Comments on: Hobby Gets Another Black Eye: 610 Fish Found in Trash

By: Sard

Sard — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 19:15:00 +0000

Its fascinating that people get ‘outraged’ over a few hundred dead yellow tangs, but have no qualms about the millions of tons of fish taken from commercial fishing for food. I guess yellow tangs get more support because they are cuter than sardines or mackerel?

By: Sard

Sard — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 18:15:31 +0000

Its fascinating that people get 'outraged' over a few hundred dead yellow tangs, but have no qualms about the millions of tons of fish taken from commercial fishing for food. I guess yellow tangs get more support because they are cuter than sardines or mackerel?

By: matt

matt — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:28:40 +0000

Regulations don't necessarily accomplish this and may exacerbate this type of activity. It's because of regulation that black markets are created….

By: ARC Hater

ARC Hater — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 02:26:57 +0000

I feel this has no reflection on any hobbyist, mistakes happen nobody knows the reason for this so people like jmaneyapanda need to shut up and go back to their fantasy life at ARC

By: oldschoolreefer

oldschoolreefer — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:05:41 +0000

Too bad they couldn't find out who is truly responsible for this outrage! As a reef aquarium hobbyist I go through great lengths and expense to provide the highest quality of life for my fish and coral specimens. Someone should find out who did this and punish them to the fullest extent of the law.

By: kiwikid_1

kiwikid_1 — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 07:39:05 +0000

As a kiwi that truly believes in looking after our environment I can't come to terms with the fact that someone or ones could do this……this is a case where I'm glad the States have such lacks gun Laws

By: Nicholas Sadaka

Nicholas Sadaka — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 14:47:27 +0000

Not even going to give my normal environmental, long-winded speech…devastating.

By: Amberjack

Amberjack — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:01:47 +0000

If that's a fishermans mis-catch, then he really needs his permits revoked. This is really sad for all hobbyist around the world.

By: cojonuo1

cojonuo1 — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 23:29:34 +0000

This may have been a fisherman's trash after he emptied out his nets.

By: Scott

Scott — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 19:12:59 +0000

what if it was a setup… I know this could happen in the aquatic trade, but come on, this could have just as easily been done by animal rights activists who look at it as a few hundred to die to save many thousands of other fish from the aquarium monsters type of thing. “We'll plant all these dead fish in the trash at a local marina and tip the authorities so there will be no more Hawaiian fish collection.” Why is it automatically assumed to be the fish trade. I can't see this happening unless there was a power outage, or some other unavoidable catastrophe. This is a conspiracy theory, but the story seems just a little too ridic. Natural born skeptic here.