Asian Aros in the US.

[Arapaimaman]

I thought there was 2 fish hatchery in Asia that were CITIES approved for exporting ?

I bought 5 Australian Lungfishs that are appendix 2 from a CITIES hatchery.

 

[zennzzo]

What we need is some rich, politically influential, person to start captive breeding here in the USA...as a hobby of course...wonder if Bill Gates is an ASAIN arowana lover!?...

 

[Caveman]

Maybe if the Gov knew how much tax money they could make off them they would legalize them.

 

[xrtg]

Maybe =)

 

[gomezladdams]

I would love to own one of those asian reds.Probably the best looking fish Ive ever seen

 

[glockman]

Making them illegal only serve to encourage black market transactions, and even more proaching cos they fetch top dollars in the US. The successful captive breeding of the Asian aro in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, etc should be testimony enough for the US to legalise its import and sales. We have so many farms and outlets here selling them, I have lost count! You guys should petition that the US govt send reps over here, to visit the farms and see first hand how harmless it would be to legalise it. All aros are F2 (second filial generation) and beyond produced in captive breeding. No one is selling or keeping aros caught in the wild. Wild aros are not even in the equation for crying out loud!

 

[Zoodiver]

There are alot of illegal wild caught fish in the US. I had a huge collection while working in Dallas from Fish and Wildlife grabbing them as they were shipped in.

The regulations are more based on wild populations than the captive population. Once they are NOT endangered fish in their native environment, then there might be a change.

 

[Knife_Punch]

Awww, man but by then California will have fallen into the ocean.

 

[glockman]

There are alot of illegal wild caught fish in the US. I had a huge collection while working in Dallas from Fish and Wildlife grabbing them as they were shipped in.

The regulations are more based on wild populations than the captive population. Once they are NOT endangered fish in their native environment, then there might be a change.

Exactly my point. No wild aros are being farmed and sold. All are captive. By legalising its trade and sale, folks who want an aro would be able to get their hands on one, legally tagged aro from a CITES registered farm. That would undermine black market operations too. And the wild population can be left to regenerate itself, and eventually be taken off the endangered list.

 

[beblondie]

Or the farmers could releasea precentage into the wild to restablish the wild population then the gov't could do a study saying they are no longer an endangered species and all this nonsense could be over with the swipe of a pen -Anne