Flowering interest in keeping exotic fish , Pet Aquatic Focus from Pet Business World UK - Pet Business World News

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Flowering interest in keeping exotic fish , Pet Aquatic Focus from Pet Business World UK - Pet Business World News Posted: 25 Aug 2020 12:00 AM PDT Indonesia has seen a huge upswing in interest in fishkeeping since the coronavirus pandemic, according to reports from aquarium stores. Some of the interest has been in breeding edible fish but much has been in ornamental varieties, seen as a new hobby for people observing lockdown restrictions. One aquarium shop in Jakarta reported up to 50 per cent increase in sales since the country began imposing large-scale social restrictions to curb the spread of covid-19 in April. Some of the new fishkeepers are hoping their hobby will bring in extra cash if they manage to breed and sell particularly exotic varieties, while others are merely enjoying the discipline and care of looking after their new friends. Jap Kam Fat, 56, told Channel News Asia that he had started keeping flower horn fish for pleasure. "I can spend hours a day just staring at my aquarium. Looking at the fish is just like looking at your kids. It gives me joy to see how much they have grown and how much they have changed," he said. The retiree said he was drawn to the flower horn's vivid colours, patterns and distinctive head shapes when he began keeping them a month ago. "There's an art behind raising the perfect flower horns. And that is what I was really drawn to when I started keeping these fishes," he said, adding that he would only consider selling them if offered a very good price.

Fate of Puget Sound Commercial Fish Farms to Be Decided at Thursday's Virtual Hearing - Center for Biological Diversity Posted: 22 Sep 2020 09:32 AM PDT SEATTLE— A challenge to permits allowing continued commercial fish farming in Puget Sound will be heard via Zoom on Thursday in King County Superior Court. The complaint, filed in February by four conservation groups, demands the repeal of the permits and robust environmental review of this harmful practice. The decision could potentially affect seven commercial fish farms. The Washington legislature banned all net-pen farming of non-native fish in the state in 2018 in response to the catastrophic collapse of Cooke Aquaculture's Cypress Island facility, which resulted in the release of more than 250,000 non-native Atlantic salmon infected with an exotic virus. New permits issued by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife in January exploit a loophole by allowing Cooke to raise partially sterile, triploid steelhead trout in lieu of Atlantic salmon. The permits were issued without adequately considering the scientific evidence that these floating feedlots would harm wild, endangered steelhead trout, salmon and Southern Resident killer whales, degrade water quality, and damage the overall health of Puget Sound. Thursday's hearing will determine whether the project can go forward without more environmental analysis or the department needs to further consider the impacts net pens will have on water and wildlife. What: A virtual legal hearing to determine whether a project to farm steelhead in Puget Sound net pens can move forward. When: Thursday, Sept. 24, 9 a.m. Where: https://kingcounty.gov/courts/superior-court/directory/judges/bender.aspx Who: The hearing is open to the public. Organizational contacts are available for interviews before and after.

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