Re: [RML] Banning PNG Bows
Bruce Hansen (bhansen at ozemail.com.au)
Wed, 10 Sep 1997 07:23:07 +1000
> From: Bruce Sambell <ausyfish at tpgi.com.au>
> To: rainbowfish at pcug.org.au
> Subject: [RML] Banning PNG Bows
> Date: Tuesday, 9 September 1997 23:39
>
>
> Bruce, go and wash your mouth out with something sterile!
> One of the greatest things that add value is the fact that rainbows are
> from particular geographic locations. Even the humblest of rainbows has
> special commercial value JUST because it is from a particular spot. If
> cross breeding became the practise then we would end up with a small
number
> of commercial species. Only those with extreme colour would be sort after
> by the consumer. We would probably have one red one, one white one, and
one
> with a bit of s...... on. Sounds like good words for a song. Anyway what
> you say about a "code of ethics" sounds like an excellent idea, any
reason
> why this should not be discussed at the AGM in Sydney next month?
>
I thought that might get you going Bruce :) That scenario was my projection
if the ban became even more stringent. Because, inevitably if they
succeeded with total removal of PNG Rainbows from the market (for
environmental genetic and disease reasons) then logically the even more
dangerous Australian Rainbows would follow for the same reasons.
Then the only Rainbows left for the trade would be manufactured ones -
something like "Batman and Mickey Mouse Platys" ;-)
Cheers
Bruce Hansen