Re: The Aquarium Trade (was Re: relentle

Andrew Boyd (andrew at pcug.org.au)
Tue, 13 Aug 1996 00:35:42 +1000

At 01:32 PM 8/11/96 -0500, Chris wrote:
>Andrew regards the Cankong aquatics operation in Toronto.
>I've recently spoken with the guy and arranged to go to his
>warehouse and perhaps buy some fish. Should this all come to
>pass I'll let you all in on the outcome. He does not know
>that I know of Cary's attempts to buy fish. As far as he's
>concerned cary's efforts and my scheduled visit are
>unrelated. I'm supposed to see him onAugust 24.

Good... Sneak up on him ;)

>BTW he said he deals exclusively with US customers as they
>have the interest and the willingness to pay what it costs
>for these fish. So all you Yankee types who are reading this
>note, be on the look out for some new and unusual OZ fish
> and post your findings on the list.

Please feel welcome to!

>P.s. I'll do my best to find out who he's getting his fish
>from. Any other pertinent information that I should try and
>obtain?

Nope - that would be a good start.

>P.s.s Andrew-just curious to know why you think OZ
>authorities might be concerned about this guy's business
>practices when wild caught firetails etc., are sold as
>feeders?

The Australian Government makes a great show of being concerned with what
other countries do to/with their wildlife... while often turning a blind eye
to what happens here. I'm just wondering what they and other concerned
parties would say/do if they knew this business was going on.

Regards, Andrew
___________________________________________________________________________
Andrew Boyd - andrew at pcug.org.au - http://www.pcug.org.au/~andrew
"A running man may cut 4000 throats in a single night" - Klingon Proverb
___________________________________________________________________________