how can we make asian arowanas legal?

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but if that were the case then the fish released for repopulation would take away from the bottom line and its likely that the farmer is more concerned with profit than with repopulating the fish, which is why they are on the CITES list.
or perhaps they are released successfully, if there is a market for them they will be poached.

I believe the ban is the best thing that we can do to help the repopulation effort, many people would disagree, but many people are selfish
 
im not trying to discourage you, in fact if you feel strongly about it I urge you to do more than just hope. I havent invested much thought in it, but i'm sure there is something you can do; i just don't believe that writing letters to circumvent the ban or remove the law is the "right" thing to do
 
toffee;702181; said:
I have noticed some asian aros for sale on craigslist from time to time. craigslist sf bay area.
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I don't doubt that I could get one if I wanted one. Besides that i dont have the slightest desire to keep one, i would never buy one because i will not condone illegal trade of protected species; it only perpetuates a negative cycle
 
The current ban is a joke. There hasn't been a wild population count done in the last 20+ years. A big reason the ban is still in effect is due to the fact that there's no agency responsible for performing actual population counts in the waters the asian aro ranges in.
Aro farmers, whether they wish to or not, currently have no avenue with which to return any farm-raised stock to the wild populations. The word is the "government" has asked them to do this. Considering there are several governments involved when dealing with all the areas the asian aro ranges in, not one of these "governments" has a department or agency tasked with the actual transferring of captive stock back to wild areas. The farmers cannot release the animals themselves since there would be no official census of the actual numbers being released nor any control of which areas those releases need to be in.
Until the governments, in the aro's ranges, take the lead on managing this species, all the rhetoric is nothing more than wasted effort.
 
Oddball;702192; said:
Until the governments, in the aro's ranges, take the lead on managing this species, all the rhetoric is nothing more than wasted effort.
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I agree. I also dont see that happening. The government in this country must still enforce the ban as there is more politics involved than just lifting the ban on one, or several species.
 
benzjamin13;702091; said:
As long as they are on the CITES list, they're not going to be available anytime soon.
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The CITES listing is not why they're prohibited in the U.S. An Asian arowana with proper CITES documentation would be legal under the Lacey Act. It's the Endangered Species Act listing that makes them illegal in the U.S.
 
how about for every 1 they sell that have to release 2
 
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