Stop the collection of wild fish!

[blackwolfXKAV]

We all need to be globally aware that even the smallest human prescence, let alone commercilization of the worlds oceans, rivers, and lakes has a vital effect on outr environment and on all species themselves. For those of you in Europe or the Americas it is vitally important to preserve these habitats at all costs!
Not to mention that captive bred fish show superior quality. It is urgent that there is a reform in the fishkeeping world, or else it may be to late to save the worlds oceans, and every thing that relies on them. Please, do your part and dont purchase wild caught fish. Thank you.

 

[jm1212]

what are the people with SW tanks supposed to do? fill their tanks with the tiny ammount of comercially bred SW fish there are? great a tank of 50 peturcula clowns (sp.) sounds great
you have to consider that sometimes the only way to get fish is from the wild, and comercial fish suppliers "graze" over the reefs and give them plenty of time to recever. they do not simply go to a reef and take all of the fish.
how do you think we got the FW fish we have now? we collected them until we were able to comercialy produce them. there are plenty of wild angelfish, neons, and tiger barbs arent there?

 

[blackwolfXKAV]

everything is affected, especially in reefs. people need to be conservative, to say the least.

 

[H3D]

blackwolfXKAV werent't you just asking me about getting a loach?

You may want to take them off your purchase list.

 

[blackwolfXKAV]

thats one of the things that made me aware of this.

 

[FreddytheFish]

Your 90 gallons SW tanks gonna be boring. Have fun with your clowns and gobies. If you're lucky, you might get a dottyback.

 

[Rallysman]

Collecting fish from the wild may save them in the long run. There are a few species that arent found in the wild but still ive in captivity.

 

[blackwolfXKAV]

the issue of this is not so much the fishing itself, but the fact that legal companies may be sold fish from others that were either illegally purchased or not in compliance with US or EU standards.

 

[sumthin fishy]

Releasing captive bread fish into thier native habitat can indeed be helpful to thier survival. If you prefer to keep wild cought fish, its best to find out the source, weather or not they are obtained legally and ethically.

 

[blackwolfXKAV]

on a side note that often comes up with special req fish like mollies(brackish) and other pH variable fish is that there have been so many captive bred generations in the hatcheries that they all have almost sub-evolved. Sumthin fish hit it dead on to the point.