Endangered fish...

[rkc772]

I would like to know something about endangered fish. if the fish is under a classification as an endangered animal would this automatically be illegal to have?
and if it is not, does this mean the price is expensive for the endangered fish?

 

[RadleyMiller]

No, it doesn't always makes them illegal. They have to be on CITES. If I remember correctly, Bala Sharks are endangered in the wild.

 

[ewurm]

No, it doesn't always makes them illegal. They have to be on CITES. If I remember correctly, Bala Sharks are endangered in the wild.

There are so many Bala Sharks available to hobbyists, why doesn't someone start a stocking program? Or is it just that their habitat is under seige?

 

[davo]

Cause theyre probably all farm bred fish, and you cant really release them into the wild

 

[ssmith]

Cause theyre probably all farm bred fish, and you cant really release them into the wild

You can release into the wild as long as steps are taken into account to prevent disease or parasite contamination. However genetic diversity tends to be what stops release of farm raised fishes. We have a preserved short nose sturgeon that we received from a farm in SC(died naturally). It was being raised on a farm to be released and help save the wild population, however the fish were never released because of fears of further endangering the future of the fish population due to the lack of genetic diversity. Assuming a maximum avoidance of inbreeding strategy, as well as multiple genetic strains were in place, I don't see why this couldn't be done, in fact i think it is done all over the US for many sturgeon species already.

 

[fishfreak317]

You can release into the wild as long as steps are taken into account to prevent disease or parasite contamination. However genetic diversity tends to be what stops release of farm raised fishes. We have a preserved short nose sturgeon that we received from a farm in SC(died naturally). It was being raised on a farm to be released and help save the wild population, however the fish were never released because of fears of further endangering the future of the fish population due to the lack of genetic diversity. Assuming a maximum avoidance of inbreeding strategy, as well as multiple genetic strains were in place, I don't see why this couldn't be done, in fact i think it is done all over the US for many sturgeon species already.

yeah this sounds good if done correctly.

 

[davo]

Yea but projects like that are done with "seeds" taken from the wild. They are there to make sure there is still a large genetic diversity and wouldnt be from selective strains. If they are extinct from the wild, you wouldnt be able to aquire this seed, and would be using probably already inbred selectively bred whatever fish that are being bred for the aquarium trade today. Could be wrong though