20 new coral in the Endangered Species Act.
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This stood out to me:
As does this:
My reading of this suggests that they have no intention of going after aquarists or captive growers, but rather that they want to use this ruling as the basis of making the regulations protecting reefs (especially Pacific reefs) more robust.
The ruling seems to suggest that it won't affect private individuals, or anyone that isn't collecting.
Personally, I have zero issue with bans on the wild collection of corals, or even many fish for that matter. I think for many of us, our collections are mostly or completely aquacultured/maricultured pieces, and I'd much rather see early and proactive restrictions on wild capture than blanket bans on ownership.
Given current trends vis a vis climate change, it seems likely that many reefs will degrade further. In the long run, I think it's likely that many of them will either bounce back, or begin to thrive a bit further from the equator. I mean, Scleractinians are a good couple hundred million years old. They've survived multiple global extinction events, including the one that dumped off the Dinosaurs. In the LONG run I'd be shocked to see coral reefs as an ecosystem vanish entirely, but I think at least the next few decades may not be very good for them.
As does this:
My reading of this suggests that they have no intention of going after aquarists or captive growers, but rather that they want to use this ruling as the basis of making the regulations protecting reefs (especially Pacific reefs) more robust.
The ruling seems to suggest that it won't affect private individuals, or anyone that isn't collecting.
Personally, I have zero issue with bans on the wild collection of corals, or even many fish for that matter. I think for many of us, our collections are mostly or completely aquacultured/maricultured pieces, and I'd much rather see early and proactive restrictions on wild capture than blanket bans on ownership.
Given current trends vis a vis climate change, it seems likely that many reefs will degrade further. In the long run, I think it's likely that many of them will either bounce back, or begin to thrive a bit further from the equator. I mean, Scleractinians are a good couple hundred million years old. They've survived multiple global extinction events, including the one that dumped off the Dinosaurs. In the LONG run I'd be shocked to see coral reefs as an ecosystem vanish entirely, but I think at least the next few decades may not be very good for them.
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