Legal Asian Arowana?

[Chaos32]

Good Ol' USA dollars can buy enough consevation nessasary to proliferate the specises...
Just the right people have to take intrest and get it done...

I wish it was just a simple thing as dollars & cents. If it was just bout profit then the farms would have taken things into their own hands.

 

[wizzin]

I know what you're saying about the conservation issues, but you also have to consider that there ARE a lot of range areas that ARE candidates for conservation. For example, Borneo, the Berbak Wildlife Reserve, Cat Tien National Park, several Ramsar Convention Sites, The Cardamom forest in Cambodia and several other protected areas throughout Indonesia.

To say that conservation is not possible isn't true. This is also not all about money, and these animals are not just "products" to be bought and sold, and their conservation should not be an issue of profit or loss, but rather we as human beings taking the initiative to save a species from extinction, of which, we are responsible.

Whether there is a "lack" of arowana throughout Indonesia in the hobby market is no excuse to not care for conservation. Just because the people of the Indo Burma region can easily aquire a captive bred or even wild caught aro, is not an excuse to not want to help in conservation.

 

[Chaos32]

I know what you're saying about the conservation issues, but you also have to consider that there ARE a lot of range areas that ARE candidates for conservation. For example, Borneo, the Berbak Wildlife Reserve, Cat Tien National Park, several Ramsar Convention Sites, The Cardamom forest in Cambodia and several other protected areas throughout Indonesia.

To say that conservation is not possible isn't true. This is also not all about money, and these animals are not just "products" to be bought and sold, and their conservation should not be an issue of profit or loss, but rather we as human beings taking the initiative to save a species from extinction, of which, we are responsible.

Whether there is a "lack" of arowana throughout Indonesia in the hobby market is no excuse to not care for conservation. Just because the people of the Indo Burma region can easily aquire a captive bred or even wild caught aro, is not an excuse to not want to help in conservation.

It's not impossible & was not made out as such. To say that money alone would solve the problem is also not quite on the dot. I have been talking to you about this topic for some time now. We understand where you are coming from & like I have said before your persistance is admirable. There are things at work here that are hard to explain. It is however not all negative. What I can say is, come to the region, stay a while, perhaps then certain aspects will sink in. In a way it's both heaven & hell all in one & we are not just talking bout conserving aros LOL.

 

[ewurm]

the USFWS has actually always had the ability to issue these permits. The draft was to change the way the USFWS looked at "enhancement of survival". To date, no commercial permits have been issued for import of Asian Aros. You can apply for a permit to import ANY endangered species, but unless you can prove that by importing the animal there is some benefit to the survival of the species, you won't get one.

This is about conservation. The USFWS isn't bad, they're trying to get people to conserve the fish. I'm frankly upset that close to half a million fish are raised annually, each selling from $250 to $5000 (est) and not one red cent of that money goes to conserving the fish in the wild. If people would be more interested in conservation, I bet things would change.

They should tax the fish, and the tax goes to conservation.

 

[wizzin]

They should tax the fish, and the tax goes to conservation.

DING DING DING!!! We have a winner....

 

[iloveawink]

off topic but how much would one have to pay if caught in the U.S with an asian because a friend of mine is getting one illegally some how and i just wanted to know what would happen if he gets caught?

 

[wizzin]

off topic but how much would one have to pay if caught in the U.S with an asian because a friend of mine is getting one illegally some how and i just wanted to know what would happen if he gets caught?

$250,000 USD and up to 5 years in jail.

$50,000 if they feel it was an honest mistake. For example bringing one in from canada and you didn't know they were illegal.

 

[iloveawink]

$250,000 USD and up to 5 years in jail.

$50,000 if they feel it was an honest mistake. For example bringing one in from canada and you didn't know they were illegal.

thanks thats some serious ****
but hey what can you do
its an asian aro id prolly do the same