Thane A. Militz's opinion article: "The 'Nemo Effect': Perception and reality of Finding Nemo's impact on marine aquarium fisheries"
examines the impact of such motion pictures on the demand for the animal stars as pets. Generally the article
…Blog Articles Tagged with “marine ornamentals”
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Thane A. Militz's study "Fish Rejections in the Marine Aquarium Trade: An Initial Case Study Raises Concern for Village-Based Fisheries"
While continuous improvements in handling and transport practices helped largely to reduce mortality caused
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Wholeheartedly for Sustainability?
During the Seventeenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties of CITES the European Union withdrew its proposal to list the Banggai cardinalfish (Pterapogon kauderni) under CITES Appendix II. In 2007 the United
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SAIA Fish Lists, 3rd edition
The SAIA Fish Lists, indicating species unsuitable for the average hobbyist or unsustainable in collection from the wild, are a real success story. Since their first publication in 2011 they have been downloaded
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New Reference Book for Marine Breeders
…A new reference book on the breeding and culture of species for marine aquarium was published on 17 February 2017. A must for anyone who wants to breed ornamental fish, invertebrate and respective feed
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Dory Bred in Captivity for First Time
We are excited as everyone about the news on breeding 'Dory' and applaud the researchers for their tireless work. However, to our knowledge it was not the first time[1] and impact on the trade and sourcing for
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MAT from A - Z - Dory's way to home aquaria
This video documentary was the starting point of the SAIA campaign "All Eyes on Dory". It portraits the way of marine ornamentals from reefs in South East Asia into our home aquaria at the example of
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A Critical Assessment of Aquarist Biodiversity Data and Commercial Aquaculture
This study by Murray and Watson investigates the biodiversity in hobbyist aquaria (using an online survey) and those species currently available from an aquaculture
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Marine Ornamental Collection in Indonesia
A documentary introducing collection methods in the aquarium fishery of North Bali, Indonesia.
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Can the Indonesian Marine Aquarium Trade ever become sustainable?
The founders of LINI (The Indonesian Nature Foundation) share their thoughts after decade-long work in trying to improve the marine aquarium trade and fishery in Indonesia.
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Surgeonfish - Loved to death
A dedicated marine hobbyists reflects on her experiences with keeping several species of surgeonfish.
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Turf war in Hawai'i
Since decades a turf war is going on in island paradise Hawai'i. Opponents of the marine aquarium trade and hobby demand the ban of the aquarium fishery from Hawaiian waters, whereas the Department of Aquatic Resources improves
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Bali Blue Int. - The next link in the chain
A portrait of an Indonesia based exporter of marine ornamentals - linked to fisherman Made in Serangan, staring our other article "The fisherman & his wife".
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Post-harvest mortality in the marine aquarium trade
There is a strong interest, motivated by sound economic and conservational reasons, in avoiding post-harvest mortalities. Every dying fish means a financial loss and a waste of fishing effort, as
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All Eyes on Dory!
The Dory campaign kicks off with SAIA’s film Searching for “Letter 6”, documenting the laborious process of tracking down tropical fish and the long journey the animals make from the reef to the aquarium. It is our
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