FlowerLand Bay was swept away.
On July 19, 2018, in Huadi Bay, Guangzhou, the police chief who investigated and punished the protected species drove straight in, a large number of merchants in the market were taken away by surprise, all the seawater shops were investigated and punished for their involvement in insurance, it is said that about 150 people were taken away in just one morning, all the corals in the coral tank were fished away, and only a few lone marine fish were left wandering in the water.
Not surprisingly.
Although this investigation and punishment occurred when the demolition and relocation of Huadi Bay was imminent, it seemed to have a sense of forced relocation and some motives were impure, but it was indeed justified and well founded, and it could even be said that it was well investigated. Because of the existence of corals and bricks, almost all seawater stores around the world are selling protected species, and it is well known that sales and imports and exports require relevant documents, but many merchants are too lazy to do so that as long as they check, it is a bumper harvest.
It is indeed difficult to do, but this is not a reason for unlicensed sales, once investigated, people and creatures will suffer - these corals, the relevant departments themselves can not feed, or destroy, or sell, or release, and in their way of release, it is better to feed the parrotfish directly. Even if it is for the sake of life, it should be operated in accordance with the law.
In Huadi Bay, conservation species are not uncommon
This storm is undoubtedly a heavy blow to the domestic seawater market. After the incident, the entire aquarium circle almost exploded, and major public accounts rushed to write articles to analyze the causes and consequences of the incident and call on people to operate legally. But similar things will happen again unless we know what to sell and what not to sell and strictly abide by it.
That's why I'm writing this, in the past two days, I've taken up too many questions about the appendix, and as someone who can recite the fish part of the appendix, it's better to write an article directly to tell you which species visible in the aquarium market are protected in the country.
CITES Appendix Species and National Protected Animals Visible in the Domestic Aquarium Market:
<h1>Hydra</h1>
Porous pyrifos Millepora (fire coral)
CITES Appendix II National Grade II Protected Animals
The genus Porous Lynx is the only genus under the family Porous Hydra, which looks a lot like coral and also constructs branched skeletons, but is actually a taxon under the Hydra family. Porous flies are not common on the market, but sometimes they are available, and The Stylasteridae in Appendix II may also be available.
<h1>Corals</h1>
Stony coral order Scleractinia
Stony corals in the aquarium world is divided into SPS and LPS two categories, the former is fully known as Small polyp stoney coral (small hydra body durae coral), mainly including staghorn coral, the latter full name Lage polyp stoney coral (large water hydra body durophyllary coral), including true leaf coral and microporous coral family, etc., in many cases LPS is also mistakenly included sheng coral, sea chicken head, six-herding insects, coral-like and other taxa, but this is actually wrong, LPS is just stony coral. All stony corals are listed in the appendix, whether it is LPS or SPS.
<h1>Tubipora is a genus of corona</h1>
The genus Sheng Coral is the only genus in the family Sheng Coral, belonging to the sea chicken head (the appendix belongs to the order Polystem), and the corresponding trade name of this genus is "Star Flower".
<h1>Bivalvia</h1>
Genus Tridacna (except Macrocarpus) Tridacna (Five-clawed shellfish & Pinus)
Tridacna gigas (Gigs Bay)
CITES Appendix II Protected Animals at National Level
Hippopus (five-clawed shell)
The five-clawed shell is also a pot, which is a collective name for a series of species such as tridacna crocea, tridacna maxima, Tridacna maxima, Tridacna noae, scaleless (Tridacna derasa), hippopus hippopus, and porcelain cockpopus (Hippopus porcellanus). The stones on the market are Tridacna rosewateri, Tridacna squamosa, Tridacna gigas, etc., which means that both the brick and the five-clawed shell are protected.
It is said that the current South Pacific five-clawed shellfish (scaleless shellfish) are artificially bred, true or false I do not know whether it is not commented on, but even if it is artificially bred, it also needs relevant documents.
