Where Our Fish Come From

[sillysidewinder]

Just found this article. Pretty interesting stuff, thought I'd share.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/05/science/05fish.html?scp=3&sq=tropical fish&st=cse

 

[Breakin Newz]

That's really cool to know! Thanks for sharing!

Sent from my ADR6300 using Reefs

 

[prattreef]

Here's a great article about collecting on LI:
http://www.reefsmagazine.com/forum/reefs-magazine/46421-local-collecting-tri-state-area.html

 

[ryangrieder]

Interesting, but I'd like to see something more... Recent, On if those "stray" fish are still common to come across near LI

 

[albano]

Sorry, I can't remember the name, but in the late 80s, early 90s, I met a guy from the Long Is. City area, that owned an acrylic business...he had a boat and on weekends would go off shore and 'scoop up' the sargassum seaweed, and shake out many tiny Carib. angels, butterflies, etc. He had so many fish that he would give away all the extras on Monday mornings!


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[prattreef]

Interesting, but I'd like to see something more... Recent, On if those "stray" fish are still common to come across near LI

There is no question they still are--some seasons more common than others.

 

[lfsmarineguy]

I know of a guy here on the island that scoops the sargassum and gets some really cool stuff. Last summer he was talking about juvi mahi mahi and a few other things.

 

[Domboski]

I had a baby Mahi and I gave it to someone on this board and they killed it!

 

[ed4]

I thought the Fish Fairy brought in all our fish

 

[lfsmarineguy]

/hands Dom a pitchfork and lights his torch...

 

[sillysidewinder]

/hands Dom a pitchfork and lights his torch...

lol

For the past 2 years, I thought that all of our fish were snagged off of the reefs. I like that this is where a lot of fish are collected from.

 

[prattreef]

lol

For the past 2 years, I thought that all of our fish were snagged off of the reefs. I like that this is where a lot of fish are collected from.

Can we put this in perspective: virtually none of the fish found in a shop or on-line is collected locally. If you don't collect it yourself or have a friend who does, the chance that you purchased a local caught tropical species is essentially none.

 

[Josh]

From this article:
http://www.reefsmagazine.com/forum/...et-lives-aquarists-atlantis-marine-world.html

You can see what they caught:

 

[smoq]

I want to go I want to go

 

[sillysidewinder]

Can we put this in perspective: virtually none of the fish found in a shop or on-line is collected locally. If you don't collect it yourself or have a friend who does, the chance that you purchased a local caught tropical species is essentially none.

back to restless nights :smash:

Josh, I love all those seahorses that they bred. I would love to do that as a project sometime. I like to hear about aquaculture projects in general. They seem to be doing some really great things at Atlantis Marine World, I'll have to get out there soon.

 

[reefs4life]

I want to go too! I think we should get something together and plan a day to go collecting somewhere

 

[sillysidewinder]

I want to go too! I think we should get something together and plan a day to go collecting somewhere

ugh, that would be incredible!

 

[XpectNoMercy]

I found this pretty cool site of some dude who snorkels off the beach in Far Rockaway Queens has some cool photos i would of never thought i would see in that area.
http://marcienko.com/UWGalleries.htm

 

[reefs4life]

ugh, that would be incredible!

Who has a boat we could use or who knows any good spots to collect stuff?

 

[Josh]

The area you want to dive in is called "Paradise Found", typically in late August. It is a beach entry so you don't really need a boat.