Hawaii indefinitely bans all collection for aquariums.

[Bao3niang]

https://bigislandnow.com/2021/01/13/judge-bans-all-aquarium-fishing-in-hawaii/

 

Sad. Until enough Captive Bred specimens hit the market (and affordable), I guess it’s goodbye to our beloved Yellow Tangs, Kole Tangs, Potter’s Angels, Crosshatch and Humu Triggers, Lemon Butterflies, Christmas Wrasses, Potter’s Leopard Wrasses, Flame and Multicolor Angels, Bandit Angels and countless others. 

[Guest]

Praying for Hawaii fish to swim to other part of ocean

[Bao3niang]

This sucks big time hahaha

[JiaEn]

The discussion for the ban has been going on for a long time.

[Bao3niang]

 Yes but still it’s sad how they actually went ahead with it, and so quickly.

[Stormchild]

I heard that Indo might ban coral export too. Anyone heard this as well?

[Bao3niang]

6 hours ago, Stormchild said:

I heard that Indo might ban coral export too. Anyone heard this as well?

I thought they banned it for a while in 2018 then resumed?

[Stormchild]

Yes they did. Heard they considering to do it again. 

[Bao3niang]

1 minute ago, Stormchild said:

Yes they did. Heard they considering to do it again. 

That really sucks ass. If that happens where can we still get corals from? Just FOWLR from now on? Yikes.....

[Harlequinmania]

On 1/17/2021 at 5:33 PM, Stormchild said:

Yes they did. Heard they considering to do it again. 

Dont think so i guess.. since they have quite an established cultured coral farming in the sea .. The previous ban was mainly due to the overharvesting of wild coral and poor management of the industry . 

[Bao3niang]

29 minutes ago, he said:

Dont think so i guess.. since they have quite an established cultured coral farming in the sea .. The previous ban was mainly due to the overharvesting of wild coral and poor management of the industry . 

Aquaculture and Captive Breeding are the best hope for the long-term prosperity of our hobby. I’m all for it. Are most corals coming out of Indo these days aquacultured ones?

[Harlequinmania]

22 hours ago, Bao3niang said:

Aquaculture and Captive Breeding are the best hope for the long-term prosperity of our hobby. I’m all for it. Are most corals coming out of Indo these days aquacultured ones?

it has to be.