Re: Re[2]: [RML] Banning all PNG fish
Bruce Hansen (bhansen at ozemail.com.au)
Tue, 9 Sep 1997 07:56:09 +1000
> From: andrew.boyd at dfat.gov.au
> To: rainbowfish at pcug.org.au
> Subject: Re[2]: [RML] Banning all PNG fish
> Date: Monday, 8 September 1997 9:14
>
> Morning. I think that a bit of this we may have brought on our own heads
-
> enough fish got smuggled in over a long enough time that someone was
bound to
> notice, and we get this sort of tragic kneejerk over-reaction from the
ANCA
> people. They feel, I suppose, that they have to do something, and if
they can't
> stop the fishes coming into the country then they will do something else
to
> control them. I suppose a minute circulated around ANCA about
microchipping
> exotic fish the same way they are thinking (or perhaps doing? has this
come in
> yet?) of doing with exotic parrots, but that it was given away as
impractical.
>
I understand that it is only really practical for high value individuals in
the commercially
realistic market place. The two examples that spring to mind are
aquaculture produced
Giant Clams for the reef people and the Red Asian Arrowanas to prove that
they weren't
obtained from the wild and were captive bred for the trade.
Regards
Bruce Hansen