Sad day for Blue Heron Bridge

[noj3333]

Just out of idle curiosity, how do you catch a blennie? I have enough trouble snapping a photo of the sneaky little buggers.

Answers involving "sprinkling frozen vegetables around their nest and waiting for the blennie to take a pea" will not be accepted.

Is cyanide still used in some area's of the world???

 

[Wookie]

Is cyanide still used in some area's of the world???

Phillipines and Indonesia, but here they use clove oil or Rotonone.

 

[tridacna]

Dynamite works best. Stuns the bastards. Just scoop em up and transfer to bags. Keeps nosy tourists away too.

Grabbing specimens at BHB? The optics are just so bad for the aquarium. Do it somewhere else for heaven's sake! What were they thinking?

 

[Wookie]

Dynamite is hard on the divers...

 

[uncfnp]

There is a petition started by Jim Abernathy...

Sign the Petition

 

[tridacna]

Dynamite is hard on the divers...

That's the point.

 

[lowviz]

There is a petition started by Jim Abernathy...

It appears to be very carefully considered and worded. In essence, it appears to ask for a ban of all collecting by commercial or private interests while leaving other recreational activities alone.

As of now, it has over 2K signatures. I signed. Anyone wishing to sign can find the link in post #45 of this thread.

 

[CuzzA]

So, since it isn’t necessary why did they do it?

I believe they said they were trying to breed some of the species they collected. I can't answer that, but it still doesn't make it not true.

 

[RyanT]

Every one of those coral or fish species were collected from an ocean by a professional collector. Yes, many are now captive bred,

Jus to add, our local aquaculture guy was complaining recently about the crackdown on exports from Indonesia. Apparently he was not happy that it's now much harder for him to replenish his stocks with new varieties.

 

[Photo Girl]

I saw this in the news and I am so mad. This is really wrong. Blue Heron Bridge is much too small a sampling area to be collecting specimens.

Oh and hi, new member here.