Silver Arows may be banned in coming years!

[Daniel Machado]

i will step up one of these days and breed these wonderful fish.

i might not make a dent in demand but damnit ill show its possible to breed them at home

Del... It IS possible. Not to the "average" hobbyist, but is possible. There is a well-known aquaculture technique to breed silver aros here... But the breeders can NOT compete with the collected ones because of the price difference. If the buyers REALLY preferred CB over WC, it would be sustainable. Unfortunately, MOST buyers like the lower price, no matter what's the REAL cost to the species.

Best regards.

Daniel.

 

[Daniel Machado]

It's about time..

The arowana should not even be allowed in the trade. 95% of the people who own/seek them do not house them properly, nor have future intentions too. If the hobbyists were more educated about the guidelines of keeping these, and the fish owners were more responsible, they wouldnt have to annually export 1,000,000+.

The exporters of Peru count on hundreds of millions of fishkeepers across the world to neglect and kill millions of these majestic creatures every year. If people were intelligent and educated enough to meet their full life-time needs, then everyone who has owned an Arowana in the past 20 years would still be owning them, and their would be no need to export another million.

Unfortunately, ignorance is bliss.

Totally. And the cost of this kind of ignorance is gonna be the extinction of the silver aros... Or the inclusion of the species in CITES. Oh, they're off-trade here in Brazil, BTW. Only allowed when born in captivity. And we see juvies around some times, but at a higher price than the previously WC fry.

Strangely, people seem to pay more attention and taka better care of their fishes when they cost a higher price. Don't you see much dead Scleropages around, do you? Especially the higher priced strains...

Best regards.

Daniel.

 

[Daniel Machado]

Then it would be this law you want to introduce that would protect the survival or the wild Aros and not the price. The price increase would be a consequence. Desirable one to you and most undesirable INMSHO. Law/ban/prohibition would be the only solution and the whole debate boils down to you expressing yourself a bit sloppy.

It's already on here in Brazil... Only captive-bred specimens are allowed in the ornamental fish trade.

The "price thing" is another approach... People seem to care more about their fishes' needs when a single fish costs hundreds of dollars. MAYBE the higher price could make the aro be treated a bit better than now, when they cost so little money.

Best regards.

Daniel.

 

[oddballer]

I decided to leave the gutter when i came across this thread......... there seems to be some mis conceptions as to the state of the SA......... If a ban occurs which i doubt will happen it will only affect the SA price shortly......... SA are being captive bred now! But we never see them here because the "Asia Market" completely consumes it........ it really will not be too long until we see such morphs as "platinums" , "short bodys" and such...... good or bad...... take it as you will.......... A buddy of mine was the largest exporter of SA to asia..... something like 1.7million baby sa sent to asia every year........ his market has been shriking the past 2 yrs since the CB programs........ Wild Sa are still availble...... especially here in the US but it really will not be too long before the go they oscar route and all come from asia....... that is if the market is right.........

as for clown loaches........ they still come from the wild..... kinda...... people protect and harvest them from out door ponds....... every year my suppliers go through a bidding process to buyout entire ponds for the years yeild...... never knowing exactly howmany pces will be available........ its a very dangersous maket but also can be profitable....... in recent years Singapore has been buying the largest quantities and growing them out for higher profits........

 

[Waldo]

so we all agree to move the notions.

1) License can be obtained to own a SA through MFK if they have the appropriate tank and knowledge of keeping SA's.

2) The intentions AND means of keeping a SA for 25 years in health and properity.

3) A **** load of monkey's to feed them.

 

[kriztu]

i go for the education bit. that is the first step. you cant have a successful conservation plan if locals arent involved. that is the most BASIC rule in conservation! move the locals to the cause, empower them with correct knowledge. thats the only way conservation works

 

[Waldo]

teaching the collectors wont do any good. It's a do or die thing and if there is something thats going to benifit them weather good or bad it's happening.