Neil
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Agreed! But I think that Species Maintenance programs and captive rearing efforts serve a similarly important purpose to keeping fish that no longer have a habitat. It should serve as an aid to prevent, at least some of, the reasons that a few of these species are becoming endangered in the first place. There is not much we can directly do about certain habitats being destroyed, but we can relieve some of the pressure on certain species, by breeding them. If wild-caught fish were only used to help the captive gene pool, instead of providing the majority of aquarium residents for hobbyists, some species would not be so heavily collected and would only have to worry about bulldozers.
But I would say that we have gotten quite a bit off the subject here. Interesting topic though.
But I would say that we have gotten quite a bit off the subject here. Interesting topic though.