I find the end of the thread premature.
I find that Nancy asked the wrong question.
I find Kalk's anti-reform statement again disturbing in its limited scope of thought.
By pushing for net training, Steve is looking forward to the greater good of the industry as a whole, and at the expense of his own personal commercial interests. Were he to pursue only his own interests, the way to do so would be far simpler- Work with a single exporter to ship him and him alone the money fish, and work with a couple of collector groups to supply this exporter alone. He would train a few groups in several areas to ensure the variety of fish were good. And he would jealously guard this all as his "secret supply".
By trying to work with CORL (and possibly MAC) to train a 1000 collectors nationwide, Steve abandons his narrow commercial interest. These collectors will not be secret. They will sell to whomever they want to sell. The only people who will benefit are the collectors themselves, the exporters, the importers, and ultimately, the hobbyists.
If the bulk of the collectors no longer use cyanide, and the collectors sell to whomever they want, the end result is still business as usual, but with a twist... No more cyanide use. Maybe slightly higher prices. Fish that eat and don't waste away. Fish that survive. And still healthy competition between exporters.
I hope the money can be found.
Regards.
Mike Kirda
I find that Nancy asked the wrong question.
I find Kalk's anti-reform statement again disturbing in its limited scope of thought.
By pushing for net training, Steve is looking forward to the greater good of the industry as a whole, and at the expense of his own personal commercial interests. Were he to pursue only his own interests, the way to do so would be far simpler- Work with a single exporter to ship him and him alone the money fish, and work with a couple of collector groups to supply this exporter alone. He would train a few groups in several areas to ensure the variety of fish were good. And he would jealously guard this all as his "secret supply".
By trying to work with CORL (and possibly MAC) to train a 1000 collectors nationwide, Steve abandons his narrow commercial interest. These collectors will not be secret. They will sell to whomever they want to sell. The only people who will benefit are the collectors themselves, the exporters, the importers, and ultimately, the hobbyists.
If the bulk of the collectors no longer use cyanide, and the collectors sell to whomever they want, the end result is still business as usual, but with a twist... No more cyanide use. Maybe slightly higher prices. Fish that eat and don't waste away. Fish that survive. And still healthy competition between exporters.
I hope the money can be found.
Regards.
Mike Kirda