Fair trade in aquarium fish

[budak]

Article in NatGeo news:
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/n...pets-fish.html

[valice]

I thought the Cardinal Tetras in the shops are already farm-bred ones?

[celticfish]

valice,
i believe it is the neon tetra that breeds well.
i recall as the article does too that cardinals are harder to breed.
hence you see the price differential between neon and cardinals.
whhat surpises me in the article is the extent which the cardinal trade provides livelihoods for the locals.
but the irony of it all is they want people to buy the wild caught cardinals!
man alive!

[hwchoy]

I personally also believe that the natiive flora and fauna should be valuable as a source of sustainble income for the residents. otherwise it would be valueless to them and be put to other more "valuable" use.

The trick is "sustainable", how to harvest and manage the resources, such that it provides adequate living support without being depleted. Hence the aim of the fair trade movement is to compress the supply chain so as to bring more income to the source.

Lately I see Marks & Spencer has been carrying a lot of fair trade items under their house brand, from chocolates to tea. Best of all, many of them are also certified organic. Do check it out.

[ranmasatome]

wah.. exactly what i studied.. animal population management.

[valice]

For a trained engineer, it is a 180 switch of what you studied in Canada siah.