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Revision as of 23:02, 5 March 2014
Managing the Aquarium Trade
History
Global Economic Impacts
- Export
- Dominant in developing tropical countries [1]
- Poorer countries are often centralized around the trade as a means of income [1]
- "The majority (90%–99%) of ornamentals are obtained from coral reefs with about 45 countries including: Brazil, Maldives, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, Hawai'i, the Caribbean, and the principal suppliers, Indonesia and the Philippines [1], [6] supplying the market" [2]
- Import
- Dominant in developed countries with expendable income [1]
- Overall global impact
Effects on Wild Populations
Case Study: Hawaiian Islands
- first significant study on the effect of aquarium collecting on natural populations [3]
- Large study on Kona, Hawaii
Banggai Cardinalfish
- it has been shown that even if fishing practices are not necessarily destructive, it can have an effect on populations of wild fish [4]
- traps with sea urchins in them, a closely related organism, were used to catch fish, and both populations were effected [4]
Aquarium Trade as an Invasion Pathway
- Major source of exotic species invasion
- In part caused by owners that feel they don't wan't
- Re-released into non-native waters
- Sometimes affects ecosystem balance by out-competing or throwing off natural food webs
- In part caused by owners that feel they don't wan't
- Often goes unnoticed
- Hard to regulate
- Focus on other invasion pathways such as ballast water
Prevention or Management Methods and Future Impacts
Prevention or Management Methods
- Reef Check Program [5]
- checking indicator organisms
- around 300 reefs in 31 countries
- Re-release regulation
- Hard to enforce
- Regulation on collection
- also hard to enforce in developing countries
Future Impacts
- "The marine aquarium industry has great potential to generate jobs in low-income coastal communities creating incentives for the maintenance of a healthy coral reef, if effectively managed." [2]
- one problem is that there are several data gaps and inaccuracies involved in measuring aquarium trade and fishing practices [2]
References in Popular Culture
- Finding Nemo
- Sparked interest over the relatively unheard of industry.
- People now want "Nemo" or "Dory" fish
- The Spongebob Squarepants Movie
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Padilla, Dianna K. "Beyond ballast water: aquarium and ornamental trades as sources of invasive species in aquatic ecosystems." Front Ecol Environ. (2004): 131-138. Print.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Murray JM, Watson GJ, Giangrande A, Licciano M, Bentley MG (2012) Managing the Marine Aquarium Trade: Revealing the Data Gaps Using Ornamental Polychaetes. PLoS ONE 7(1): e29543. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0029543
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 Tissot, Brian N. "Effects of Aquarium Collectors on Coral Reef Fishes in Kona, Hawaii." Conservation Biology. 17.6 (2003): 1759-1767. Print.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Kolm, Niclas. "Wild Populations of a Reef Fish Suffer from the “Nondestructive” Aquarium Trade Fishery." Conservation Biology. 17.3 (2003): 910-914. Print.
- ↑ Hodgson, G. "A Global Assessment of Human Eects on Coral Reefs." Marine Pollution Bulletin. 38.5 (1993): 345-355. Print.
External Links
- http://life.bio.sunysb.edu/ee/padillalab/pdfs/Padilla%20%26%20Williams%20(Front%20Ecol)%202004.pdf
- http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0029543
- http://www.hoikecurriculum.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/marine_unit5_activity2_appendix.pdf
- http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1046/j.1523-1739.2003.01522.x/full
- http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0025326X99000028
- http://www.int-res.com/articles/meps2004/266/m266p239.pdf