In the following pages you will find a
selection of articles that have appeared in recent issues of the OFI
Journal. Over a period of time these pages will develop into a valuable
database of information for the industry.
Please select an article from the table below:
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CONSERVATION BENEFITS OF WILD CAPTURE AND CAPTIVE REARING IN THE ORNAMENTAL FISH INDUSTRY
Alison
Rosser, IUCN/SSC Wildlife Trade Programme Officer, discusses the costs
and benefits od supplying the aquarium trade from captive-bred
individuals. Are the conservation benefits from captive breeding versus
collection from the wild as obvious as commonly believed?
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RESPECT BRAZIL'S 'GOOD LIST' POLICY TO AVOID 'BIOPIRACY' OF ORNAMENTAL FISHES FROM THE AMAZON
Ning
Labbish Chao and Paulo Petry looks into the aquarium industry's
responsibility to avoid biopiracy in the Amazon. Which fishes are legal
to export from Brazil?
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DECADE OF PROJECT PIABA: REFLECTIONS AND PROSPECTS
'Buy a Fish. Save a Tree'.
Professor Ning Labbish Chao, leader of Project Piaba, & Dr Gregory
Prang of Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan review the progress
made towards achieving this aim.
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HEALTHY REEFS AND FISH, HEALTHY BUSINESS AND HOBBY: A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE FOR THE MARINE ORNAMENTALS TRADE
Bruce
Bunting, Vice President of the Center for Conservation Finance , World
Wildlife Fund U.S., and Marshall Meyers, Executive Vice President, Pet
Industry Joint Advisory Council (PIJAC) show how it is possible to
combine healthy reefs and a healthy ornamental marine aquarium
industry. Read more |
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GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS IN THE AQUATIC TRADE?
OFI
Vice-Chairman Svein A. Fosså, discusses the complex and controversial
issue of GMO's and their implications for the ornamental aquatic
industry.
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