Found an article dated Dec 2008, about the thread of WILD ASIAN AROWANA...

[zerojquan85]

It seems that maybe NOT having Asian Arowana being exported to the US might actually help the Asian Arowana species from being extinct....

I just randomly searched on google for stuff related to fish.. and came across this article on a Blogg about the Cambodia population of Wild Arowana... "Asian juveile cost average US $11-13 dollars per fry!!!!

And most are shipped to Thailand where they sold....

http://ki-media.blogspot.com/2008/12/wild-arowana-harvest-study-reveals.html?referer=sphere_search

It pretty much explains that Asians are over fished for their frys and most fishermen either net and kill of the adult males for their fry.. This pratice apparently was still continued up till 5-10 years ago... which i think its very sad... just think if the US permits Asia arowana for import... then theres bound to be illegal black market imports of these fish...

but then seeing how HR-669 might be a reality.... i guess we can lose hope of Asians every being allowed in the US....

 

[David R]

There would need to be strict checking of microchips if fish were to be imported to the US, perhaps even only from certified farms, not just any old joe importing asians.

At the end of the day the buck stops with the hobbyist, if no one bought these uncertified wild-caught fish there wouldn't be any point in people catching them...

 

[TheRealMacDaddy]

There would need to be strict checking of microchips if fish were to be imported to the US, perhaps even only from certified farms, not just any old joe importing asians.

At the end of the day the buck stops with the hobbyist, if no one bought these uncertified wild-caught fish there wouldn't be any point in people catching them...

David, I think you got it backwards. It wouldn't be the guy (old joe) importing, but the guy exporting. The fishes chips are checked before they are allowed to be exported at least by the reputable fish farmers. So instead of saying it's "old joe", maybe you should say it's "old Chong" who's to blame (I chose Chong because it is my wife's family name and no dispersions are being cast onto anyone of Chinese or Korean decent)

 

[David R]

oops yeah, I meant exporting not importing....

 

[Hao]

dam thats an interesting article i think iv seen it before

 

[pressure_cooker]

David, I think you got it backwards. It wouldn't be the guy (old joe) importing, but the guy exporting. The fishes chips are checked before they are allowed to be exported at least by the reputable fish farmers. So instead of saying it's "old joe", maybe you should say it's "old Chong" who's to blame (I chose Chong because it is my wife's family name and no dispersions are being cast onto anyone of Chinese or Korean decent)

it is easy to put a chip to any fish (ex. asian arowanas) once a asian arowana is tagged it might be a captive bred or wild caught, ive seen some people who have successfully tagged an silver arowana. the only thing that can assure that the fish is a captive bred is that you see it harvested and grow.

 

[zerojquan85]

either way... all of this makes Asian Arowana less and less likely to be accessible to the US..