Tridacna gigas
<h1>Meat-finned fishes</h1>
Neoceratodus forsteri
CITES Appendix II, National Grade II Protected Animals
The current artificial reproduction of Australian lungs is actually quite mature, and the market is basically artificially bred, but it is a pity that most of the Australian lungs on the market are smuggled, so that as long as it is investigated, there will be problems, although these Australian lungs have long had nothing to do with wild populations.
<h1>Ray-finned fish</h1>
Aphyocypris lini
National second-level protected animals
Bai Jin's Erbao was once thought to be extinct, and after its rediscovery, it was afraid that it would be extinct again. The main threat of lin's crucian carp now may be development, the production area is greatly threatened by construction, although there are individual circulation among enthusiasts, but these individuals will not be used to breed, once the wild collapse, these artificially raised individuals should disappear.
Tanichthys albonubes
The same is Bai Jin's second guarantee, although the artificial individual has been able to fully meet the market, but some merchants will still specialize in selling wild individuals, and clearly marked as "wild white cloud gold wire", which is not a good thing.
Holacanthus clarionensis (orange fairy)
The new appendix species were only listed in the appendix in December 2016. The price of the Sierra Leone stingray is high, and few people will buy it, although it is an ornamental fish, but perhaps the inclusion in the appendix is another consideration.
Hippocampus of the hippocampus
Bai Jin's appendix, now fishermen catch wild seahorses are still stuffed into the bottle, this appendix is not because of the problem of aquarium industry, but if one day a whim to check a wave of seahorses is estimated to suffer from the aquarium market.
The Kuda hippocampus (H. kuda), one of the most common medicinal seahorses, is vulnerable
Spike-whiskered carp Probarbus jullieni (Golden Seven-striped Giant Carp)
CITES Appendix I Protected Animals at the National Level
Endangered, the situation is the same as the Australian lungfish
Spoon-nosed sturgeon Polyodon spathula
Huso dauricus (Daurboll)
Although it is Appendix II, all individuals on the market come from artificial breeding. Both species are heavily bred for food and only rarely enter the aquarium market.
Spoon sturgeon (Polyodon spathula)
Arapaima gigas (walrus)
Beautiful Arapaima Scleropages formosus (Green Dragon)
Arapaima Scleropages macrocephalus
Arapaima Scleropages aureus
Scleropages legendrei (Red Dragon)
Scleropages inscriptus
Collectively known as the Asian Arowana, all Asian Arowana on the market comes from artificial breeding, but the legal Asian Arowana needs a chip in the body to confirm its identity, otherwise it is still illegal
Arapaima
Giant toothless Pangasianodon gigas (Mekong giant catfish)
CITES Appendix I, Protected Animals at the National Level
One of the world's largest freshwater fish, it is extremely dangerous, with occasional fish shops entering, but with extremely low visibility.
Corrugated lipfish Cheilinus undulatus
Endangered, this is mainly eaten into the appendix, and has nothing to do with the aquarium trade, but there are still fish shops that are not afraid of big things, and occasionally they will enter some corrugated lip fish, at least I have seen one
Pterapogon kauderni (Balinese angel)
Officially agreed by Indonesia, it will be included in the appendix
<h1>Lizards</h1>
Two-clawed turtle Carettochelys insculpta
Australian individuals are prohibited from exporting, so everything on the market comes from New Guinea, but because of the restrictions in Appendix I, all international trade is blocked and there is no legal route. The two-clawed turtle has so far at least not been able to reproduce commercially, and the so-called artificial breeding individuals on the market are all picking eggs by the river and hatching, which is no different from wild individuals.
Caretta caretta
CITES Appendix I, National Grade II Protected Animals
Green sea turtle Chelonia mydas
Tortoiseshell Eretmochelys imbricata
All turtles cannot be artificially bred commercially, and all so-called captive breeding individuals on the market are egg picking and hatching, which is illegal. The international trade of sea turtles is locked down by Appendix I, and there is no legal route. At present, there are even diluted green turtles and diluted hawksbill turtles on the market, but sea turtles cannot actually be diluted, so that individuals raised in fresh water will eventually die painfully after a period of time.
Tortoiseshell (Eretmochelys imbricata)
No, it feels a bit rotten, but too lazy to write