Why not put legislation in place that makes it more difficult and costly (not impossible) to obtain wild caught livestock? Why can we buy wild caught Banggai Cardinals and Clownfish en masse when the average hobbyist can raise them successfully? Why not raise the price on species with lower survival rates and lower wild populations? Why not raise the price particularly on wild caught species that are currently regularly captive bred? Not only would this increase the price of captive bred fish by increasing the profitability for captive breeders and thus encouraging captive breeders, but would also help protect those species in the wild. It would be a start, and an action I think needs to take place to show that us hobbyists DO care about wild reefs and their future. Right now we look like pilferers.
The average hobbyist doesn't know the different between captive bred and captive raised. Hobbyists need to be educated.
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Last edited by Myka; 10-14-2011 at 07:14 PM.
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