# Event Details

- **Event Name**: FMAS August Meeting: Collecting in Suriname
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 01 Aug, 2026 at 06:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Join us Saturday, August 1th for our monthly meeting and auction.

Talk Title: Collecting in Suriname

Talk Description: 
This talk covers an expedition to the Upper Tapanahony River in Suriname (South America) and highlights the fish and fauna from the trip with phots and video.

Speaker Bio: 
Sam Borstein is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biology at Texas State University in San Marcos. Sam’s research focuses on better understanding the ecological and evolutionary factors that have led to the stunning diversity of fishes and has allowed them to become the most diverse group of vertebrates. Although Sam’s research broadly addresses the global diversity of fishes, much of his work focuses on cichlid fishes as a model to understand ecological and evolutionary processes. Sam's research has taken him to Costa Rica and Suriname to collect fishes. Sam’s blog about his research and fish can be reached at fish4thought.wordpress.com.fish4thought.wordpress.com.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/fort-myers/fmas-august-meeting-collecting-in-suriname/200030110020130
- **Event Categories**: meetups, trips-adventures
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 6

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Fort Myers
- **state**: FL
- **country**: United States
- **location**: IMAG History & Science Center
- **lat**: 26.64039
- **long**: -81.85934
- **full address**: IMAG History & Science Center, 2000 Cranford Ave, Fort Myers, FL 33916-4006, United States

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is FMAS August Meeting: Collecting in Suriname being held?
  - **A:** FMAS August Meeting: Collecting in Suriname takes place on Sat, 01 Aug, 2026 at 06:00 pm to Sat, 01 Aug, 2026 at 06:00 pm at IMAG History & Science Center, 2000 Cranford Ave, Fort Myers, FL 33916-4006, United States.
- **Q**: Who is organizing FMAS August Meeting: Collecting in Suriname?
  - **A:** FMAS August Meeting: Collecting in Suriname is organized by Fort Myers Aquarium Society.

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