7787

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 7787
• Author: Desert Fishes Council.
• Title: Proceedings of the Desert Fishes Council Volume XXV, 1993 Annual Symposium.
• USFW Year: 1993.
• USFW - Doc Type: D. A. Hendrickson, ed. November, 10 -14.
• Copyright Material: NO

MINUTES OF THE BUSINESS MEETING
RESOLUC16N DEL CONSEJO DE PECES DEL DESIERTO, 1993-1: Relativo a la conservacihn de peas
en la cuenca Cuatro Cienegas.
CONSIDERANDO QUE la cuenca Cuatro Cienegas y sus ambientes en Coahuila central, Mexico, ha sido intemacionalmente reconocida como
una de las mas [micas Areas biol6gicas en Norte America por muchos anos; y
CONSI DERANDO QUE el desarrollo extractivo en Cuatro Cienegas y Areas adyacentes, y en la regi6n, representa una amenaza a su integridad
y existencia; y
CONSIDERANDO QUE los esfuerzos de conservacihn en favor del Area y la regi6n y su biota estAn haciendo progresos y existe considerable
evidencia que llegarA a dar frutos;
RESOLVIO que el Consejo de Peces del Desierto, una sociedad international dedicada a ]a prolecci6n de la biota acuAtica del desierto,
encomienda y felicity a individuos y agencias privadas, municipales, estatales y federales en Mexico por sus esfuerzos y progresos para
conservar y perpetuar el Area; tambien
RESOLVIO que el Consejo de Paces del Desierto, como una unidad y acciones conjuntas de sus miembros, ofrece cualquier y toda la asistencia
que pueda brindar para apoyar este esfuerzo y asf aseo rar el mantenimiento sostenible de el (los) ecosistema(s) locales v regionales en el Area
de Cuatro Cienegas; y tambien
RESOLVIO que el Consejo de Peces del Desierto favorece y exhorta a individuos y agencias privadas, municipales, estatales y federales que
se relacionan con la cuenca Cuatro Cienegas a que redoblen sus esfuerzos para que esta muestra de biodiversidad pars Mexico, el Desierto
Chihuahuaense, y pars el Mundo no sea danada o perdida, sino conservada para generaciones futuras.
RESOLUTION OF THE DESERT FISHES COUNCIL, 1993-4: Relative to support for the Centro de
Resguardo para Peces en Peligro de Extinci6n and the Laboratorio de Ictiologia of the Universidad
Aut6noma de Nuevo Le6n.
WHEREAS the desert region of Mexico supports a speciose ichthyofauna of internationally recognized scientific interest; and
WHEREAS ongoing human activity in this region has resulted in the degradation or total destruction of numerous aquatic habitats and the
consequent endangerment or extirpation of their associated fishes; and
WHEREAS promptly implemented captive breeding programs offer the most immediately practical means of conserving many of these
endangered species and thus maintaining options for the future restoration of aquatic biodiversity of this region that would otherwise be lost,
therefore be it
RESOLVED that the Desert Fishes Council, an international society of professional biologists dedicated to the protection of the aquatic biota
of North American deserts, commends and congratulates the Universidad Aut6noma de Nuevo Le6n (UANL), and in particular the School
of Biological Sciences for its support to date of the Centro de Resguardo para Peces en Peligro de Extinci6n and the Laboratorio de Ictiologia;
and be it further
RESOLVED that the Desert Fishes Council strongly urges the UANL and the School of Biological Sciences to continue its support of the Centro
de Resguardo and the Laboratorio de Ictiologia at levels that will allow them to respond effectively to the increasing threats to the survival
of Mexican fishes with expanded husbandry efforts, and be it further
RESOLVED that this support be extended to the Centro's efforts to educate the Mexican public and thus build the political constituency essential
to the implementation of any conservation program through the continuing display of representative desert fishes in the Museo do Historia
Natural of the UANL.
RESOLUTION OF THE DESERT FISHES COUNCIL, 1993-5: Relative to the commendation of Dr. Salvador
Contreras-Balderas, Dra. Lourdes Lozano-Vilano and the staff of the Laboratorio de Ictiologia, Universidad
Aut6noma de Nuevo Le6n, concerning a most successful symposim on the 25th Anniversary of the Council.
WHEREAS THE Desert Fishes Council is an international professional organization of biologists interested in the conservation of aquatic
resources of desert ecosystems, and
WHEREAS the Council has been successful in preserving such aquatic resources and will continue to strive toward the accomplishment of this
goal, and
WHEREAS much of this success may be attributed to the international cooperation and information derived from the annual symposium, and
WHEREAS the 25th Annual Symposium was held at the University of Nuevo Le6n in recognition of the role played by the University and the
Laboratorio de lctiologfa in the accomplishment of the Council's goals, and
WHEREAS Dr. Salvador Contreras-Balderas, Dra. Lourdes Lozano-Vilano, and the staff of the Laboratorio de Ictiologia were instrumental
in achieving the great success of the 25th Annual Symposium; therefore be it
RESOLVED that the Desert Fishes Council expresses its deep gratitude to all involved in bringing the 25th Annual Symposium to an
extraordinarily successful conclusion.
OTHER ITEMS OF NEW BUSINESS: W.L. Minckley had just returned from a meeting of American Rivers in Washington, D.C. anc
suggested that Council affiliation with the group would be desirable and should be explored. This will be done and followed up on as appropriate.
The question was brought up concerning criteria to be followed for acceptance of papers for presentation at the annual symposium and eventual
publication in the Proceedings. It was suggested that we should establish categories for papers, such as Colorado River, desert fishes generally,
etc., and that such papers would be presented only at the annual symposium and nowhere else. Furthermore, if paper offerings continue to
escalate, it may be necessary to restrict members to only one presentation each year, or each two years. It was the group consensus that
concurrent sessions should be avoided. Utilization of posters will be emphasized and encouraged. A committee to handle this problem will be
appointed by Chairman Rinne. The 1994 symposium will be held at Furnace Creek, Death Valley National Monument, during the period of
November 16-20, with early registration on the evening of November 16 and field trips to Ash Meadows and other locations on Sunday.
November 20. The membership expressed much relief at the more relaxed agenda at Monterrey, with frequent breaks and the business meeting
being held during the day (Saturday afternoon in 1993). This is in sharp contrast to the marathon sessions and intense schedule of previous years,
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