the ILLEGALS mad LEGAL???????

[D.Pulcher]

I just dont see the problem in the first place. If, like part of the world, you get ur fish chipped and papered it shouldn't be a prob. They are captive bred anyway. Just goes to show what people in the us will do to make a quick buck selling fish on the black market lol srry just was thinking about the stupid law.

 

[ayobreezie]

If you're talking about his avatar picture, I think that's a Clown Loach, not an Oscar

 

[Onion01]

the negative picture of a clown loach

 

[armac]

That's great that they are farming them, but I still think legal importation is a long way off. Allowing legal trade will make it much easier for illegal specimens that are not captive bred to enter.

The wild breeds are not the desirable ones, the reds, golds, and the other nice colors are line bred captive fish.

 

[ayobreezie]

Yeah, but I doubt novice keepers(of Asian Aros, that is) can tell the difference between wild vs. captive fry..

 

[aquatic_wonders]

It won't do anything to their price.. maybe increase... it's legal in other countries and are expensive.. why would the US invitation allow a price drop?

Beacuse it's not going to be harder for them to bring it in like Canada the prices are half the price for ex. here in the US it's $3K there it's $1.5 for demand I think there's enough it's still an expensive fish even if it drops it's price a little.

 

[cenecker]

There are folks on this website that are on the frontlines of the fight to bring asian aros to this country, I'm sure we will know sooner than anyone when they are legitimately allowed back in the country.

 

[Jesse]

As was stated several times before, the article only notes that four farms have registered for CITES certification. That wouldn't change anything with respect to the legality of importation of Asian arowanas into the U.S., because that issue is governed by the listing of Asian arowanas under the U.S. Endangered Species Act, not CITES. CITES certification gets you by the Lacey Act, but not the ESA.