This wont have any effect of the captive bred hobby stock. If you read the article it states they would never use the hobby stock to repopulate due to genetics being untraceable and muddled not conforming to scientific rules.Well,their price just went through the roof.Grab them now while you can.
Yea if you can find a way to advertise that you have them for sale without getting busted..Well,their price just went through the roof.Grab them now while you can.
From what I gathered it would make the sales of this species heavily regulated..This wont have any effect of the captive bred hobby stock. If you read the article it states they would never use the hobby stock to repopulate due to genetics being untraceable and muddled not conforming to scientific rules.
I believe they are already illegal to export so its a good thing to see conservation efforts started in earnest.
Only similar to CITES species as in no wild caught imports and probably paperwork to prove captive bred when crossing international borders. Probably wont effect the hobby other than only having genetics in a closed loop to keep the hobby forms going. Those that chose to try to smuggle specimens out of Sri Lanka will probably have a much more severe punishment since they may become listed as endangered.From what I gathered it would make the sales of this species heavily regulated..
The paper states the hobby stock has no interest to them because of muddled closed loop genetics that are not DNA tested. it should only effect smugglers or us in the event we let them die out in the hobby.So they're going to make these illegal to own?
As breeders have new sacks we get new males. It's the same as a lot of other species we can no longer import/export. Baring a massive loss to the hobby stock it likely wont affect us.And as MM,s die off and become scarce,how do you maintain the hobby stock??
Well,i feel so much better now.The paper states the hobby stock has no interest to them because of muddled closed loop genetics that are not DNA tested. it should only effect smugglers or us in the event we let them die out in the hobby.
And then what happens when you want to send your MM to another breeder,in another state?Bread your MM to its sac mates?As breeders have new sacks we get new males. It's the same as a lot of other species we can no longer import/export. Baring a massive loss to the hobby stock it likely wont affect us.
They will get a nice MM and hopefully breed some Ts. The paper said nothing about hobby trade restrictions or hobby owning limitations. They even mentioned that they didn't care about the hobby stock as it was likely not pure and lineage locality was not cataloged.And then what happens when you want to send your MM to another breeder,in another state?
Somehow I missed that part.. I will re-read it again with fresh eyes in the morning ...I
The paper states the hobby stock has no interest to them because of muddled closed loop genetics that are not DNA tested.
This is importing. No you wouldn't be able to get one imported. What paperwork did you get? If it's CITES regulated how did you get any kind of paperwork on the species at all?There are plenty of asian arowana being bred around asia and europe. Even with paperwork i cannot get one because of CITES regulations on endangered species.
Many importers will provide certificate of origin to prove a fish is captive bred even more will come equipped with a micro chip. Since these are fish that cost as much or more than a designer dog breed or reptile morph it is the norm. But because the US doesnt posess the agency to undertake this type of specialty import we are just not allowed to have them.This is importing. No you wouldn't be able to get one imported. What paperwork did you get? If it's CITES regulated how did you get any kind of paperwork on the species at all?
Regardless, we have all of these species in the US hobby already. Quite a lot of them. As long as we are not attempting to import in new Ts then it shouldn't matter.
That's cause it seems to be easier to smuggle to Europe than to the US. A lot of these species were never imported legally to Europe to start with. Then once they started breeding them there. They shipped them here.but you cant deny that every non native species we have in this hobby was imported to europe before it was imported here.
It could be. We have other species that are no longer in the hobby due to restrictions and not having enough breeding stock. Though ATM we have a lot of all of these species. I got one of them as a freebie just a few weeks ago.And with laws like this it can make the future for this hobby uncertain is all im saying.