LIVE FOOD FISH TRADE

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Earthbeat:: 25 January 2003 - The Live Reef Fish Trade

Saturdays at 7.30am, repeated Mondays at 2.30pm Presented by The Live Reef Fish Trade Saturday 25 January 2003 Summary Have you ever picked out a fish fresh from the Aquarium at a Chinese restaurant? In countries like Indonesia and Vietnam coral reefs are being poisoned with cyanide and stripped of their fish to satisfy this voracious live fish food trade.

. But first, chowing down in Chinatown; how the trade in live reef fish is leaving a trail of death in its wake.

. Alexandra de Blas: While the barramundi in that tank probably came from a relatively sustainable fishery, the live reef food fish trade is a major threat to biodiversity throughout the Asia Pacific.

. He’s writing a PhD on the fish trade.

. Alexandra de Blas: So is it a typical pattern that fisheries actually get wiped out when this food trade comes through? Geoff Muldoon: Absolutely.

. It’s a very simple pattern, where traders come in, they tend to introduce a very high value fishery to local fishermen, offer them large amounts of money compared to what they’re usually used to getting, a fisherman beholden in many cases to the traders in terms of debt, and they fish particularly hard on behalf of these traders.



Conservation International Frontlines: Ravaging the Reefs

| Ravaging the Reefs The Asian Live Fish Trade John Tidwell, Staff Writer Coron Island, the Philippines: The sun was setting as white-haired Teopisto Aguillar dropped a length of fishing line over the side of his canoe and watched its hooks descend into the emerald waters.

. Bushmeat of the Sea International fleets from Taiwan, Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines, which dominate this unsustainable live food fish trade, scour the waters of Southeast Asia’s reef-rich Coral Triangle for most of the year.

. With the growing gourmet appetite for live reef fish and the demand for exotic specimens to supply the aquarium trade in Europe and the United States, the Coral Triangle’s status as one of the Earth’s greatest centers for marine biodiversity is in serious jeopardy.

. Together we are launching several conservation efforts in Southeast Asia, Melanesia, and the South Pacific to address the uncontrolled, destructive exploitation of natural resources, such as the live fish trade.



SPC Live Reef Fish Information Bulletin #12 - February 2004

. We have an article that examines the "marine ecological footprint" of the live reef food fish trade, a story about a new larvae collection device, a report on the natural spawning of groupers in floating cages, and updates on a variety of initiatives related to the trades in live food fish and aquarium organisms.

. Correction In the article by Being Yeeting on the Pacific Regional Live Reef Fish Trade Management Workshop in the previous issue of this bulletin (number 11), the "capture and culture of coral reef fish project" was incorrectly noted as being implemented by, among other entities, the Queensland Department of Primary Industries (page 40).

. Contents SARS and the live food fish trade in Indonesia: Some anecdotes L.

. Marine ecological footprint of the live reef fish food trade K.

. Sadovy Project update: Developing industry standards for the live reef food fish trade R.



Threats to Biodiversity

. To learn more about destructive fishing practices and the trade that supports them please click on one of the following topics.

. The live food-fish trade concentrates on the catch of groupers and Napoleon wrasse.

. The aquarium fish trade concentrates on a much wider variety of species of colorful reef fishes.

. The target fish species in the live reef fish trade commonly aggregate at specific sites to spawn.

. The live reef fish trade has rapidly expanded from its epicenter in Hong Kong throughout South East Asia and beyond during the 1990s, and the demand for live fish is projected to grow even more in the future.

. The main target fish species of the Hong Kong-based live reef fish trade are groupers and Napoleon wrasse, but at least 30 other species are also regularly found as live food fish at the Hong Kong market.

. The live reef fish trade is the source of three of the major threats to marine biodiversity in Komodo National Park.

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FISHING FOR SOLUTIONS

2 November 1999 FISHING FOR SOLUTIONS Can the Live Trade in Wild Groupers and Wrasses from Southeast Asia be Managed? Recommendations The fishery for live food reef fish needs to be managed to make it sustainable.

