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Robert Fenner, USA
Bob has “lived” the science, hobby and business of aquatics in the Philipp8ines, Japan and United States. All phases: collector, wholesale, jobber, retail, design, construction and maintenance. All levels: manager, owner, hatchery work, retail clerk, technician. Published works include several studies on aquatic biological and chemical questions, and an extensive publishing and photographic background in the industry and hobby of aquatics.
  

Tristan Lougher B.Sc, UK
Tristan graduated from Manchester University in 1992 with a degree in Zoology. Throughout the degree and since Tristan has worked with fish, their biology, husbandry and even palaeontology. Despite a thorough knowledge of many aspects of fish-keeing, reef systems are his main passion. He has worked at Cheshire Waterlife in Cheshire for five years and is now a major contributor to Marine World.

 

Vincent Hargreaves, Monteray Bay, California, USA
Vincent was born in York, England in 1947. At the age of 11 his interest in marine life was awakened after collecting cold water specimens from the coasts of Britain. As a result of this he became one of the pioneers of the tropical marine aquarium hobby in the United Kingdom. His first book The Tropical Marine Aquarium was published in 1978 and was in print for over 16 years and available in 27 countries. Since then he has written others books on marine life.



Colin Grist, New England Aquarium, Boston, USA
Colin has worked for approximately 30 years as a professional in the public aquarium industry in such establishments as Liverpool Museum Aquarium, Poole Aquarium, Brighton Aquarium and Dolphinarium, British Sea Zoos in Cheddar, Bournemouth and Weymouth, Bristol Zoo Garden’s Aquarium, Blue Planet Aquarium and is currently at the New England Aquarium in Boston, USA.		  


Reefs UK
Reefs UK is an organisation dedicated to coral reef aquaculture within the UK marine aquarium industry. Their main mission is to illustrate that we can greatly reduce the amount of livestock currently being removed from the reefs around the world and to also increase the awareness and understanding on the requirements of marine life we maintain.

Reefs UK would like to see farmed corals and captive-bred fish purchased in preference to the marine life that is currently being wild caught. As Reefs UK has been running for over 5 years, they are well established as the Uks largest marine aquarium organisation dedicated to the marine aquarium hobbyist.


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