Definitely. Around 10 years ago there were three retailers in PG who carried saltwater livestock. Now there are none. Even the lower mainland has lost a lot of retailers: Hidden Reef, Oceans Aquatics, Oceanic Corals etc. Around when I was getting into the hobby there were several more setting up tanks over 200gal locally. Nowadays its really rare. My annual earnings have been stagnant but the cost of this hobby has at least doubled since 2004.
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