Re: NANFA-- collecting ethics

Steffen Hellner (steffen_at_hellner.biz)
Mon, 19 Jan 2004 13:14:09 +0100

This argumentation and definition is just state-of-the-art and makes things
clear to me. Thanks.

Steffen

> Von: "Stan Perkins" <stanperkins_at_academicplanet.com>
> Antworten an: nanfa_at_aquaria.net
> Datum: Sat, 17 Jan 2004 22:21:34 -0600
> An: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
> Betreff: NANFA-- collecting ethics
>
> Perhaps it it the term hobbist that is causing all this confusion! (I'm
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> sorry my brain has been partially short circuited by semester finals and
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> grading all those exams and fighting over late computer reports and
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> encountering new students.) My definition of hobbist does not include
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> Bobby, his gold fish and pirate ship, Fernando and his giant oscar, or Kang
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> and his fighting fish. Hobbist, to most of us, means an individual who has a
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> fascination with fish. He has spent a (varing) number of years studing them.
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> He maintains a large number of tanks, pools, ponds, buckets, jars, or any
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> other conceivable container with species he has breed and raised. He knows a
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> great bit about the day to day activities of his charges. He observes,
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> monitors, and enjoys fish. He is usually a stout conservationist. A member
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> of two to three aquarium or speciality societies. He may not have degree but
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> when has that stopped anyone from securing knowledge and experience about a
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> subject! Communication is another factor that seperates the hobbist from the
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> professional. Many professionals are afraid someone is going to jump the gun
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> on their research and so a very wary about exchanging ideas with anyone. But
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> any time - day or night - I can get on this computer and send an email to
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> one of the species groups and get an answer back to my problem within
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> twentyfour hours or less. This answer may come from the States or any where
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> in the world!
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> I stand up for the hobbist because I stand with a foot in both worlds. I
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> would suggest that if you really examined any of the advances in keeping and
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> breeding fish, reef maintanence, aquarium product design, filtration, and
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> many other aspects of aquarium care. The list of names associated with these
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> advances will contain more hobbist than professionals. As a keeper, you
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> should know that most zoo professionals are not degreed professionals but
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> rather started as young hobbists. Today more and more are getting the
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> degrees first but the hobby was the introduction to that career. Many of
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> these folks have a list of older hobbists who mentored their interests.
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> To sum it up - I would find the best man for the job! Be it professional or
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> hobbist, it matters not! Experience with a species is more important than
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> whether you work for a zoo, Harvard, or Wallmart.
>
> Stan Perkins
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