The Banning Of Stingrays
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I'm pretty sure that was two vendors on the "another site" that wanted to bump sales of rays.. same two vendors known for saying BS....
Rumors..
Peru and Colombia have no reason to shut down ray exports, because their numbers aren't diminishing, and most of the rays they export aren't specific to an isolated area like black rays.
When Motoros, and all those ugly brown peruvian rays, start only showing up in 1 river tributary.. then we have a problem.
Peru and Colombia have no reason to shut down ray exports, because their numbers aren't diminishing, and most of the rays they export aren't specific to an isolated area like black rays.
When Motoros, and all those ugly brown peruvian rays, start only showing up in 1 river tributary.. then we have a problem.
D'Arcy - the locals probably kill and eat millions more rays every year than the total of what has been exported for the aquarium trade since they first started. I think there are a large number of freshwater fish that it would be hard to find the impact that the aquarium hobby has on their populations when their from third-world countries and the locals consume or just kill them. I spent 6 months at Lake Malawi at an exporter there, and the locals eat EVERYTHING; speaking with an expert who'd been going there for 20 years, he'd seen a huge decline in the numbers of a lot of fish. Just my 2c.
It wont happen.
Even with black rays, the exportation for the aquarium hobby has a minimal impact on wild population. Infact from what articles I have read, the wild populations of black rays are booming from the construction of dams. The lakes created create more habititat for the ray so more rays. The ban on black rays is strictly politics. I see that ban being lifted before I see a ban on other rays in other countries be put in place.
Even with black rays, the exportation for the aquarium hobby has a minimal impact on wild population. Infact from what articles I have read, the wild populations of black rays are booming from the construction of dams. The lakes created create more habititat for the ray so more rays. The ban on black rays is strictly politics. I see that ban being lifted before I see a ban on other rays in other countries be put in place.
JD7.62;1475826; said:
All politics.. The brazilian govt likely saw they were losing potential profits with these high dollar export animals, many of which were being exported illegaly beyond their quota limitations.. Just like prohibition and big tobacco, they want to find a way to capture their profiteering ability as a cash crop for the long term..
sounds good, like I said I new nothing about it just heard a rumour and didnt know if it was true. And I hope the bann off the black rays gets lifted (which I realize will take a while), I would love to be able to get a leo at a reasonable price some day.
