Re: our impact


> Incidentally, the tank raised angle sounds good to me. I can remain
> in the hobby with only a fraction of the guilt. Are there any facts
> out there on reef depletion? I'm a scuba diver (occasionally), and if
> you read the scuba magazines, many of the world's reefs that were
> teeming with fish 15 years ago are pretty barren now, due mostly to
> the aquarium trade. I wonder how much of this is true and how much is
> propaganda.
>

I seriously doubt that the reason of barren reefs is due to the aquarium
trade. If those fish there are cought by net, without cyanide it can not
seriously endanger fish population. The number of fish caught for aquarim
trade is insignificant compared to tons of fish caught for consumation every
day. The local people there eat fish that we keep in aquariums.
The problems are elswere, primairly IMO in local polution that pushes the
reefs away from populated areas.
Did anyone see the markets in Japan and Honk-Kong? They have pufferfish,
mantis shrimps, moray eals, tangs... all ment for consumation.
Local comunities that export fish for aquarium trade should take care in
minimizing polution and try everything that coral reefs remain beautyfoul
and attractive.

Mislav


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