Recent content by blue_hula

Kylen, I'll keep sparring as long as I have or can find the evidence. Glad to provide opportunities for humour but I hope I'm helping highlight the problems associated with the the scale of exploitation as well. That's why I'm so charmingly persistent :D Blue Hula

I don't think there is actually any evidence I could possibly provide that would change your views. I've responded primarily so that the unsuspecting aren't gulled - or at least see that they shouldn't be totally complacent about the sustainability of their hobby / industry in terms of VOLUME of...

Blue jeans and a Montreal Canadiens hockey shirt (go Habs go!). The blue hula for those interested is Trachinops brauni - endemic species in Western Australia collected for aquaria.

I rechecked the estimate of reef areas from Reefbase. They indicate that reef flats are sometimes in / sometimes not depending on the source of the data. Because the Philippines data was from satellite, they will likely have much of hte shallow reefy areas included. Where they indicate they have...

Gosh that was nice and to the point. I too will try and be a bit more succinct :wink: Blue hula

Dear Steve, Terribly sorry to have spoiled the fun. Nothing like an overly long post full of facts for killing a thread :wink: Danajon Bank, among others, is terribly depleted. And one of the reasons why I think that attention to cyanide is essential but insufficient. I don't understand how...

Any ballpark guesses if you include the internet outfits ?

G'day I recently came across an estimate that 70% of all ocellaris clowns sold in the US are now captive-bred [Challenge is to find it again - although think it was posted as a response to the Nemo phenomenon ...] I'd be curious to know what other people would put the figure at. Any thoughts ...

Actually, the major application of seahorses is in the treatment of asthma and other respiratory problems. CITES won't affect US trade in US cultured seahorses from outfits like Ocean Rider as CITES only controls international trade not internal trade. My guess is that from countries like...

John, Just out of curiousity, what is the source of the data for this ranking? Thanks, Blue hula

Another likely reason is lack of availability in the wild. Certainly many of the Bohol reefs are heavily depleted. So if CAMPs are located in already depleted areas, it won't matter how many nets are used ... the fish aren't there. Blue hula

Dear Steve, Thanks for the welcome. I haven't heard the shackles clanking yet. :wink: I like the DAMPZ idea - that is exactly it. Conservation efforts in Bohol must focus on rehahabilitation, with serious social work involved. I am however less cynical about alternative livelihoods...

It is that bad. And as John said later on, there are lots of hungry people there. While dad does the fishing offshore, women (and older men and children) spend a lot of time gleaning on the inshore reefs at low tide, digging for shellfish on the beach and otherwise looking for food. In...

John, Thanks for the welcome. No coincidence however - I've been lurking and listening for a while now. Sorry - I'm still stupid. Could someone please clarify for me ... are SPECIES certified or are areas / exporters / importers etc. certified? I'm sorry that the designation of abundant...

Mike - thanks for the clarification. I do get kind of confused. I guess one of the problems with certifying areas is that it then implies that all fish caught from that area are from healthy, hunky-dory populations. I'd pick Bohol over the goats. Blue hula