postcards from china · •largest river in china at 3,917 miles (mississippi river 2,320 miles,...
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Fisheries Technical Exchange 2013 POSTCARDS FROM CHINA
Teresa Lewis, Southwestern Native ARRC, Region 2 Carey Edwards, Iron River NFH, Region 3 Rob Simmonds, Carterville FWCO, Region 3
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Technical Exchange 2013 • P. R. C. – U. S. Protocol on Cooperation and Exchanges in the
Field of Conservation of Nature signed in 1986, expanded in 2007 to include fish and aquatic conservation.
• Protocol is implemented in 3 year work plans or “Annexes.” • Annex 11 (2011-2013) consisted of one senior level - 10 day
exchange and two - 21 day technical exchanges. • Sites - Yangtze River Fisheries Research Institute in Wuhan and
the East China Seas Fisheries Research Center in Shanghai. • Individuals are nominated and selected based on diversity of expertise and specific exchange objectives.
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Yangtze River Facts • Largest river in China at 3,917 miles (Mississippi River 2,320
miles, MMJ 3,902 miles) • 18.8% of land area in China, river and basin are home to 1/3 of
China’s population • 230 fish species, 300 bird species, 60 amphibian species, 87
reptile species • Baiji dolphin and Yangtze alligator, rare endemic species
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Getting ready to travel… • SF-1175 • Official passport • Chinese visa • Vaccinations • Coordination of travel plans • Lapse in federal appropriations • GovTrip/Concur transition • New guidance on travelling with DOI electronics Countless questions on what to expect…
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Are we there yet?
Albuquerque to Beijing via San Francisco (15.5 hours/ 6,800 miles) to Wuhan (2.5 hours/ 715 miles). 13 days later, Wuhan to Shanghai by a bullet train (6 hours/522 miles).
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Rob Simmonds, Wang Ke, Teresa Lewis, Carey Edwards
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Propagation Facilities YRFRI (Wuhan) Taihu Base (Jingzhou City)
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Having fun, wish you were here… • Jet lag • Language barrier • Chopsticks • Sleeping arrangements • Communication with home • Good food, but… • Itinerary changes • Restrooms • Smog
Trip Motto: “Just go with it”
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Liangzi Lake sampling trip
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High Tech Labs
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Fish Collections
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Chongming Island and wetland conservation
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Chinese Food
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Chinese Culture
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Chinese living – City and Country
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Ruan Wen, Gao Yu, Rob Simmonds, Carey Edwards, Cui-hua Wang, Teresa Lewis
Zàijiàn
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2014 – 2016 Mutual Exchanges Under Annex 12 (Newest Version of the Protocol)
• Management of wildlife and habitat in urban areas, including environmental education and public services
• Long-term exchanges of nature reserve/refuge staff • Cooperation between Changbaishan National Nature
Reserve and the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge • Nationally coordinated monitoring of landscape-scale
conservation in refuges • Consultations on CITES Convention • Monitoring and restoration of wetlands, including a
symposium in China • Ecological/economic benefits and sustainable use of
wetlands
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Prospective Areas of Cooperation for Fisheries (2014 – 2016)
• Design and delivery of endangered species conservation • Conservation and sustainable management of Giant
Salamander • Asian carp recovery in China and control in U. S. • Multi-jurisdictional aquatic and fish habitat management
Plus support for wildlife disease evaluation/prevention and
early detection, wildlife reintroduction (including bald eagle), and establishment and operation of a Chinese national park system subject to the availability of resources on both sides.
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