Worrying trend in Peru fish exports
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Lucho;942315; said:
Sorry Lucho, this is what i meant. That is why i put the commas around trade.
It's good to have someone actually from Peru on board to discuss this with us i am keen to hear what your points of view as to the 'word of mouth'
Hasi;943158; said:
Hi Hasi, sorry I think I misunderstood you, english is not my native language so some subtlety always escapes my limited idiomatic skills
In respect the topic at hand, yes, the whole resources of the amazon basin are endangered, we -as fish keepers and fish BUYERS- play a significant role, so I agree that fish breeding is the way to go if you are ecologically minded.
The bad news is I don´t think we can change that trend, what is the global percentage of serious fish keepers like most MFK members? maybe 5% of total? sad but true, IMO
I think that's a pretty good point. The majority of captured fish are probably not going to people like us MFKers, people that at least try to keep the fish they buy alive, but people that are just buying a few fish to throw into a tank so they have something nice to look at.
Some of these fish are are fish that should have 15-30yr lifespans, but they don't even make it to adulthood.
How many of us have fish that will take yrs to reach full size but we're putting the time and money into keeping those fish alive, growing them up, etc.?
Most fish in the aquarium trade aren't going to people like the average poster on this board. Too bad that the hobby may be ruined for people like us, on account of people that see fish as disposable items and don't even know where those fish come from.
Its a cruel world and its a damn shame that it works like this.
Unfortunately countries are being invaded and nations forcibly being under-handed and nothing is being done so i cant see any course of action to be taken to save our beloved fish.
Without being a hypocrit, i can accept a specie is a restricted or endangered and can respect that but saying this if i had a chance to buy a rare specimen, not endangered or something just rare, i would jump at the chance so i guess it all, as always, comes back to demand and supply
Unfortunately countries are being invaded and nations forcibly being under-handed and nothing is being done so i cant see any course of action to be taken to save our beloved fish.
Without being a hypocrit, i can accept a specie is a restricted or endangered and can respect that but saying this if i had a chance to buy a rare specimen, not endangered or something just rare, i would jump at the chance so i guess it all, as always, comes back to demand and supply
Hasi;951156; said:
I think it would be in the best interests of the businesses involved to take some serious lessons from economists and biologists on this; their livelihoods are riding on it.
I think we can make a difference, maybe just a splash but if and when the wild population dries up it might just be people like the fish lovers on MFK that are the only holders (and knowledgeable breeders) of hard to breed fish. We can supply that captive bred band-aid now, and it might turn out to be a much-needed panacea later on down the road.
Just some thoughts. Anybody know of an instance where a private keeper/breeder was able to assist when a species became endangered? I've heard of several, but have never seen any hard evidence. Just wondering.
thats why always go for farm bred fish rather than wild caught
that way we never go to destroy the wild population and neither do we bring a fish from the free wilderness into our glass boxes
and i think as responsible fish keepers we should try to be happy with what we get.
that way we never go to destroy the wild population and neither do we bring a fish from the free wilderness into our glass boxes
and i think as responsible fish keepers we should try to be happy with what we get.
