By using the IMATA online member forum, you agree to adhere to the following forum posting guidelines. Failure to abide by these guidelines will result in removal of the offending post and possible disciplinary action including removal of forum privileges. IMATA reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to reject, refuse to post, remove any posting by members, or to deny, restrict, suspend, or terminate member access to all or any part of the IMATA website at any time without liability.

Posts should support the IMATA mission statement,

Dedicated to the advancement of the humane care and handling of marine animals by fostering communication between professionals that serve marine animal science through training, public display, research, husbandry, conservation, and education.

and its Code of Ethics.

If any post, in the opinion of IMATA, contains the following content, it is subject to removal from the IMATA member forum:

• Profanity of any sort
• Sexually suggestive postings
• Offensive material
• Information which is false or misleading
• Information which violates the privacy rights, publicity rights, copyrights, trademark rights, contract rights, or any other rights of any person or organization or creates a privacy or security risk to any person, animal or organization
• Links to web pages which contain any of the above
• Personal opinions that are defamatory or in any way violate any of the above mentioned guidelines