Marine Ornamental Species Collection Culture and Conservation

Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 10
Acknowledgments......Page 12
Contributors......Page 14
Introduction......Page 20
Color plates......Page 210
I. Introduction......Page 28
1. Marine Ornamentals Industry 2001: Priority Recommendations for a Sustainable Future......Page 30
2. Culture of Marine Ornamentals: For Love, for Money, and for Science......Page 38
A. Trade, Marketing, and Economics......Page 56
3. International Trade in Marine Aquarium Species: Using the Global Marine Aquarium Database......Page 58
4. World Trade in Ornamental Species......Page 76
5. The Consumption of Marine Ornamental Fish in the United States: A Description from U.S. Import Data......Page 92
6 The U.S. Wholesale Marine Ornamental Market: Trade, Landings, and Market Opinions......Page 104
B. Health Management......Page 118
7. Disease Diagnosis in Ornamental Marine Fish: A Retrospective Analysis of 129 Cases......Page 120
8. Captive Nutritional Management of Herbivorous Reef Fish Using Surgeonfish (Acanthuridae) as a Model......Page 128
C. Certification......Page 134
9. The Marine Aquarium Industry and Reef Conservation......Page 136
10. Wholesale and Retail Break-Even Prices for MAC-Certified Queen Angelfish (Holancanthus ciliaris)......Page 152
D. Management......Page 166
11. Community-Based Management of Coral Reefs: An Essential Requisite for Certification of Marine Aquarium Products Harvested from Reefs under Customary Marine Tenure......Page 168
12. Sustainable Management Guidelines for Stony Coral Fisheries......Page 194
A. Live Rock Cultivation......Page 230
13. The Economics of Live Rock and Live Coral Aquaculture......Page 232
14. Aquacultured Live Rock as an Alternative to Imported Wild-Harvested Live Rock: An Update......Page 254
B. Ornamental Shrimp......Page 266
15. Overview of Marine Ornamental Shrimp Aquaculture......Page 268
C. Corals......Page 278
16. Coral Culture—Possible Future Trends and Directions......Page 280
A. Hatchery Methods......Page 296
17. Research on Culturing the Early Life Stages of Marine Ornamental Fish......Page 298
18. Out-of-Season Spawning of the Rainbow Shark, Epalzeorhynchus frenatus: Freshwater Hatchery Technology with Marine Potential......Page 302
B. Feeding and Nutrition......Page 310
19. Advances in the Culture of Rotifers for Use in Rearing Marine Ornamental Fish......Page 312
C. Seahorses......Page 322
20. Factors Affecting Successful Culture of the Seahorse, Hippocampus abdominalis Leeson, 1827......Page 324
21. Rearing the Coral Seahorse, Hippocampus barbouri, on Live and Inert Prey......Page 336
22. The Copepod/Artemia Tradeoff in the Captive Culture of Hippocampus erectus, a Vulnerable Species in Lower New York State......Page 344
A. Museums and Public Aquariums......Page 352
23. The Role of Public Aquariums in the Conservation and Sustainability of the Marine Ornamentals Trade......Page 354
B. Collectors......Page 372
24. Trends Determined by Cyanide Testing on Marine Aquarium Fish in the Philippines......Page 374
C. Hobbyists......Page 388
25. Cultured Marine Ornamentals—Retail Consumer Perspectives......Page 390
D. Government......Page 398
26. Balancing Collection and Conservation of Marine Ornamental Species in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary......Page 400
E. NGOs/Environmental Management......Page 408
27. Wild-Caught Marine Species and the Ornamental Aquatic Industry......Page 410
28. Transforming the Marine Ornamentals Industry: A Business Approach......Page 418
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