. Stopping the trade in live food reef fish would not do this.

. Effective management of the industry will require intervention at all levels in the trade.

. Recommendation 2: To complement export quotas, national governments of Southeast Asia should legislate regulations on the capture and trade of live food reef fish.

. Monitoring at all levels of the trade could assist in enforcing export quota levels and conditions.

. Recommendation 4: The International Convention on Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) should be examined as a suitable existing framework for the monitoring of the international trade in live food reef fish.

. Such a system for monitoring trade in animals and animal products already exists under CITES.

. Recommendation 7: To provide the basis for co-ordinating a sustainable and market-conscious supply of live fish, exporting and importing companies should examine the formation of an association of live food reef fish traders.


FISHING FOR SOLUTIONS

2 November 1999 FISHING FOR SOLUTIONS Can the Live Trade in Wild Groupers and Wrasses from Southeast Asia be Managed? The trade in live coral fish is seriously threatening the survival of wild populations of groupers and wrasses in the seas of Southeast Asia, according to a report released today by TRAFFIC Southeast Asia.

. The report is urging the authorities to manage the trade sustainably in order to arrest the alarming rate of depletion of fish stocks.

. The TRAFFIC study titled ‘Fishing for Solutions: Can the Live Trade in Wild Groupers and Wrasses from Southeast Asia be Managed?” investigated the four major Southeast Asian countries involved in the industry, namely Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia and Singapore.

. He added that effective management of the industry would require intervention at all levels in the trade and can be achieved by coordinating monitoring at the national and international scales.

. To complement export quotas, regulations need to be introduced on the capture and trade of live food reef fish including minimum and maximum exporting sizes, and the use of cyanide.


Hooked on live seafood exports - food, fish, banquets - Australian export - Australian Trade Commission

| Australian Trade Commission Search | Media Centre Hooked on live seafood exports The lobsters have really got their claws into James Oliver Schrapel.

. Ninety per cent of trade is with China and Japan.

. "It gave us one hell of a kick in the guts, with a 91 per cent downturn in trade to China and Hong Kong.

. "My ability to do this is directly attributable to Austrade, " he said.

. As a recipient of assistance through the Export Market Development Grants (EMDG) scheme, he has praised the Austrade staff from Adelaide to Fukuoka.

. In Shanghai Austrade has assisted with government liaison as Mr Schrapel prepares for the stringent requirements for exporting perishable products to satisfy China's entry into the WTO as well as requirements specific to the Beijing Olympics in 2008.


SPC Live Reef Fish Information Bulletin #10

. Editor’s mutterings Blaming the victims Corruption, as we have pointed out before in this column, can be a huge impediment to cleaning up the live reef food fish trade.

. What is unusual is that she has published, and thereby recorded for us, an intimate picture of how corruption works at the village level in the live reef food fish trade.

. Mark has quite a few years of experience in nearshore fisheries research, including considerable work on the live reef food fish trade in eastern Indonesia.

. Bishop tells me that the great majority of these dories were involved in the live reef food fish trade.

. See in this issue, for example, Yvonne Sadovy’s article, Death in the live reef fish trades.

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SPC Live Reef Fish Information Bulletin #15 - December 2005

. The trade in ornamental reef fish has been the subject of efforts by the Marine Aquarium Council (MAC) to implement a certification and labelling scheme for a number of years, as regularly reported in this bulletin.

. The trade in live reef food fish has taken the first tentative step towards a certification scheme, with the recent release of an “International Standard for the Trade in Live Reef Food Fish” (see issues 11 and 12 of this bulletin for reports on the development of the Standard).

. The International Standard for the Trade in Live Reef Food Fish: From voluntary code to certification G.J.

. Scott Economic and market analysis of the live reef food fish trade in the Asia-Pacific region B.


