Asian arowana interest poll

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Would you actually buy an Asian arowana when they become legal? BE HONEST!

  • Yes

    Votes: 231 87.2%
  • No

    Votes: 34 12.8%

  • Total voters
    265

wizzin

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We need to try to get some data on actual interest in the Asian arowana import program in the United States.

2 questions.

1. Would you actually buy an Asian arowana when they become legal? BE HONEST!!!

2. If you live in a country where Asian arowanas are already legal, would you be willing to pay $1USD more per fish to support conservation?
 
i'd buy more than one.
 
as long as i wasn't paying 5k for an arowana, i'd buy one. but i gotta keep it realistic because i couldn't really afford to lose a fish that cost more then my car
 
Let's assume for the sake of the study that you could buy aros at the following (roughly based on rates in Canada) rates. Assume a $50 conservation fee and a $120 ESA permitting fee per fish. May be other fees in the $50-$200 range (including but not limited to shipping etc).

Green - $250
Yellow Tail - $300
G2 red - $400
RTG - $750
Super Red - $1800
X-Back - $3500
Higher grade specimines in the $5000 - $7000 range.
 
wow, w/that kinda price, i only can get a G2 red, i mean, not that i don't like G2 red, i do. but i love RTG, and x-back...but the price...damn.

personally, i think if they do allow the importation for asian aros, then that'll open up a huge demand in asian aros' market. even though law enforcements will try to limit the imported asian aros to be only tank raised, still, people would do anything for $$. this might lead to more wild aros being caught for the US market.
 
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