Asian Arowana Research Guide?
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Digest of Federal Resource Laws of Interest to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
The law covers all fish and wildlife and their parts or products, and plants protected by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species and those protected by State law. Commercial guiding and outfitting are considered to be a sale under the provisions of the Act.
Felony criminal sanctions are provided for violations involving imports or exports, or violations of a commercial nature in which the value of the wildlife is in excess of $350. A misdemeanor violation was established, with a fine of up to $10,000 and imprisonment of up to 1 year, or both. Civil penalties up to $10,000 were provided. However, the Criminal Fines Improvement Act of 1987 increased the fines under the Lacey Act for misdemeanors to a maximum of $100,000 for individuals and $200,000 for organizations. Maximum fines for felonies were increased to $250,000 for individuals and $500,000 for organizations.
Rewards are authorized for information leading to arrests, criminal convictions, civil penalties, or the forfeitures of property, and for payment of costs of temporary care for fish, wildlife, or plants regarding a civil or criminal proceeding. Strict liability is established for forfeiture of illegal fish, wildlife or plants, and marking requirements for shipments of fish and wildlife must conform to modern commercial practices.
The law covers all fish and wildlife and their parts or products, and plants protected by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species and those protected by State law. Commercial guiding and outfitting are considered to be a sale under the provisions of the Act.
Felony criminal sanctions are provided for violations involving imports or exports, or violations of a commercial nature in which the value of the wildlife is in excess of $350. A misdemeanor violation was established, with a fine of up to $10,000 and imprisonment of up to 1 year, or both. Civil penalties up to $10,000 were provided. However, the Criminal Fines Improvement Act of 1987 increased the fines under the Lacey Act for misdemeanors to a maximum of $100,000 for individuals and $200,000 for organizations. Maximum fines for felonies were increased to $250,000 for individuals and $500,000 for organizations.
Rewards are authorized for information leading to arrests, criminal convictions, civil penalties, or the forfeitures of property, and for payment of costs of temporary care for fish, wildlife, or plants regarding a civil or criminal proceeding. Strict liability is established for forfeiture of illegal fish, wildlife or plants, and marking requirements for shipments of fish and wildlife must conform to modern commercial practices.
in the wild they are, but there are bunch of breeders, some are better then others. but the fact is if you by from a respected breeder that is licensed by cites, you are actually helping there population by contribution to breeding programs that increase there numbers with out harming wild population.pressure_cooker;3138752; said:
uninformed statements likes your are the reason the endangered species act in the US. has no pet clause.
ESA needs a revision based on cites regulations if you ask me, canada even relegalized them. I WANT MY ASIAN ARO!
sostoudt;3139313; said:
you think breeding asian arowana is so easy? and you think there are that many farms to supply the whole world? and you think asian arowanas breed like mollies then you are wrong. let me tell you that there is alot of price difference between a un-tagged asian arowana to a captive bred asian arowana. some dealers can pass a wild asian arowana into a captive bred arowana then it would make its way in LFS. uninformed? go look for some other reputable fish forum then there is a link posted somewhere in the previous threads.
i never said it was easy, in fact its very hard, often taking 10-20 aros in a pond to even pair up just a few. as of right now there arent enough to supply the whole world, but with continued support there breeders businesses will grow and will be able to supply more and more. and once the mating habits are understood better we will be able to produce more.pressure_cooker;3139613; said:
i remember people said we would never be able to breed saltwater fish, now we breed a fair amount of them, and making progress toward breeding more and more. we may never be able to breed tangs or others with advanced larval cycles, but aros arent as difficult to breed as tangs. aros simply require resources to breed them.
i realise some dealers may try to pass caught aros off like that, hence why i said respected breeders that are licensed by cites, i.e. ONES THAT FOLLOW THE LAWS
cites regulations only allow second generation offspring to be sold.
sostoudt;3139313; said:
please dont take my uniformed comment as a insult, the alot of people dont understand the importantance of aquaculture right off.
sostoudt;3139804; said:i never said it was easy, in fact its very hard, often taking 10-20 aros in a pond to even pair up just a few. as of right now there arent enough to supply the whole world, but with continued support there breeders businesses will grow and will be able to supply more and more. and once the mating habits are understood better we will be able to produce more.
i remember people said we would never be able to breed saltwater fish, now we breed a fair amount of them, and making progress toward breeding more and more. we may never be able to breed tangs or others with advanced larval cycles, but aros arent as difficult to breed as tangs. aros simply require resources to breed them.
i realise some dealers may try to pass caught aros off like that, hence why i said respected breeders that are licensed by cites, i.e. ONES THAT FOLLOW THE LAWS
cites regulations only allow second generation offspring to be sold.
please dont take my uniformed comment as a insult, the majority of people dont understand the importantance of aquaculture.
i dont take your uninformed comment as a insult and i would like to thank you for that, i understand that you can say what you want to say.
there are only few respected farms that are licensed by cites and do you think they can even supply U.S.? let alone asia where that is their primary market.
it would take years to make a asian arowana to be mature enough to breed and pair, let alone spawn. it would take months and a little percentage to make them spawn, alot of people in my country own asian arowanas and yet the only closest success they had is making a pair out of them and 2-3 people said they had breed them.
