![]() The MACNA I Committee, in alphabetical order, consisted of: Ken Burrows, Sheila Byers, Charles Delbeek, Roger Driessen, Scott Dyer, Bob Harris, Russell Jardine, Paula and Goran Jovanevic, Bev and Chris Knight, Ian Shapiro, Ron Tuur, and many more who helped on the day of the Conference. Saturday night featured cocktails and a banquet (establishing the MAC NA tradition of carrying on well into the night hours). The Conference was held in the main lecture hall of the Royal Ontario Museum and featured several new products on display for the benefit of attendees and participants. ![]() Helmut Debelius (Red Sea Fish and Invertebrates).Tom Frakes (Water Quality Considerations).Speakers and topics presented at the first Conference included: Attendance totaled over 190 aquarists from the U.S. The first MACNA was held in Toronto on April 22nd and 23rd of 1989. MAST agreed to host the first Marine Aquarium Conference of North America (MACNA) and C-SEA agreed to reciprocate the following year. Scott replied to Tom that he had been thinking along the same lines and it was from this simple start that the idea of a weekend conference was born. The idea presented was to organize a joint event featuring a prominent speaker to be attended by both societies’ memberships. Tom McCarthy of the Cleveland Saltwater Enthusiasts’ Association (C-SEA) made a phone call to Scott Dyer of the Marine Aquarium Society of Toronto (MAST). Richard Ross & Michael Goudeau (Entertainer) ![]() Marine Aquarium and Reef Society of Houstonįlorida Marine Aquarium Society (Hollywood)Ĭolorado Organization for Reef and Aquatic Life (Denver) Windows to the Sea Marine Aquarium Society (New Jersey)įlorida Marine Aquarium Society (Fort Lauderdale)Ĭhesapeake Marine Aquarium Society (Baltimore)ĭallas-Fort Worth Marine Aquarium Society Cleveland Saltwater Enthusiasts Association ![]()
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