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[sdcfish]

Steve....

Great stuff...very enjoyable looking at the photos.....wait...let me wipe my drooling mouth! LOL......

Be safe.....and enjoy!

 

[clarionreef]

Thanks guys,

Although I am biased toward things that move....we are also surveying and cataloging reef stuff as well.
See below a few hi-lights...green center palythoas and green stars.
Steve

 

[clarionreef]

Look at these oddballs.
steve
Photos;
Eco EZ
mine cuz their not as good as Renantes

 

[clarionreef]

The coolest ritteri anemone I have ever seen!
Steve

 

[clarionreef]

Never mind the lineatus tang, check out the zoanthids behind him.
Steve
EcoEz

 

[clarionreef]

There are literally fields of Green daisy polyps...the place is infested with it.
Steve
@EcoEz

 

[sdcfish]

Keep the eye candy coming! That truly is a bad arse ritteri anemone...

Imagine that in a 55 hex with 12 true perc clowns and MH pendant.....oooooh baby!

Thanks SteveO! Looks like fun to me!

 

[clarionreef]

Here is a shot of the EcoEz survey team.
Philip and Selma are the local Papuan marine surveyers and Atoy and Renante are the Filipino contingent.
Steve

 

[naesco]

Keep the eye candy coming! That truly is a bad arse ritteri anemone...

Imagine that in a 55 hex with 12 true perc clowns and MH pendant.....oooooh baby!

Thanks SteveO! Looks like fun to me![/quote

Not a chance. Steve already posted that they are leaving the anemones in the sea but sustainably capturing some clowns. Picture that!

 

[sdcfish]

Naesco.....

Call me a dreamer then! Still.....what an awesome ritteri....

E

 

[naesco]

Eric, Steve

What are the possibilities of offering for sale this as a small aqua-cultured anemone?
Thank you

Wayne Ryan

 

[clarionreef]

Huh?
The large wild ritteri...... you suggest should be sold as a small aqua-cultured ritteri?
Whats the punch line?
Steve
and I don't sell anything, I'm just training.

 

[clarionreef]

Wayne,
Where is that question coming from?
Perhaps you coud re-state it.

 

[naesco]

Wayne,
Where is that question coming from?
Perhaps you coud re-state it.

Not only the size but the colouring is spectacular.

Sorry!
Encouraging the production of baby anemones by what ever means on-site and offering them for sale.

 

[clarionreef]

ayy nako
Wayne,
The desire for tank raised everything races far, far ahead of the capability right now.
How is this not incredibly clear?
Windfall for well managed seas feed fisherman.
Putting all the worlds fisherman out of work may be a goal for some but its sure not something I want to be a party to.
[I have feeding people in lab coats futher down on the priority list.]

Feed a fisherman...buy sustainably managed properly collected livestock with a quota, a total allowable catch and a management plan.
That ritteri will probabaly remain on the reef for another 40 years as they live a long time...Most that are collected and shipped die....they have the highest mortality of all the anemones.
They are not common in nature and probably not ever going to be defensible on scientific grounds. IMO they are far more a credible candidate for a scientific [ not political] USL then most of the unwanted fishes on it now.
Nobody wants a chevron butterfly and they get on a list.
Everyone wants these...and they never appear on the list.
If and when ritteri anemone breeding becomes viable like say...clownfish breeding then perhaps some can be taken....but to sell em in the pretense of breeding them ... like so many things that never get even close to being bred at all is hardly a good idea.
A serious breeding project could of course be entertained. [ self division in someones private tank doesn't count!]

Steve

 

[naesco]

ayy nako
Wayne,
The desire for tank raised everything races far, far ahead of the capability right now.
How is this not incredibly clear?
Windfall for well managed seas feed fisherman.
Putting all the worlds fisherman out of work may be a goal for some but its sure not something I want to be a party to.
[I have feeding people in lab coats futher down on the priority list.]

Feed a fisherman...buy sustainably managed properly collected livestock with a quota, a total allowable catch and a management plan.
That ritteri will probabaly remain on the reef for another 40 years as they live a long time...Most that are collected and shipped die....they have the highest mortality of all the anemones.
They are not common in nature and probably not ever going to be defensible on scientific grounds. IMO they are far more a credible candidate for a scientific [ not political] USL then most of the unwanted fishes on it now.
Nobody wants a chevron butterfly and they get on a list.
Everyone wants these...and they never appear on the list.
If and when ritteri anemone breeding becomes viable like say...clownfish breeding then perhaps some can be taken....but to sell em in the pretense of breeding them ... like so many things that never get even close to being bred at all is hardly a good idea.
A serious breeding project could of course be entertained. [ self division in someones private tank doesn't count!]

Steve

Excellent!
Thanks, Steve

Wayne

 

[PeterIMA]

Steve, Can you explain what is being done to implement "a sustainable management plan" in PNG. How will the underwater surveys that you are conducting be utillized for management purposes? Does this only apply to the marine ornamentals fisheries?

Peter

 

[Anonymous]

Trolling for ideas Peter :lol:

 

[Anonymous]

Feed a fisherman...buy sustainably managed properly collected livestock with a quota, a total allowable catch and a management plan.

That would be great. Be sure to let us know when it will be possible to actually do it.

 

[clarionreef]

I don't think its that big a deal...except for the fact that we have been conditioned for defeat like the Chicago Cubs fans were for so many years.
All you need is the right team and leadership and anything can happen.
Now...take the wrong team and leadership and its hard to make anything happen.
How on earth does losing for a long time mean you can never win a pennant?
Winning teams have been put together in many places, just not for this kind of issue.
A guy like Vince Lombardi woulda solved this thing in the early 80's.
Steve