What is the current status on Hawaiian collection?

FishDaddy · Dec 26, 2020

I'm not 100% sure which wrasses some of the companies are working on, just heard by word of mouth. We've seen lots of Lyretail and some Borbonius come through. I'm a hobbyist, so no claim to know anything other than experience in the hobby, what is found online, and speaking with others. Below are some useful links though, a few dated, but just to better understand the current status of captive bred initiatives.

No intention to hijack your thread, just wanted to chime in on sustainability. As hobbyist our love of the natural ocean beauty should come with a desire to protect. We should not be pointing fingers at other reasons for coral reef decline, we should find better places to get our fish and corals. The reefs are hurting from a vast number of reasons (凌遲).

Culturing marine ornamentals: a $5 billion opportunity

The multibillion-dollar marine aquarium trade has a mixed reputation, with many specimens being captured from the world’s coral reefs. However, a number of pioneers are now farming marine ornamentals …

thefishsite.com

ORA Tests the Waters of Commercial Anthias Breeding

Commercial-scale production of captive-bred Anthias such as this Lyretail or Sea Goldie (Pseudanthias squamipinnis) may be in the future for the Flori

www.reef2rainforest.com

Marcia’s Anthias Successfully Captive Bred in India | Reef Builders | The Reef and Saltwater Aquarium Blog

Anthias are some of the most visible small marine fish of tropical coral reef environments and many of them are also very popular in reef aquariums. The genus Pseudanthias particularly includes many…

reefbuilders.com

mehaffydr · Dec 26, 2020

I would agree that there needs to be regulation but an outright ban would be ridiculous. It just like wild game management on land and in our fresh water resources. There are rules and regulations that balance with nature. If some are taken nature will reproduce an appropriate amount. If you look at freshwater fish many lakes and rivers have more better populations of fish then they have in a long long time because of proper management not by imposing outright bans on fishing. With wild game animals hunting regulation and harvest management have most game animal populations flourishing. So why couldn't smart practices be imposed on taking reef fish so that the hobby has fish and the reefs are not depleted at the same time.