Les Kaufman wrote:
As a case in point, the LV-SSP, in conjunction with FIRI (Ugandan =
Fisheries
Research Institute), is planning to attempt an ICDP (integrated
conservation development project) in the form of a small cottage =
industry
for aquarium fish breeding and export, with the community around Lake
Nawampassa...if they are willing. Aquarists everywhere will be able to
assist by MAINTAINING a market for these fishes once the source-end is
straightened out. The proceeds will directly benefit conservation of =
these
taxa. Now, the key is the long-term market. Most likely aquarists =
would
have to volunteer not to sell or gift captive bred stock in the US to =
each
other, or some such restriction. If this were not done, the trade would
trickle off and die after only a few months, and the fishes would no =
longer
be there the next time the fad reawakens. Does anybody have ideas on =
this?
Should we treat conservation-priority fishes like software? Or more
pertinently perhaps, like the law says that software should be treated?
I may be growing cynical in my old age, but my guess is that if you are =
relying on aquarists=20
not to sell/gift rare fish to their buddies then you are doomed to =
failure, and doubly so if the=20
aquarium trade is involved. Market forces have always worked against =
conservation by encouraging faddishness, IMHO. But whether the market =
drives the fad or the fad drives the market, there's a question.=20
My guess is that any endangered fishes that go into the commercial =
merry-go-round are lost. I have seen this happen with some Rainbowfish =
species - some retail outlets are highly responsible as far as checking =
provenance goes, some are not....
There needs to be a "professional ethic" amongst amatuers involved in =
this kind of work, and maybe how this can be developed is the real =
question here, because everything else seems to hinge on it.
Regards, Andrew Boyd
(andrew at pcug.org.au)
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