aqc247 Posted August 14, 2015 Report Share Posted August 14, 2015 (edited) {{{ EOI - AMAZON FISH COLLECTING & FISHING IN NOVEMBER }}} Anyone made redundant recently with a nice pay out or have some put aside for your jungle river dream adventure ?? Or just finished uni and keen for an adventure or have a round-the-world ticket on route for your new job and might want to start with a cool stop in Latin Americas We are joining a small group in South America later this November to go fishing and collecting. To help reduce costs for all, looking for more participants. Shortish notice but if you are keen and have most vaccinations already, then you are ahead. Drop me a PM for details. Gracias Ian Can only dream for this moment ... Edited August 15, 2015 by aqc247 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aquaholic99 Posted August 14, 2015 Report Share Posted August 14, 2015 I was set for a 3-4 month trip this year but had to put it off. Dry season is the best time for fish collectors and November is right on the shoulder of the wet... depending on which part of the Amazon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
th3f0rg0t3n Posted August 14, 2015 Report Share Posted August 14, 2015 You can catch or collect then have the fish sent home with you ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan486 Posted August 14, 2015 Report Share Posted August 14, 2015 @minesbigger if only Sent from my GT-N7105T using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan486 Posted August 14, 2015 Report Share Posted August 14, 2015 Got made redundant in july, i think id end up divorced if i went. Sent from my GT-N7105T using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pk333 Posted August 14, 2015 Report Share Posted August 14, 2015 You can catch or collect then have the fish sent home with you ? You would have to know the right people with the right contacts. The easiest way would be to ship them to a transshipper in Malaysia or Thailand who could do the required paperwork on that end, and have them brought into Aus by a local importer who has a quarantine room. Now I've been told that it would cost about $1500 to rent a 3 foot tank in a quarantine room for the two weeks necessary and for a local importer to do all the required paper work (and I'm assuming cover the AQIS inspection fees on arrival and to be released from quarantine). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
litigator666 Posted August 14, 2015 Report Share Posted August 14, 2015 You would have to know the right people with the right contacts. The easiest way would be to ship them to a transshipper in Malaysia or Thailand who could do the required paperwork on that end, and have them brought into Aus by a local importer who has a quarantine room.Now I've been told that it would cost about $1500 to rent a 3 foot tank in a quarantine room for the two weeks necessary and for a local importer to do all the required paper work (and I'm assuming cover the AQIS inspection fees on arrival and to be released from quarantine). you can easily recover the cost for some hard to get fish. smuggling will be the next alternative though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pk333 Posted August 14, 2015 Report Share Posted August 14, 2015 Yeah I forgot to mention they'd have to be fish on the allowable import list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatsright99 Posted August 14, 2015 Report Share Posted August 14, 2015 Talk about sugar coating... You have to keep the fish alive when u catch them, you have to get them out of Brazil, you'd have to get them out of America, you have to get them to an Australian approved holding facilities somewhere in Asia, pay the quarantine costs there (1-2 weeks ect) all other paperwork, feeding, general care ect ect. Then there's the aqis inspection and fees here plus another 1-2 wk quarantine and associated cost. And there's no guarantee that the fish will survive at any part of the trip, not to mention even here in the q room. ....... That price for a 3ft tank is cr @ p for quarantine is ridiculous. That'd b if that one tank held up the whole room or section for the period,but its still friggen expensive ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aqc247 Posted August 14, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 14, 2015 (edited) Nice comments guys - but just collecting digital fish to bring home lol. The others on the party have the required collecting / exporting permits and do not reside here. aqh99 - I was set for a 3-4 month trip this year but had to put it off. Dry season is the best time for fish collectors and November is right on the shoulder of the wet... depending on which part of the Amazon. @aquaholic99 >>Maybe next year Win, give me a heads up if you do. Agreed with the dry months. Amazon is as a side trip since will be on the continent already >>main trip is Uruguay where the organiser wanted clear water for photography So really there are two possible trips to join. Edited August 15, 2015 by aqc247 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pk333 Posted August 15, 2015 Report Share Posted August 15, 2015 Sorry didn't mean to troll the thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aquaholic99 Posted August 15, 2015 Report Share Posted August 15, 2015 Nice comments guys - but just collecting digital fish to bring home lol. The others on the party have the required collecting / exporting permits and do not reside here. @aquaholic99 >>Maybe next year Win, give me a heads up if you do. Agreed with the dry months. Amazon is as a side trip since will be on the continent already >>main trip is Uruguay where the organiser wanted clear water for photography So really there are two possible trips to join. Hi Ian, I was planning a very serious fish trip. The plan was to buy a used van and live - drive - camp from it around the country until we ran out of money or intetesting places to see. Had to delay this because the other fish nut i was going with couldn't make it. If you are photographing fish, the best way is a small photo tank as Dr Herbert Axelrod used to. If you want to video underwater then you might not get to as many good fishing spots. Plenty of ways to bring fish back but I'm looking forward to eating wild discus, pacu, TSN and plecos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aqc247 Posted August 15, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 15, 2015 (edited) Sorry didn't mean to troll the thread. open forum pk aqh99 - I was planning a very serious fish trip. only 12 months away bro - could always drop by the lepers like Che Guevara lol He was a key revolucionist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Motorcycle_Diaries_(book) As for photos / vids - pretty much expecting zero viz in the water, but clearer down south. Re-charging batteries will be the key .... Yes looking fwd to eating local catches and bbqs Edited August 16, 2015 by aqc247 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatsright99 Posted August 15, 2015 Report Share Posted August 15, 2015 Discus a good batter coating and eat them Like a biscuit and the plecos r nice deep fried. Plus whatever herbs,spices or local fruits cooked with whichever fish. Give some of what u catch to the locals, they'll love you for it. A good waterproof camera or video will be a good thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
