Willy Wombat Posted February 28, 2005 Share Posted February 28, 2005 Link to news article Im thinking highly valuable species like koi, etc might end up using a system like this in the not too distant future. Interesting potential. I guess for the entrepreneurs - it would also have some interesting smuggling potential. By the way - Obviously i wouldnt support the use of this technology to create more hybrids in the ornamental hobby. I was more angling at "stud" breeding from the really good stock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlakeyBoyR Posted February 28, 2005 Share Posted February 28, 2005 I agree, the smuggling potential is there but you'd have to be pretty determined to smuggle frozen fish sperm from country to country. I'd be curious what the commercial applications could be for cichlids Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ducksta Posted February 28, 2005 Share Posted February 28, 2005 Wonders about a loophole in the "Live Specimen Import" department Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ged Posted March 1, 2005 Share Posted March 1, 2005 I believe the collection techniques used to collect the sperm will restrict it to larger specimens rather than the majority of fish species. The following article relates to cryopreservation of tilapia in the Phillipines http://www.da.gov.ph/updates/tilapia_sperm.html Gerard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r.d.m Posted March 1, 2005 Share Posted March 1, 2005 an aquaintance of mine brought koi eggs from japan in damp sphagnum moss , the fish are now in his pond , im not sure if this is legal or not . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ducksta Posted March 1, 2005 Share Posted March 1, 2005 If the eggs weren't illegal, the sphagnum moss was An easy way to determine if it was illegal would be A. did he declare it to customs. B. were they kept in AQIS supervised/approved quarantine? I am thinking the answer is no to both of these questions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willy Wombat Posted March 1, 2005 Author Share Posted March 1, 2005 It depends if he lives in Australia or not, and how long ago he did this! Koi are not actually on the live animal import schedule - so importing viable eggs these days would make it illegal. Koi can actually carry a number of nasty diseases that are exotic to Australia - so i would definately recomend that this practice not be repeated by others. If a disease was to come in you would feel pretty terrible if you were the person(s) responsible for stopping Australian exporters from conducting valuable business. Anyway.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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