Silver Arows may be banned in coming years!

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gomezladdams said:
It would be great if there was a project to teach those collectors responsible collecting techniques like what they are trying to do to stop the coral reef destruction by saltwater collectors.Having a way to document fish were collected by approved methods then sold through channels that could ensure the fish that were collected this way were the ones you actually bought would be a better option.
Teaching the collectors that thier livlyhood depends on not driving the aros into extinction,and keepers that buying a "tagged" approved fish is a better purchase is the route that has the best chance of working out
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There is no such thing as ethics in business, do you really think they do not understand the issue and what is happening?



Shekes, you do not control the supply and demand with a price hike nor a tax. I think introducing a law that would harshly limit the number of exported fish, and that is possible to enforce as this is done on regular basis especially with fish relating to food supply. With only a few fish being available, yet the demand still being there, this results in a price going up. You end up helping out the wild population and helping more fish go into proper homes.

That may in fact lead to crime and poaching but the number of illegal exports will be nowhere near what the numbers are today.
 
Vitaliy said:
There is no such thing as ethics in business, do you really think they do not understand the issue and what is happening?
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I'm one of "They" and yes I care... thats why I posted this. You make very good points thouhg because I know that people that I compete with in SA are going to do it regardless. It's not business it's cutthroat, and it's not the only fish it's being done with. Brazil is moving rays and pleco's to columbia and peru to export illegally. Yay for controban. Grease the axles to get farther is the motto and I'm not proud to admit I've HAD to do it time to time. It's mostly dealing with government too.
 
DeLgAdO said:
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
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:clap

I'm with you ALL the way on this one.....I WILL BREED AROWANA!!!!:asianarow :babyblack

REPLENISH WILD POPULATIONS!!!! :headbang2
 
ewurm said:
Is it just me shekes, or do uncase your flamethrower every time you turn on your computer? I didn't know you could connect a computer and a flamethrower, but you seem to have been successful at it. Does your flamethrower have a USB connection? Try having a discussion without talking down to people.
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:werd:

Try having a discussion without talking down to people.

That is all that needs to be said
 
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.
 
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