[Troy F]

Brad the mentality that; it can't be fixed so why bother, is why there are such critical issues with the hobby now. It's only a matter of time before some organization does get up a head of steam and forces through some laws that either stop the hobby dead in its tracks or put a serious rise in pricing. The state of our oceans in general is depressing and the people that care are eyeballing this hobby as a needless drain on natural resource. It doesn't matter if hobby impact is minimal compared with other more destructive practices, they'll look at it as one small step towards a greater goal. I don't deny what your saying, only that they can't and won't continue to make unethical choices in the fish/coral industry. Your absolutely right about the stores caring about profit and that is precisely why we need a law that says; if said animal is available captive bred it is illegal to bring in wild caught specimens. How to implement that is another question.

I was very vocal with John and Grant about bringing in captive bred and both have tried. Both said that almost every customer asks why the clown on the left is more than the one in the other tank. "It's captive bred.""I'll take the cheaper one, its colours are a little brighter." I can see an easy way of avoiding that; don't have two different choices. If people can't understand the importance of captive raised stock then screw them. If you take a clown from an anemone the anemone dies, if the anemone is taken the clowns die. There are two species affected by the collection of one or both. People can't figure it out then they don't get to make the choice, that's how it should be and in the not to distant future, how it will be.