Recent content by Suriden

I don't think that anyone who has worked in the region seriously believes that nets and net training are a silver bullet that will single-handedly make the industry sustainable, or that it is even necessarily the 'best' first step. It is, however, a great aspect to highlight and hopefully get...

Steve, I don't disagree with you - your experience in the field is impressive, as is your commitment to a sustainable ornamentals industry. I am from within the lower part of the 'cyanide triangle' you mention and have seen the effects of both blast fishing and cyanide fishing...

Steve & Mike, Thanks for your replies. It's good to know that net-based collecting has pretty low ecological impacts. Steve - regarding your comment about what the industry has done, My understanding was that both IMA and Haribon had been very active in promoting net training in the PI...

Hi All, I'm curious about the focus on cyanide-related issues in this forum. My understanding is that net-caught fish are not entirely free from blame in terms of causing reef damage. Fishers in some areas are/were known to surround a coral patch with barrier nets and then bash the coral to...

Blue Hula, Didn't find your comments at all patronising. Your comments and those of Horge have been very interesting. The reason for mentioning the research and development institutions in Indonesia and PI is that the CBD emphasises capacity building largely in the context of national R&D...

Blue Hula, I'm not sure that its correct to assume that countries such as the Philippines and Indonesia lag behing Western countries in terms of technology, etc for MO fish aquaculture. SE Asia actually seems to be well ahead of western countries in terms of reef fish aquaculture in general...