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    Catching fish

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    Are you guys against or for catching fishes like bettas, rasboras, guramy and other small native fish in their natural habitat eg.forest streams? Pls share your views.

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    Let's put it this way, taking just Singapore as the case in point ... if we allow everybody to catch as much fish as they want (e.g. barbs, rasboras, bettas etc) from local streams, how might one decide that somehow, all these people will catch at a rate that will allow the fishes to continue existing in the wild as a viable population?

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    [quote:f855ca35="budak"]Let's put it this way, taking just Singapore as the case in point ... if we allow everybody to catch as much fish as they want (e.g. barbs, rasboras, bettas etc) from local streams, how might one decide that somehow, all these people will catch at a rate that will allow the fishes to continue existing in the wild as a viable population?[/quote:f855ca35]

    Singaporeans tend to be lazy so i doubt many would want to go to such extend to catch fish.So are you for or against catching fishes in the wild?

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    It is not possible to provide a yes or no answer to your question.... you have people who legally cast lines at the reservoirs and coasts (using certain guidelines like legal tackles, baits and catch size limits), because it is deemed that the targeted game fish are not threatened by recreational angling.

    Then, if you refer to fishes in the Central Catchment Reserve (and also not feral fishes like luohans, guppies, tilapia, sucker catfish etc), one needs to consider whether these populations and habitats can sustain recreational harvesting (I am here excluding catching by bona fide researchers from academic institutions) that is not regulated. Can you reasonably say that even a handful of people who e.g. go to the Catchment area every week to catch fish there (whether for themselves or to sell) will be able to gauge that they are not decimating the population?

    If you want constructive replies for your question, I suggest you pose some ideas of your own first for discussion.

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