Come on guys, aren’t we sick of yellow tangs anyways?
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No man, I have three, two normal, one is an adopted rescue that was nearly dead, nearly starved to death and without most of its fins. But the little guy has made it back from near death and is my "ugly duckling". I love YTs, so much so that I bought a big tank just for them. Setting it up now.Come on guys, aren’t we sick of yellow tangs anyways?
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Incidentally, I snagged a flame wrasse, convict tang, and a moorish idol today.
Hawaii has some of the best and healthiest fish. Sigh.
There was a article published several years ago in coral magazine that stated this very point, and after doing some digging and reading I found that the ecological impact of hobby fishing actually improved the numbers on the reefs and is very sustainable.. this law was passed by a bunch of uninformed politicians.. very disappointed at the current political climate we are living in. Not just this topic but many others.. too many people are making choices uninformed that are impacting way to many people simply because the “headline” is written a certain way...Christmas Islands are still open and will offer many Hawaiian Fish. Truth be told Hawaii had one of the most well managed fisheries in the world. There was 0 reason to shut down collection other than crazy nuts. This is coming from someone who has an ecology degree.
While getting my degree professors presented me with Hawaii as an example of the most well managed and maintained fishery in the world.
The fundamental misunderstanding about coral reefs is that they are space limited. The greatest threats to reefs are ones that limit the amount of habitable space. In Hawaii this is primarily agricultural run off. Unfortunately the aquarium trade is a more appealing target than farmers.
Anyone who does not understand that limiting space is the greatest threat to reefs does not have a basic understanding of reef ecology. In a space limited ecosystem it is very easy to harvest animals because as soon as they are removed more space is available to the ecosystem and it gets filled quickly. Removing habitable space from a reef is like removing water from a desert.
Ultimately you have a bunch of people moving to the islands who are extreme in thought of preservation and animal rights.
Then you have a legitimate argument in the Native Hawaiians, who see it as stealing from the Aina. Who have literally just watched their land get taken decade after decade. I can understand their distaste in all of it.
is this a world wide ban or just a US ban? And I much prefer the orange shoulder tang and the unicorn tang anyways. Not a fan of the yellow or others from personal experiences.Despite everything being in the works, never thought this day would come. Until we get enough Captive Bred specimens, goodbye Yellow Tangs, Kole Tangs, Convict Tangs, Lavender Tangs, Achilles, and many others.
I wonder what would be the future of Tangs for Zebrasoma and other fish.
What would be good alternatives for most people in the now indefinite absence of the Yellow Tang?
I whole heartedly agree with you. The bigger companies should give back to trying to rebuild and preserve wild reefsThis hobby has NO ONE to blame but the people in it for this closure, and all the future ones that will come to pass, or the eventual import bans from third world collection points.
The hobby collectively treats livestock as disposable dollar signs, and until the majority of end points for sales (LFS / online LFS) take livestock health seriously, stopping the "shoveling them out the door before they die" behavior, nothing will change. It's either they are the ones that ultimately force the needed change in the collection supply chain, or the government will take the easier option and just shut things down. Hobbyists cannot be trusted to do this as there are countless examples of consistently rewarding doing the wrong thing, because it's cheaper.
This hobby has some of the most insidious, immoral behavior condoned on the back of a dollar, and the entire industry has done little to nothing, instead reveling in the success of it. I don't blame the activists for painting a giant target on it.
Yes please! Any companies that use Hawaii as a resource should have to send some percent of their revenue to build back the reefs. The money should also be used to fund a real “tang police” to protect against poaching.I whole heartedly agree with you. The bigger companies should give back to trying to rebuild and preserve wild reefs
I've been diving in Hawaii on about 20 different occasions. Some of those reefs are in real bad condition.
Agree. I have seen several reefs with coral that looked bad, but fish populations looked incredible when I was there last. I took about 300 pictures and if exclude close ups I couldn't find a single picture without multiple yellow tangs. I saw Achilles, Gold Rim, Orange shoulder and Chevron tangs. Potter's wrasses and Potter's and Flame angels were common. Dragon wrasse, Coris wrasses were common. I saw big schools of pyramid butterflies and lots of Moorish Idols.
Biodiversity is threatened - on coral reefs and globally - that's hard scientific evidence and true even if we don't believe it. What evidence are you referring to?Yes indeed, but these nutcases don’t listen to scientific evidence.