Acquisition of fishes and aquatic invertebrates for zoological collections. Is there a future?

Abstract 10.1002/zoo.10100.abs The majority of the freshwater fishes in the ornamental trade now originate from captive-bred sources, as do a large proportion of the freshwater species exhibited in public aquariums. In contrast, commercial operators who also supply marine specimens to the ornamental trade remove directly from the wild approximately 98% of the marine fishes and […]