Notice about carrying specimens to and from meetings

Due to recent reports of problems with carrying alcohol-preserved specimens on planes and of uncertainties involved in transporting museum specimens into and out of Manaus, the following institutions will not be bringing specimens to the 2003 ASIH meetings in Manaus and will not accept any specimens for hand-carrying back to the US:

Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia (ANSP)
California Academy of Sciences - Ichthyology (CAS)
Cornell University Museum of Vertebrates (CU)
Field Museum of Natural History (FMNH)
Illinois Natural History Survey - Ichthyology (INHS)
Museum of Comparative Zoology - Ichthyology (MCZ)
Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History (USNM)