Recent content by jake levi

My experience with transhipping was the first few shipments were fine, after that anything goes as far as the shipper is concerned.

My feel on reading it was that this is a trend that is going to snowball with major restrictions that will impact heavily on the industry/hobby. Its appearing in the 'popular' press such as Reuters and a popular 'science' mag means a lot of uniformed are going to be jumping on the 'the govt...

In the FWIW department, considering Reuters is about as reliable as 'national enquirer', this for you to consider or no. Decay of World Coral Reef Threatens Ocean Wonders Thu Feb 14, 3:15 PM ET By Mark John PARIS (Reuters) - Human abuse risks turning the world's coral reefs into...

It would seem that some common sense would dictate to those involved that the market for captive produced products should be getting better both from an availability standpoint as well as competitivness in quality. Thats the upside, the downside is that I am quite sure that this is going to...

Naesco why should any retail people be offended? The title of the thread is 'Education Level of NON-retail establishments'. It seems to be a consensus that solutions to the industry problems lay through education, knowing WHO is to be addressed seems pretty basic to me. I still maintain the...

The educational level is relevant in finding out/determining what educational approach to the problems of the industry are appropriate. And the problems are rampant to the point of my perspective that I think the industry isnt too far away from self destructing for failing to deal with its...

Mary has been developing both suitable and unsuitable lists right here for all to see. Between them they make up a pretty large number of the species available. However, if the aquarist has seen a species offered for sale that has also been publicized on the 'unsuitable lists' he already knows...

Contact CQuest, you can drive right to them.

I have never done any business with 'aquacon', having been warned off by some friends who told me to consider carefully what their name actually means.

I would suggest devising a protocol in which it is in the business's best interests $-wise to adhere to following the lists reccommendations. This would have to be a multi-pronged approach in educating the hobbyists as to what has some liveability, and the retailers and the...

A 'propagation permit' would be a permit to import a stated number of a species for the purpose of propagation/captive breeding/rearing. NOT a permit for open ended imports to frag or divide. A permit to obtain seed stock to propagate. Sexually,asexual or division.

As others here, I have ordered the 'impossibles' and learned the hard way. When commenting to distributors I get the old answer 'others seem to keep them', which is a half truth which means its a lie. 'Others' do keep them, a month or three and then it dies. I think the lists are a good start...

whynot get back on topic?? ceasing to order Fijian corals will just put some collectors/exporters out of business, and wouldnt affect the govt one bit. They could care less in the short run, whichever partisan group is represented. Better to cooperate with CITES and the exporters, work on...

Industry willnot clean up its act as history demonstrates. Chief among them are chains such as petco that have stores staffed with min wage employees who couldnt care less, I would offer the petco stores anywhere as examples. What Mary started with 'good lists' and 'bad lists' is a cure for...

Most all species of rabbit fish will eat it. jake