610 marine fish found dead in dumpster

[mapleredta]

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[glxtrix]

That's a shame...hopefully there is a good reason.

 

[ga_daisy]

upsetting....to say the very least.

 

[kirru]

yeas, there was another thread with the same article. it is a disgrace. but with this hobby, i am not surprised i dont see more events like this.. not saying i want to see it and I am glad i dont but i would like to know who did this.

 

[rolo65]

Good luck finding any "legal" Hawaiian fish after this.....can be certain they won't be allowing any capture for a while

 

[glxtrix]

They do talk about a possible holding system failure. Being it's Hawaii and that's where YT's come from, I'm sure this isn't the first time. Sad to see, but lets just hope it was a freak accident vs. negligence.

 

[kirru]

i'm sure they will limit the amount that is export to the continental US but still, shouldnt be just dumped like that holding system failure or not...

 

[jennm]

This article was posted on an industry related forum also.

While I think everybody can agree that this was disgusting, and a disgrace, it should also be noted that there is a 100% mortality rate on all ornamentals taken from the ocean.

Once it's removed, it is ecologically dead, whether it lives for 1 day, 1 month or 10 years.

It just seems more shocking when it's 610 fish all at once, but it's no different really than 610 hobbyists each losing one fish.

Jenn

 

[jennm]

ares;459596 wrote: what would they do? fish burial? warm up the toilet? I mean.. if fish die... they go in the trash. its unfortunate, but the fact that they were almost all yellow tangs means it probably was a holding system crash, not something malicious.

Agreed. The article mentioned possible system failure, in addition to the size of the fish seemed 'out of season' relative to the time of year. There are many possible reasons this could have happened, but I doubt they were dumped there will still alive, and there was nothing in the article to imply that.

Fish die - that's a part of the trade and the hobby. Some die shortly after capture, some die in transit, some die when they get to the hobbyist. Eventually they all die, but to the ocean, they are dead as soon as they leave the wild.

Better to have them go in a dumpster than in a ditch, as far as sanitary disposal goes.

Jenn