Julie Posted October 1, 2007 Report Share Posted October 1, 2007 This is in the latest pet industry book that arrived today. www.cities.org/eng/cop/14/inf/E14i-38.pdf Hope it works as I have not tried it yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishy_t Posted October 1, 2007 Report Share Posted October 1, 2007 Its on the IUCN list now - not as good of course but better than nothing! http://www.practicalfishkeeping.co.uk/pfk/pages/item.php?news=1376 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie Posted October 1, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 1, 2007 Opps try this www.cites.org/eng/cop/14/inf/E14i-38.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasp Posted October 1, 2007 Report Share Posted October 1, 2007 Well one good thing it will encourage the captive breeding of this species that is happening, and if there is not competition from imports the breeder will be able to get a price that reflects the effort he has put into breeding them. I think they are being bred more and more in the US also, so a ban on wild collection is a good thing. Just it's often cheaper for a 3rd world diver who works for a few bucks a day to collect wild ones than what it is possible to breed them for, so the only way to encourage breeding (of species that can be captive bred), is to ban wild collection if they are endangered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reef Posted October 1, 2007 Report Share Posted October 1, 2007 here is more info http://www.fnzas.org.nz/fishroom/1-vt24432.html?start=0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishy_t Posted October 1, 2007 Report Share Posted October 1, 2007 But they are still catching far more from the wild than they are breeding, cause its still WAY cheaper to catch them than it is to breed them... The Banggai Cardinal is which is endemic to a small archipelago in Eastern Indonesia and was first introduced into the hobby in 1995. This small and attractive fish quickly became very popular and is now one of marine fish keepers most prized fish. It is easy to breed, but as it mouthbroods is young, it can produce far fewer young than the average reef fish (only about 50 eggs compared with thousands) and because of this, almost all of the fish sold are still wild caught. This fish is now in rapid decline in the wild, and of the estimated population of 2.4 million fish left, up to 900 thousand are still caught each year. This proportion of one third of the population being taken in a given year is not a sign of good management, and it is now thought by many to only be a matter of time until the population crashes to near extinction in the wild. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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