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Thanks to UNS for their continued support!!! Project Piaba For 25 years, Project Piaba has been at the forefront of research into the Rio Negro fishery and its impacts. They are a registered non-profit with decades of experience taking groups to this region of Brazil. The trip includes: - 2 weeks on a well-appointed live-aboard boat. Participants will share a room with one other person. - Rooms are air-conditioned and include comfortable bunks beds, linens, private in-room bathrooms with toilet and shower, electric outlets. - Visits to biological hotspots in small boats; opportunities to view fish in their wild habitat when you snorkel. - Visits and opportunities to meet with aquarium fishing communities. - Participate in best handing practices training with fishing communities to better the health of exported fish. - Collect, photograph and release newly legalized species for aquarium export. - Participate in developing traceability techniques for individual fish through the supply chain. - Visits to home aquarium fish export facilities. - Delicious meals prepared by experienced cooks; mineral water, juices, and coffee/tea. - All possible Covid-19 safety protocols will be adhered to, we are requiring trip participants to be vaccinated and tested prior to departure. TO SIGN UP: Reach out to Scott Dowd or Jackie Anderson for more information and to reserve your spot Scott: SDowd@ OR Jackie: janderson@