Jaime Baquero, "The Trade of Ornamental Fish From the Phillipines, " Feb. 21, 1999 on #reefs... www.reefs.org

Jaime Baquero The Trade of Ornamental Fish From the Phillipines February 21, 1999 on Jaime is a marine biologist and has been involved in the marine aquarium industry in Canada over the last 16 years.

. As a member of OVI's board of directors he has been very active in these projects taking place in the Philippines since 1989: The Netsman Project Environmental Education and Sustainable Livelihood in the Philippines and Eco-Marketing and Fair Trade for the Aquarium Fish Collectors in the Philippines These are the initiatives OVI has been developing to contribute to solving some of the problems the industry is facing in the Philippines.

. He has had the opportunity to know first hand, each level of the trade of marine ornamentals, from the collectors in the Philippines, to the aquarium hobbyist in North America.

. Introduction The trade of marine ornamental fish in the Philippines began in 1952, the fishes were caught with cotton nets and traps placed on coral reefs.

. Ocean Voice and Haribon programs (Netsman Project, Environmental Education and Sustainable Livelihood and Eco-Marketing and Fair Trade for Aquarium Fish Collectors) have been funded by government agencies in Canada.International Development Research Center(IDRC) and Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA).


MITSG-CCR: Marine Bioinvasions

. In addition to the Chinese mitten crab and northern snakehead fish, other examples of invasive species that have been introduced most probably through the live seafood trade include the green-lipped mussel and brown mussel.

. Other animals such as tilapia, carp, catfish, and the European oyster ( Ostrea edulis ) were introduced to the wild via aquaculture which is closely tied to the live seafood trade.

. Current Research The MIT Sea Grant Program conducted a study on the live seafood trade during the winter and spring of 2006.

. The goal of the study was to better understand the live seafood trade in the Northeast by determining which species are available in markets, where live food fish is available for purchase, and which ethnic groups are involved in the trade.


NFA FAQ

. The Melanotaenia fluviatilius is a good choice for many areas of Australia and is often available through the aquarium trade.

. Another fish commonly available through the aquarium trade that makes a good pond fish in warmer areas (eg Sydney and further north) is the Southern Blue-eye Pseudomugil signifer (also known as the Pacific blue-eye).

. These fish are now becoming available through the aquarium trade and will breed in most ponds providing sufficient suitable habitat is provided in the form of aquatic vegetation and other structure in the pond.

. Australian native fish for aquarium use particularly rainbowfish are often available through the aquarium trade.

LIVE FOOD FISH TRADE ?

Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Fishing

. The prevalence of cultural beliefs and consumer standards helps to drive the demand for the live food fish trade.

. This brought the value of their live food fish trade industry to US$400 million as reported by the .


School of Marine Affairs Alumni Site

2005 Thesis Abstract: Heather D'Agnes > The Live Reef Food Fish Trade System and Local Consequences for Cuyo, Philippines Heather D'Agnes Committee Members: Professor Patrick Christie, Chair Professor Marc Miller, Member Abstract: A thriving international trade in live reef food fish has spread throughout Southeast Asia and the Indo-Pacific region, causing widespread impacts to coral reef ecosystems and fisheries.

. Chinese communities are the main consumers and Hong Kong serves as the import center, re-exporting approximately 60% of the fishes in trade to southern mainland China (Johannes and Reipen, 1995, Chan 2001).

. Although a wide range of tropical reef fishes are traded for consumption and ornamental purposes, this paper is concerned only with the live reef food fish trade (LRFFT) in wild-caught leopard coralgrouper (Plectropomus leopardus) in the Philippines.

. Much of the research on the LRFFT in the Philippines focuses on the resource, habitat, economic, and fisheries components and impacts of the trade.


Network of Aquaculture Centres in Asia-Pacific - Publications

. It is aimed at being a standard to which all responsible members of the LRFF trade will adhere so as to enable the trade to continue for generations to come.

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