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Hi all,
I thought I'd start a thread about the upcoming implimentation of the EU directive 2010/63/eu and the meeting I've just attended. The meeting had a good representation across the cephalopod groups although it was a shame that there were not more nautilus people there (Robyn and Greg it would have been good to see you there) although they were well represented by Jennifer Basil. Off the back of the meeting a set of guidelines for keeping ceph's for research as a reference point for the EU legislators will be constructed detailing anything from transport to euthanasia in extreme cases. As I sit both in the research and public aquarium situation I can see benefits of these guidelines to both camps and am looking forward to a combined effort in europe to get these guidelines together. What I was wondering is how other countries outside the EU see this effort and what they currently use as guidelines for keeping cephs? Also do people think there will be any transferable things out of the document that people could use for private ceph keepers?
I guess I'm just interested in what peoples view points are
I thought I'd start a thread about the upcoming implimentation of the EU directive 2010/63/eu and the meeting I've just attended. The meeting had a good representation across the cephalopod groups although it was a shame that there were not more nautilus people there (Robyn and Greg it would have been good to see you there) although they were well represented by Jennifer Basil. Off the back of the meeting a set of guidelines for keeping ceph's for research as a reference point for the EU legislators will be constructed detailing anything from transport to euthanasia in extreme cases. As I sit both in the research and public aquarium situation I can see benefits of these guidelines to both camps and am looking forward to a combined effort in europe to get these guidelines together. What I was wondering is how other countries outside the EU see this effort and what they currently use as guidelines for keeping cephs? Also do people think there will be any transferable things out of the document that people could use for private ceph keepers?
I guess I'm just interested in what peoples view points are