MAC is an organization not unlike our US government..... We all enjoy the...

ok guys, still no word from any rdo staff on helping me change my name, so just to clarify, I am no longer working with MAC, but what the heck, I might just keep the name.... for what it's worth, perhaps i will begin to write a little something down regularly to try and answer questions and...

hey thanks Gresham, but the saga continues on.... getting even better.... in the mean time, i have to get to work. maybe working with collectors and an exporter or two to get net caught/high quality fish....... cheers 8)

last post I made was exactly when the thread was being split and was actually a reply to the post that was moved...... :)

it's all gonna be in my book..... : ) any thing in particular you want to know? it has been (and will continue to be) an incredible experience. i also spent several weeks in Indo, (java and bali, even Les village) which reminds me of one important experience: a fisherman from Les who...

ok, but i admit that i inhaled........... :lol:

it's a rough world in here. one time someone here even called me a "slick willy" what exactly is that? how about that? : )

the people have a choice, however the fish do not. although, i imagine that a tattooed fish in a "happy, well kept tank" would be much happier and better off than a non-tattooed fish in a poorly kept tank........ things that make ya go "hhmmmm" slick willy

Isn't it ironic that comments like that are made by government officials/officers, when "cruelty" to far more animals, but more importantly the ecosystems AND people are often overlooked, or worse yet ignored for the sake of development? e.g. food fishing, mining, construction of homes and...

hey can anyone tell me how i can change my username? please? i gotta get rid of this one........ at least for now...... :wink:

Thanks for the welcome Steve! My ex-father in law got poked by a volitan lion while on the job "hand feeding it"..... Apparently the pain was pretty immediate and severe.... He had quite a significant reaction...... One of my other "stupid" accident stories is when one of my reef shop...

WOW!!!!! Slick Willy here actually agrees with vitz and Mitch on this one... All you need do is use the force young fish whisperer.... :lol: ps. not @mac any longer but can't figure out how to change my username yet....... : /

Dear Boobie Rhinosprinkles, Exporters. importers, other retailers, and hobbyists have ALL the control/power over exporters and importers...... We simply don't use it collectively to achieve our most common goals..... Mark

I heard Steve got the wrong netting........ : ) Mark

All, I want you to know that the MAC Certified collectors ARE getting more money for their fish. I know this first hand as I have had a major role in this. This is one of the biggest reasons I am here. This is the only way we can create incentive for them to stop using cyanide and/or keep up...

Mitch and All, I paid the certifier $700 USD for the assessment fee......... I don't "dodge" questions! There may be things I don't know. If I don't know, I say that, I don't bs! Is that dodging the question? sure I'm new to this part of the business, I'm just trying to do something good. I...

cortez writes: quote from Mark: "I am personally working with all of them who have become certified." Cortez writes: Mark! Many of the exporters detest MAC. What do you mean that you are working with all of them??!! Thats so ridiculous a statement as to be laughable. Being new to things...