Sad day in Hawaii

[saltcreep]

Originally Posted by chilumba

OMG what is wrong with some people! The hawaiian reefs are already depleted of fish and coral. That is a lot of dead fish. I hope the people get jail time and a huge fine! These fish are also dead because of the people who wanted them. This is also just a small percentage of dead yellow tangs every year because of 200,000 yellow tangs caught a lot of them die. So there is a lot more dead fish than we see or hear about. We really should not be supporting the capture of fish from any place that has depleted fish and coral populations.

Do you have a tank with fish and/or corals? If so, I would be willing to bet that you are supporting some sort of destructive fishing practice.

I don't quite get the "moral outrage" that people seem to be exhibiting, especially from hobbyists.

There is no reason or proof as to the cause of the death of these fish. If the reason was a system failure or disease outbreak, why is this different than the same thing happening in a hobbyists tank? Once a fish is removed from the reef, there is 100% mortality.

It is a shame that it has happened and will only be a black eye for the hobby/industry.

[RuGlu6]

Originally Posted by saltcreep

Do you have a tank with fish and/or corals? If so, I would be willing to bet that you are supporting some sort of destructive fishing practice.

I don't quite get the "moral outrage" that people seem to be exhibiting, especially from hobbyists.

There is no reason or proof as to the cause of the death of these fish. If the reason was a system failure or disease outbreak, why is this different than the same thing happening in a hobbyists tank? Once a fish is removed from the reef, there is 100% mortality.

It is a shame that it has happened and will only be a black eye for the hobby/industry.

x2 my point exactly !
Even if we only support farmed (tank raised) still that fish does not have a choice it would rather live out on the reef then in our tanks.
The reason for dead fish is us, we are supporting it that's why it happend and it will hapen again until we are willing to pay for it.

[chilumba]

Originally Posted by saltcreep

Do you have a tank with fish and/or corals? If so, I would be willing to bet that you are supporting some sort of destructive fishing practice.

I don't quite get the "moral outrage" that people seem to be exhibiting, especially from hobbyists.

There is no reason or proof as to the cause of the death of these fish. If the reason was a system failure or disease outbreak, why is this different than the same thing happening in a hobbyists tank? Once a fish is removed from the reef, there is 100% mortality.

It is a shame that it has happened and will only be a black eye for the hobby/industry.

No, I don't have a tank or support any destructive fishing. I don't even like to eat fish.