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Welcome to Ornamental Fish International's Web Site
Ornamental Fish International (OFI),  founded on 1 June 1980, is the worldwide trade association representing all sectors of the ornamental aquatic industry in some 40 different countries worldwide. Membership ranges over consultants, manufacturers, publishers, wholesalers, collectors, breeders, retailers, importers, exporters, plant specialists, freight forwarders, airlines and exhibition companies. The over 190 OFI members have all made a commitment to comply with to the OFI Code of Ethics. As a result OFI members have obtained a reputation of reliable business partners, and suppliers of quality products.
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OFI Programma Interzoo 2008
Interzoo 2008 will take place from 22- 25 May 2008 in the Messezentrum, Nuremberg, Germany. You can find us at booth 5-426.
OFI activities at Interzoo are scheduled on Friday 23 May and Saturday 24 May: Friday 23 May, 16:00 -17:00 h. Second OFI Fish Health Seminar: The DNA Multiscan Project, Messezentrum, Room Oslo. This meeting is open to all interested people. However, full is full. Access for non-member: 100 Europ per person, OFI members free. Friday 23 May, 17:00-17:45 h.: OFI reception and launch of the OFI Book on Live food cultures. This reception is sponsored by Projeto Arapaima. Messezentrum, Room Oslo. This meeting is open to all OFI members, relations and press. Friday 23 May, 18:00-20:00 h.: OFI Annual General Meeting, Messezentrum, Room Oslo. This meeting is open to OFI members only. All documentation for this meeting can be found in the Members Area (password protected). Saturday 24 May, 16:00-17:00h.: Meeting of the OFI Board of Advisors, Messezentrum, Room Office 1.Saturday 24 May, 17:15-18:15h.: Meeting of the OFI Executive Board, Messezentrum, Room Office 1.
 Disease-free status and MAC certification in Members’ Directory
The status with regard to OIE notifiable diseases is very important. The OIE and the European Union recognise disease-free countries, areas and farms. At this moment, only those countries officially free of Spring Viraemia of Carp (SVC) can export SVC-susceptible fish to Finland, Sweden, Ireland, parts of the UK, and Denmark. The European Union will implement similar rules for Epizootic Ulcerative Syndrome (EUS)-susceptible species in 2010. From now on you can find the disease-free status for OIE disease and any applicable MAC Certification information in the OFI Members’ Directory.
Subscriptions to the OFI Journal
In the past the OFI Journal was distributed exclusively to OFI members and a few relevant contacts of OFI. Subscriptions were exclusive to governmental bodies, international institutions, universities, libraries and trade magazines. As of 2008 the Executive Board has decided to open up the subscription to the OFI Journal to all interested parties. These include, retailers, importers, exporters, etc. The annual subscription fee is 50 Euro for three issues, including shipping costs. A subscription can be ordered through in our shop. Go to shop
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 EPO
Conference on import of pet animals into the EU
EPO, in
cooperation with IPAC, organizes a conference on European import legislation on
the Saturday morning of Interzoo, 24 May 2008, at the Exhibition
Center in Nuremberg, The conference will take place from 9:00 - 12:30 Room St. Petersburg, CCN Ost.
Three
speakers representing the European Commission will give an introduction to the
following topics:
1) The
new European legislation on import of ornamental fish, ornamental crustaceans
and ornamental mollusks, which will enter into force on 1 August 2008.
2) The
development of new import legislation for "other animals", including reptiles,
amphibians and small mammals.
3)
An
introduction to the EU strategy on Invasive Alien Species. This topic will soon
affect the import of aquarium and pond plants, but also ornamental fish,
reptiles and amphibians, and other pet animals.
4)
The
European implementation of CITES. What is different in Europe?
Each speaker
will give an introduction followed by some 20 minutes for questions. For most
operators in the industry, importers, retailers and wholesalers, it will be the
first time they have the possibility to learn about the European developments
first hand. For the representatives of the European Commission it will be an
opportunity to present their concerns and explain the need for new legislation.
 
OFI introduces
book on live food cultures
On 23 May 2008, during the OFI reception at Interzoo 2008, OFI will launch the
third book in the OFI educational publications series entitled: Live food
cultures for the Ornamental Aquatic Industry.
In
148 full-colour pages, this book describes the culture of algae, Paramecium,
rotifers, beer eels, Artemia, Moina, Daphnia and bloodworms.
The
book is written in accessible English by Zaizhong Chen (China), John Clare (Ireland),
Roberto Hensen (Netherlands),
Lim Lian Chuan (Singapore),
Hartmut Schmidt (Germany),
and William Tomey (Netherlands).
The book will be for sale at the OFI booth during Interzoo 2008. For ordering this
book and other OFI publications online, please go to our shop.
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