reef responsibilty

[mps9506]

Well, if we were all ethical and conservation oriented, we probably wouldn't take any specimens out of the ocean at all . Witht that said the reef keeping hobby does contribute a lot to the spread of knowledge and general understanding of the function of coral reefs and fish on our planet.

There is almost always some bad that comes along with the good.

Hopefully as more universities and institutes look to research mariculture and culturing marine ornamentals we may find less expensive ways to do this.

Hopefully people are looking at culturing other species as well. I know Nassau grouper have been bred in captivity as well as drum and flounder. I believe only the flounder has spawned naturally, with the other two induced to spawn with hormones.
But perhaps advancements in these species can be translated over at some point to marine ornamental species.

[Witfull]

Originally Posted by mps9506

Hopefully as more universities and institutes look to research mariculture and culturing marine ornamentals we may find less expensive ways to do this.

and we need to encourage this among the younger hobbyists that endevour into the bio-sciences to want to pursue these studies,,,,without hungry minds there is no push,,,then any possible insights and leaps could be lost.

[mps9506]

To bring this back up from the dead:
http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issu...005/media.html

[Witfull]

Originally Posted by mps9506

I'm actually suprised still that captive reared fish are not seen as much. The Japanese have been captive rearing tuna for a long time. Captive reared angels come out on the market once in a while, mainly large angels.

the large angels you see were bred as a consumable food in Japanese markets. once again,,its about profit. but on the other hand, i forget the name,,,i think it was project seahorse, where captured pregnant male SH's that were going to go to market (most go to the orient as chinese mediicine),,,the males gave birth in a rearing tank, then they captive raised the young for a short period to get them larger and stable, then released them into areas that were depleted. then set up management sites with the locals to allow "no fishing zones" thus keeping their market from being depleted. although they are still threatened, in some areas they are recovering---well,,,not being depleted as quickly.

[mps9506]

Good to see this topic back up.
I haven't seen much new info AFA marine ornamentals go.
Pro Aquatix is working on FW clownfish, and I've seen some cool stuff in the mariculture business, but mostly aimed at the food market.

[Witfull]

captive raised flame angels

[Witfull]

well,,,,now i feel a little better about the price of gas,,,,UAE governments putting $$ into CR foodfish to release back into the gulf. knowedge they learn can and im sure will be applied to the ornamental trade.

http://www.gulf-news.com/Articles/Na...ticleID=174966

and in the philipines,,,,,

http://www.scidev.net/gateways/index...235&language=1

[cheeks69]

Great info Dave ! I wonder how well these fingerlings do or how well they adjust once their released into the wild since their tank bred.