You say something as unproductive and ridiculous as that as your third post? Not a good start, friend.
Why is the ban on Asian Arowanas still up?!
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You say something as unproductive and ridiculous as that as your third post? Not a good start, friend.
Synopsis of the situation: wild populations are in danger. The amount of people who want to keep them is very small and will never be enough to elicit government change. Of the people who want to keep them/would keep them the amount who SHOULD keep them and would do so properly is an even smaller %. The point is it wont be changing soon and nor should it in my opinion.
The pressure put on the remaining wild population and the likely decline in quality and standards of the current farms in response to an increased demand would probably the ruin of the species, all so a very very few people could keep these wonderful fish.
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The pressure put on the remaining wild population and the likely decline in quality and standards of the current farms in response to an increased demand would probably the ruin of the species, all so a very very few people could keep these wonderful fish.
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A government sponsored breading program,something along the lines of what is done in the United States where certain fish are bred and released in the wild when they get a certain size.The private farms already have the know how and a few of them could be paid to carry out this task and fishing for theses Arowana would have to be guarded against by forest rangers or a similar entity.
I don't care if the Arowana never become available to American hobbyists but it would be unfortunate if they are wiped out,especially if they could have been saved.
I don't care if the Arowana never become available to American hobbyists but it would be unfortunate if they are wiped out,especially if they could have been saved.
I still say keep the ban up. Add rtc, pacu and Pima to that list too.
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This doesn't make much sense
On one hand you say the demand is to low to have the ban lifted
On the other hand you say if it is lifted the demand will put great strain on the farms
Which is it high or low demand
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To increase wild population the farms would need to start over breeding from new wild stock as most if not all captive bred aro have been crossed at some point
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I say no because smugglers then would be free to catch and sell them to suppliers to ship to the U.S...They'd have a bit of a cash cow and they would catch and sell as much as they could with no regard for the conservation of the species.
