Why are Asian Aros illegal in the U.S.?

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BlackShark11k;4333614;4333614 said:
Because they're CITES listed. All fish/animals/plants on CITES 1 are illegal to own without permit... which, far as i know, are only granted to zoo/aquariums/research foundations with good reason to keep. Lots are imported illegally, too.

Actually, only Scleropages formosus is on CITES 1, other asian aro species are listed but supposedly still illegal? Weird.
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we know that. the question is WHY is it on CITES? they are bred and sold by the thousands. why doesnt anybody ever revisit these restrictions to see if theyre still applicable? for the same reasons i said in my above post
 
jcardona1;4333656; said:
we know that. the question is WHY is it on CITES? they are bred and sold by the thousands. why doesnt anybody ever revisit these restrictions to see if theyre still applicable? for the same reasons i said in my above post
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Yeah, I bet there were months of meetings and litigation before Darth was even alowed to fill up that water pitcher.
 
That's our government for ya.if a Asian arowana is born n bred on a farm n micro-chipped to prove(because they are chipped)it, there shouldn't be a problem. As for owning one in the future? Lmao! Only way you'll own one in the US is illegally! As a matter of fact its the same government that pushing to ban all non-native species of birds, parrots, fish,basically anything in a pet shop! You should worried bout that, not what we've already lost.
 
It's because of their wild numbers were getting really low.
I believe when the ban was put into effect they were an endangered species.
 
The only hope we have is if the CITES and WWF etc...Go and do a Population survey/Species Assesment and state these are no longer listed under CITES I and now only listed in CITES II etc...So I'd recommend putting a group of Zoologists and Icthyologists together throwing them into Asian river systems and counting/tagging Asian Aros and counting a viable population.....
 
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