Study of Scleropages formosus in Cambodia not good....
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Weylin;2611194; said:And yet people in the US still buy the illegal ones...
Its really sad..
I think it's a bit naive to think that. Sure people in the US probably do buy illegal arrows... but I believe it's more popular in legal countries as well. Much easier to catch and sell wild arrows than breed ad chip your own. So don't just blame the US.
Weylin;2611194; said:And yet people in the US still buy the illegal ones...
Its really sad..
Immature! What is illegal one? You meant "wild caught?" I highly doubt wild caught Scleropages formosus has a chance to reach the US market.
Id like to rephrase the earlier post..
Im sorry if i offended anyone.. but its just that.. i have a few friends in the US and they did see some of them for sale without any certs..(could have been bred there)
Here in India, i have see wild caughts..its really pissing off that i can't help stop these guys, you won't believe the amount of illegal and endangered stuff these guys sell...
And the post of the Giant turtle got me really pissed off...
Im sorry if i offended anyone.. but its just that.. i have a few friends in the US and they did see some of them for sale without any certs..(could have been bred there)
Here in India, i have see wild caughts..its really pissing off that i can't help stop these guys, you won't believe the amount of illegal and endangered stuff these guys sell...
And the post of the Giant turtle got me really pissed off...
I know this is considered grim, but put it this way....
A single brood of 30 S. formosus juveniles is likely to earn a harvester $US300–500, which is a substantial amount given that almost 80% of the Cambodian population lives on less than US$2 per day.
$500 is enough to live off for a year for a family in Cambodia. That's from a single brood. Cambodia is a VERY poor country, and if you can do this, to keep your daughters from prostituting, and live a decent life in your town, and in three months you can have a good amount of savings, why not? For them, given the alternative, I can see why they do it.
They could be harvesting opium like others...
AND in the article, it states how they see that it's bad for the fish, and most aren't harvesting that way.
“However, in the last 5–10 years, many harvesters have become aware that killing adult fish will decrease future populations, and reported that harvesting methods that are lethal to adult fish are now less common.”
Lastly, the article states that damming the rivers is going to cause more damage than harvesting will...
Thus is life, it's too bad things work out the way they do...
A single brood of 30 S. formosus juveniles is likely to earn a harvester $US300–500, which is a substantial amount given that almost 80% of the Cambodian population lives on less than US$2 per day.
$500 is enough to live off for a year for a family in Cambodia. That's from a single brood. Cambodia is a VERY poor country, and if you can do this, to keep your daughters from prostituting, and live a decent life in your town, and in three months you can have a good amount of savings, why not? For them, given the alternative, I can see why they do it.
They could be harvesting opium like others...
AND in the article, it states how they see that it's bad for the fish, and most aren't harvesting that way.
“However, in the last 5–10 years, many harvesters have become aware that killing adult fish will decrease future populations, and reported that harvesting methods that are lethal to adult fish are now less common.”
Lastly, the article states that damming the rivers is going to cause more damage than harvesting will...
Thus is life, it's too bad things work out the way they do...
Weylin;2611379; said:
Certs or not certs, chipped or no chip, it wouldn't matter where they come from, wild or farm, since they would all be illegal either way.
