List of captive - bred fish and availability

[Anemone]

National Geographic has an article encouraging hobbyists to buy captive-bred fish for conservation reasons and they linked to this cool color coded list of what's been bred and how hard each one is to find for sale. This may be old news to some but seemed interesting enough to share.

Links:

 

http://www.reef2rainforest.com/2015/12/22/captive-bred-marine-fish-species-list-2016/

 

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/05/160503-marine-aquarium-trade-captive-bred-wild-caught-fish/?google_editors_picks=true

[sen5241b]

ORA Inc., in Florida,  breeds a lot of fish too including the Mandarin Dragonette. 

 

Captive bred fish are best because there are no impact on the reef.  I would buy non captive bred fish if I knew sustainable harvest was being used.