Brazil pleco ban

[mbunafishkeeper]

Not according to Heiko Bleher, read through this thread: http://forum.simplydiscus.com/showthread.php?t=61656

while it doesn't directly mention plecos, it relates to all the fish caught in the South America, Brazil in particular.

heiko is now in brazilian prison

 

[VLDesign]

FYI: Slander will always get you in hot water...

 

[koop171]

Yes; the ban has technically been up (in theory, not practice), since last year,or, depending on who you ask, as early as 2006. Anyways, thus far, pretty much all hypancistrus and pseudacanthicus, amongst others (but these are the most notable) are banned from Brazilian export until they are officially described.

OH I hope I can still get the ones I want I think I have a call or two to make.


I just got this link check it out idk how accurate it is but it's a start.

http://community.livejournal.com/ljaquariums/31270.html

 

[koop171]

BUMP any one got any info on this yet? I didn't find much.

 

[Wild fish Brasil]

Yes is true ...

The problem is the export ilegal fish from same Brasil export companys .
Ibama have rules , they can be same of them stupid ..but is rules . Imagine a world without rules ...iam exporter in Brasil ...but i thing rules is rules !

HUGO

 

[Felipe Cantera]

Yes is true ...

The problem is the export ilegal fish from same Brasil export companys .
Ibama have rules , they can be same of them stupid ..but is rules . Imagine a world without rules ...iam exporter in Brasil ...but i thing rules is rules !

HUGO

I agree....
In this hobby, as in everything else, nothing is 100% black or 100% white.
I think people need much more info about fieldwork, collecting, etc,etc....because I am sure that all collectors, researchers, exporters, etc, etc don't work in the same way??
Do we know how many wild fishes are coming out of Brazil every year?....and from Peru?....or Argentina?...Uruguay?
Hmmmmm....we need more facts before we really know.

Felipe Cantera
http://www.aqvaterra.com

 

[koop171]

i just got off the phone with a store that can get L25s and he told me that For the most part the asian/UK hobbiest market it NUTS. He said he had a guy from germany pay $600 !!!! Just in shipping to but two cats. So the brazilians being worried about taking to many fish for fear of low wild populations doesn't seem like a unsupported fear. HOWEVER when those damns are built there won't be any good habitait for these fish anymoe anyway.


I just hope I can get the ones I want before then ban if in full affect.

 

[Bogwoodbruce]

I believe that L-134 are going to be banned soon, but i believe that singapore have been building up a large amount of zebra plecos in all sizes to sell.

 

[davo]

zebra plecos have been banned for a long while Bruce.

 

[koop171]

I believe that L-134 are going to be banned soon, but i believe that singapore have been building up a large amount of zebra plecos in all sizes to sell.

there isn't alot of sizes for the L46 they come in smalll and really small lol