Rob
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Date: Thu, 9 May 96 13:43:44 EDT
From: mcall at superaje.com
To: rob at pinetree.pinetree.org
Subject: Re: Caribbean Fish Collecting (fwd)
The quinaldine question is an old one. There are people pushing it
because they have a vested interest in it, and I suppose there are people
who promote it because they feel it works.
I don't have any documentation on damaging effects,though I am sure there
is some data on overdoses. Ocean Voice's general position is that there
are thousands of species and dozens of phyla out there on the reefs.
Quinaldine could be harmful to some of them. So why not use nets instead?
As for the use of cyanide to collect marine aquarium fishes it is
widespread in the Philippines, though we have trained 1000 out of 2500
cyanide collectors to use nets. I have had enquiries from Malaysia wanting
to know how we use nets so they can help marine aquarium fish collectors
use them instead of cyanide. Denying the use of cyanide is rather futile.
Why not put energy into training and education rather than public
relations? If we had done that 10 years ago the problem would have been
solved in the Philippines and we would not have to fight it in Indonesia
and Malaysia.
But the aquarium industry and hobbyists might also wish to think about the
other causes of coral reef destruction that they are not to blame for.
Destruction by dynamite, sedimentation, etc. surely affect the production
of numbers of marine ornamentals. Why not support organizations saving
coral reefs in general, as well as those which work specifically on the
cyanide issue?
You are welcome to post this on ACN-L.
don
Don E. McAllister /& Canadian Centre for Biodiversity
Ocean Voice International /Canadian Museum of Nature
Box 37026, 3332 McCarthy Rd. /Box 3443, Station D
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