bob_tom,
That's a difference between "making people feel bad because of the fish they choose to keep" and "making people know why they should choose another fish to keep". I don't see it as "telling you how to spend your money", but as telling you that you can be wasting your money and that you may be helping in the extinction of a species.
If you knew most baby SA arowanas (not to say all) are taken from their parent's mouth when it's fished? They're not just taken but the adult that holds them is killed, meaning that his bloodline ends there. Some people wouldn't buy a baby silver or black if they knew it. If I tell it to these people, am I saying how to spend maney, or making them feel bad for buying a baby aro? No, I'm telling them something they deserve to know, since it's important to them.
i say ill keep what i want when i want and until you buy my fish and equipment dont worry about it.
Well, I think you should say it to the F&W staff... Or the CITES guys. Would they think you're right? Some species have an enourmous potential to destroy the native ecosystems if they're released in the wild. Others, like the zebra plecos, can't stand the capture rate needed to make the exporters happy. I KNOW they can be bred in captivity, but ALL fish you get from Brazil are WCs, not tank breds.
That's about information, not about telling you what to do with your money or to make you feel bad about your options, but to inform you what your choices really are.
Best regards.
Daniel.
