copps
Active Member
I have two yellow tangs I caught myself last year in Guam available, fully legally with fish catching permit and certificate of origin. More information listed below fish so as not to derail the sale thread. These are available for local pickup in Tyson's Corner, VA, or Cabin John, MD, or I can ship via UPS Next Day Air (heavy and with oxygen) for the prices listed. Both fish are spotless, fully adapted and fat, and the pics below are WYSIWYG and were just taken earlier this week.
Yellow tang #1 - 3"- $400 local pickup or $450 shipped UPS Next Day Air
Yellow tang #2 - 4.5"- $400 local pickup or $475 shipped UPS Next Day Air
Some notes: Many of you old timers know me and have followed my threads through the years regarding my reef displays, sps frags, and fish collecting amongst many other topics. For years I've collected and traveled with my own fish for my systems shown in this thread here on R2R. I've traveled to Guam with work for over 20 years now amongst other places, which is the only very populated place outside of Hawaii where yellow tangs are anything close to common (although nowhere is like the density seen on the Kona Coast of Big Island). Here is a very old thread showing some collecting we did years ago in Guam, along with some of my travels diving Japan and other places. On that page linked is my friend Pierre who owns the largest aquarium shop on Guam and who was the last fish collector in Guam regularly exporting, until collection was shut down via scuba. His main target species was Centropyge shepardi (not found shallow) and as collecting now is only allowed via snorkeling it is not financially viable for him. The diversity there is incredible, even shallow, and so with a fish catching permit from the Department of Agriculture I'm able to collect snorkeling and keep myself occupied when not working, including catching a few yellows. When you leave, your packed fish are inspected by an officer, either at the airport or nearby at the Department of Agriculture, and you receive a Certificate of Origin before you go. On a side note, as most of us know, commercial collection of aquarium fish was shut down in Hawaii a few years back where almost all of the yellow tangs came from. However, many people do not know that you are able to recreationally collect your own fish in Hawaii, and return with them, with details found here. As someone who has been a fish nerd since I was a kid, I'll add collecting your own fish is friggin' hard, much less keeping them alive in your hotel room and preparing them to go back with you. :p
Cheers!
Copps
Yellow tang #1 - 3"- $400 local pickup or $450 shipped UPS Next Day Air
Yellow tang #2 - 4.5"- $400 local pickup or $475 shipped UPS Next Day Air
Some notes: Many of you old timers know me and have followed my threads through the years regarding my reef displays, sps frags, and fish collecting amongst many other topics. For years I've collected and traveled with my own fish for my systems shown in this thread here on R2R. I've traveled to Guam with work for over 20 years now amongst other places, which is the only very populated place outside of Hawaii where yellow tangs are anything close to common (although nowhere is like the density seen on the Kona Coast of Big Island). Here is a very old thread showing some collecting we did years ago in Guam, along with some of my travels diving Japan and other places. On that page linked is my friend Pierre who owns the largest aquarium shop on Guam and who was the last fish collector in Guam regularly exporting, until collection was shut down via scuba. His main target species was Centropyge shepardi (not found shallow) and as collecting now is only allowed via snorkeling it is not financially viable for him. The diversity there is incredible, even shallow, and so with a fish catching permit from the Department of Agriculture I'm able to collect snorkeling and keep myself occupied when not working, including catching a few yellows. When you leave, your packed fish are inspected by an officer, either at the airport or nearby at the Department of Agriculture, and you receive a Certificate of Origin before you go. On a side note, as most of us know, commercial collection of aquarium fish was shut down in Hawaii a few years back where almost all of the yellow tangs came from. However, many people do not know that you are able to recreationally collect your own fish in Hawaii, and return with them, with details found here. As someone who has been a fish nerd since I was a kid, I'll add collecting your own fish is friggin' hard, much less keeping them alive in your hotel room and preparing them to go back with you. :p
Cheers!
Copps
