Losing Nemo: Almost All Aquarium Fish in the US Are Caught in the Wild

Exotic Pet Fish Owners Are Accidentally Ruining the Ocean

Your living room aquarium filled with exotic fish might be one of the many reasons the planet isn’t doing so well right now. New research reveals that a crazy 90 percent of aquarium fish sold in the U.S. are wild-caught, not bred in captivity. That means every time someone buys a neon tetra or clownfish from an online retailer, there’s a solid chance it was yanked straight from a coral reef. Of course, that’s disrupting delicate ocean ecologies.…

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Losing Nemo: Almost all aquarium fish in the US are caught in the wild

New research has revealed that about 90% of marine aquarium fish sold by online retailers in the United States are sourced directly from wild populations, mostly in the western Pacific and Indian Ocean. With the US accounting for around two-thirds of all global aquarium fish imports, researchers warn that this reliance on wild capture threatens the sustainability of coral reef ecosystems and puts endangered and threatened species at greater risk…

Almost all aquarium fish in the US are caught in the wild, research finds

A clownfish in Bali, Indonesia. Image: Bing Lin 90 per cent of aquarium fish sold by US online retailers sourced directly from wild populations By Victoria Heath New research, published in Conservation Biology, has revealed around 90 per cent of marine aquarium fish sold by online retailers in the US are sourced directly from wild populations, mainly those in the western Pacific and Indian Ocean. The US accounts for around two-thirds of all glob…

Losing Nemo: almost all aquarium fish in the US are caught in the wild