SF summer field trip – reports on the way!
I’ve just returned (more’s the pity) from a month pottering around Malaysia in search of freshwater fishes and other interesting stuff, and will be posting a series of blogs about the trip since there’s far too much material to cram into a single piece.
There are around 6000 hi-res photos plus interviews and videos to check and process so for the time being here are a few images off the phone-cam, some of which were taken by my wife. First report to follow in a day or two and will feature a couple of very special fishes.
Hope these whet the appetite ’til then…
…
Matt
Aquaculture Technologies Pte Ltd., Singapore is one of Southeast Asia’s most important exporters of wild-collected fish. We were lucky enough to be granted an exclusive in-depth interview with owner Patrick Yap which will be published soon.
© Matt Ford
Mouth of the blackwater Sungai (river) Ru Rebah as it enters the South China Sea, Johor state, Peninsular Malaysia.
© Aiste Ford
Kayaking in the mangrove forest, Tioman Island. Feet not mine…
© Aiste Ford
Dodgy bridge on the Sungai Mentawak, Tioman Island. Backside mine.
© Aiste Ford
Checking the push net.
© Matt Ford
‘Puntius‘ johorensis
© Matt Ford
Hill stream near Sekayu, Terengganu where we collected around 20 species.
© Aiste Ford
Homaloptera parclitella
© Matt Ford
Sungai Berang, Terengganu
© Matt Ford
Doryichthys sp. male carrying eggs
© Matt Ford
Category: Blogs | Tags: aquarium, fishkeeping, Malaysia, Singapore | 14 comments »
September 12th, 2013 at 2:30 pm
“Appetite” is quite the understatement!!!! 🙂
I am REALLY looking forward!!!!
Regards
R.
September 13th, 2013 at 10:25 am
What Rüdiger said!
September 23rd, 2013 at 2:44 pm
Hehe cheers guys. Won’t be long now!
September 23rd, 2013 at 3:02 pm
look forward to seeing more 🙂
October 10th, 2013 at 2:57 am
One month now and still no report 🙁
October 11th, 2013 at 12:59 pm
Um yeah, apologies. I’ve not been able to devote as much time to SF as normal the last few weeks but things are settling down again so hoping to get something published over the weekend.
October 25th, 2013 at 1:06 pm
hai,
i’m really looking forward for your result.Because i’m currently doing my FYP (final year project) at sekayu waterfall, focus on fishes. hope that your finding will help me little more. :).
thanks alot. 🙂
February 25th, 2014 at 3:50 pm
Juhuuu…any update on that field trip??
February 26th, 2014 at 12:58 pm
Can you believe I haven’t got around to processing most of the pics yet? Shortly after returning I quit my job and enrolled on a university course, and have been so busy with that there’s been little time for anything else. Promise that the reports will show up at some point!
February 27th, 2014 at 1:21 am
Wow..I know how that feels…moved to Peru recently and working basicly from day one 😉 Take your time !
February 27th, 2014 at 9:00 pm
Sounds like an adventure! Have you done any fishing yet?
February 28th, 2014 at 6:51 am
No, not yet…but a Iquitos trip is planned for easter time 🙂
June 4th, 2014 at 7:52 pm
Will the field report ever be online??? 😛
June 19th, 2014 at 9:37 pm
I second that 🙂