In 2019, a team of fisheries biologists from VIMS traveled to Nepal to study the country’s freshwater fishes. Their goal was to understand how national parks – primarily designed to protect large land animals – may also protect fish habitats and diversity. Along the way they learned a great deal about the rewards and challenges associated with conducting international research. Join us as Dr. Mary Fabrizio, Dr. Troy Tuckey, and Vaskar Nepal provide a first-hand account of their expedition. From extreme heat to wild rhinoceroses encounters, they will detail their expedition and what they hope to discover with the information they gathered.

This is the January installment of the 2020 After Hours Lecture Series. All After Hours lectures take place at 7:00 pm in Watermen’s Hall on the VIMS campus, 1375 Greate Road, Gloucester Point. Reservations to this free public lecture are required due to limited space. Visit www.vims.edu/events or call 804-684-7061 to register or to find out more information about this and future After Hours lectures. Can’t attend in person? The lecture is also offered as a live-streamed webinar. Register for the webinar at www.vims.edu/events.