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** Dominant in developed countries with expendable income | ** Dominant in developed countries with expendable income | ||
* Overall global impact | * Overall global impact | ||
** Involving 350 million fish annually | ** Involving 350 million fish annually (kona) | ||
** Industry valued at $963 million | ** Industry valued at $963 million (kona) | ||
== Aquarium Trade as an Invasion Pathway == | == Aquarium Trade as an Invasion Pathway == |
Revision as of 23:22, 24 February 2014
Managing the Aquarium Trade
History
Global Economic Impacts
- Export
- Dominant in developing tropical countries
- Poorer countries are often centralized around the trade as a means of income
- Import
- Dominant in developed countries with expendable income
- Overall global impact
- Involving 350 million fish annually (kona)
- Industry valued at $963 million (kona)
Aquarium Trade as an Invasion Pathway
- Major source of exotic species invasion
- In part caused by owners that feel they don't wan't
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- In part caused by owners that feel they don't wan't
Case Study: Hawaiian Islands
Prevention Methods and Future Impacts
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
References
- http://life.bio.sunysb.edu/ee/padillalab/pdfs/Padilla%20%26%20Williams%20(Front%20Ecol)%202004.pdf
- 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.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0029543
- http://www.int-res.com/articles/meps2004/266/m266p239.pdf
- http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0025326X99000028