Jan 06 2010

an example of protected species regulation

Published by kyleperry under Kyle, On My Mind, Unit 6-Biodiversity

I assume we are not doing scribe post for this lecture so I’ll post this a post itself rather than a comment.  When I was reading the handouts in class today, it reminded me of a case I read about online a while back about an illegal attempt to import Clipperton Angelfish under a false species ID.  These fish are extremely rare and were reported to sell for upwards of $10,000 each in some cases.   Its short to read and alludes to the ramification of breaking protected species laws and drops a few organization names we’ve learned about.  http://reefbuilders.com/2009/05/20/clipperton-anglefish-holacanthus-limbaughi/

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  1.   # derrickwillardon 06 Jan 2010 at 3:21 pm

    Good story. What makes this so bad is that they are endemic (only native to) one place. No other populations known in the world.

    http://www.eol.org/pages/220119

  2.   # kyleperryon 06 Jan 2010 at 5:31 pm

    Their habitat is actually pretty cool in that they live in the interior of a circular island which cuts them off from the open ocean. http://www.privateislandsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/clipperton-atoll-1-300×190.jpg

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