Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Politics : Politics of Energy -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Eric who wrote (76257)	4/19/2017 2:51:42 PM
From: Brumar89	Respond to of 86355

I'm sure it's a lot of work. There are lots of salt water fish species that we farm. We're talking reef fish, not salmon. Most reef fish species are NOT farmed commercially. Fortunately, the Nemo fish - clownfish are. Sadly, regal blue tangs (Dory) are NOT farmed. .... At least 95 percent of the saltwater fish bought and sold in the aquarium hobby come from the wild, most from the waters around Indonesia, the Philippines, Fiji and other Pacific islands. The industry has grown tremendously in the last two decades, with the value of exported fresh and saltwater ornamental fish increasing from $40 million in the 1980s to $182 million in 2000, according to a study by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization. Many of the Pacific saltwater fish are caught by villagers who make flippers out of plywood and free dive to the reefs to collect the tropical fish, said Sylvia Spalding, spokeswoman for the Marine Aquarium Council in Honolulu. Some increase their catches by using illegal cyanide, which stuns the fish and damages the coral reefs. The council has been working with countries in the Pacific to teach better fishing methods using small hand nets and to certify the fish collected with the environmentally safe techniques. "A lot of conservation organizations have realized that you can't go out and ban the trade, because it's the livelihood for these villagers," Spalding said. "So we go in to help the community, to teach them how to collect properly and handle fish properly." Many fish, such as the regal blue tang named Dory in Finding Nemo, can only be bought from the wild. The tangs release their eggs behind them into the sea, and they float and hatch near the surface, unlike clown fish eggs which stick to the bottom until they hatch. ........... http://staugustine.com/stories/062203/sta_1620920.shtml#.WPewXGnyvIU