Regular Member Sakura Posted October 31, 2010 Regular Member Share Posted October 31, 2010 I'm doing a presentation on this for a Zoology class, and I thought you guys might find this video as interesting as I did. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Julie Posted October 31, 2010 Regular Member Share Posted October 31, 2010 (edited) How terrible. I had absolutely no clue that all this was happening to saltwater species. Especially that 98% are wild caught! And piercing their swim bladder made me a little sick. I thought Hawaii had very strict laws on messing with their reefs and wildlife? This was a very intersting video, Sakura, I definitely learned alot! Edited October 31, 2010 by Commis 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member caitie Posted October 31, 2010 Regular Member Share Posted October 31, 2010 Great video Sakura. More people need to be aware that if you want to keep a small piece of the ocean in your home there is a way to do it in a responsable way that won't harm nature. That's why a lot of responsible reefers now try to buy only aquarium bred marine fish. I know here in Montreal we can get more and more of them. There are also quite a few clubs/forums where we can exchange corals that are multiplying in our tanks instead of getting wild caught fish or harvested corals from the wild. The advantage is that these aquarium bred fish and corals are also much hardier than the wild caught ones, who often suffer consequences of the way the were caught or harvested. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member blackteles Posted October 31, 2010 Regular Member Share Posted October 31, 2010 Good one, Sakura! I learned a lot from this video as I'm sure most of us will. Hope you ace your presentation! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Captain Findus Goldfish Posted October 31, 2010 Regular Member Share Posted October 31, 2010 :doh11: Poor fish. I also thought Hawaii had much more strict laws. I could never buy wild fish - imagine they were taken from a gorgeous reef in Hawaii and you stick them in your tiny tank. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Sakura Posted October 31, 2010 Author Regular Member Share Posted October 31, 2010 Here's another good informative one: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Wendy Posted October 31, 2010 Regular Member Share Posted October 31, 2010 Interesting that "they" recommended public aquariums, but public aquariums are taking fish from the wild too. Whales and dolphins particularly do not belong in captivity. Check out the heart wrenching documentary The Cove. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Sakura Posted October 31, 2010 Author Regular Member Share Posted October 31, 2010 Yeah that's true. But I think the idea was that if we all just went to public aquariums rather than needing to have our own reef tanks, then the impact on the reefs would be so much less. I will definitely look into that documentary, thanks! So far researching for this presentation has been really interesting. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member number20121 Posted October 31, 2010 Regular Member Share Posted October 31, 2010 I didn't know that most of these fish are wild caught. That is terrible. Maybe I am too humanizing them, but unlike fish that were bred in captivity, the wild caught ones know freedom. The huge reef they used to live in, swimming around as far as they could, and then they end up stuck in a tank. Even if it is a big 300 gallon tank, that is nothing compared to living the way they did before. Another reason why I probably will never get a reef tank. I rather stick with my goldfish and some tropicals. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Sakura Posted October 31, 2010 Author Regular Member Share Posted October 31, 2010 Yeah I agree, it's really sad for the individual fish. I saw a video on youtube of a marine fish bought at pet*smart that was just spiraling in circles, completely out of control, because it was suffering the affects of the cyanide poisoning that was used to capture it. But the bigger issue is definitely the irreparable damage these collection methods are doing to the reefs. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member number20121 Posted October 31, 2010 Regular Member Share Posted October 31, 2010 Oh of course! This is terrible in every aspect. Next time I go to the LFS and see all these marine fish I'll fee SO bad... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member jhortensius Posted November 1, 2010 Regular Member Share Posted November 1, 2010 Thank you Sakura! The more people who know about this, the more likely something will be done about it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Captain Findus Goldfish Posted November 1, 2010 Regular Member Share Posted November 1, 2010 Interesting that "they" recommended public aquariums, but public aquariums are taking fish from the wild too. Whales and dolphins particularly do not belong in captivity. Check out the heart wrenching documentary The Cove. Oh yea The Cove is awesome! I am not setting foot in any SeaWorld or such place EVER again after seeing that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Wendy Posted November 1, 2010 Regular Member Share Posted November 1, 2010 My town has a small rescue zoo. Most of the animals are former pets or "zoo excess". I am sad that I should not go to the big zoos anymore, but I think it is true. In San Antonio I saw a mountain lion (cougar,puma... panther) in a very small enclosure pacing. Very sad and I gave them my money just so I could take pictures. I saw a t shirt that said ZOO where the used to be wild things are. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Captain Findus Goldfish Posted November 1, 2010 Regular Member Share Posted November 1, 2010 Yea I also don't go to zoo. The pacing is so depressing. I do like 'petting zoos' for kids tho. I think those are a great idea - you know with the goats, pigs and all the other farm animals. Some Zoo are also an exception, the ones which have huge land and just let the animals 'roam' free. I remember one in california which was like this, don't remember the name tho. I also don't go to Circuses which have wild animals. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member EGJ Posted November 1, 2010 Regular Member Share Posted November 1, 2010 I go to my local zoo becasue the enclosures are huge- for instance, there is an African plains exhibit that is 100+ acres All the other exhibits are big, too. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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