SAIA Exhibition

get a taste for the extended version of the SAIA exhibition "Where do our fish come from?". Starting in autum 2012 (click the pics).

Managing the Marine Aquarium Trade: Revealing the data gaps using ornamental polychaetes

The marine aquarium industry has great potential to generate jobs in low- income coastal communities creating incentives for the maintenance of a healthy coral reef, if effectively managed. In the absence of current monitoring or legislation to govern the trade, baseline information regarding the species, number and source location of animals traded is missing despite being critical for its successful management and sustainability. An industry assessment to establish the number and provenance of species of ornamental polychaetes (sabellids and serpulids) traded was undertaken across UK wholesalers and retailers.

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