Interesting Documentary with Regards to Keeping Wild Caught Fish

This documentary is quite a watch and I highly recommend anyone watching it. It's a documentary that pertains to the benefits of keeping wild-caught South American fish, which shows the Piaberos, local fishermen, catching and selling fish that are from the Amazon. Our main objective is to support the Piaberos by buying WC South American fish, which in turn, helps with their business, not only in themself but to their families. For those who are interested in watching the documentary, it is called "Wild Caught: Aquarium Fish Trade of the Amazon." Hopefully, those who have watched the documentary will get an understanding of why it's important to keep wild-caught fish.

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How much does a membership to Vimeo cost

5$ to see it once is kinda overpriced

 

Free to join, if I'm not mistaken. However, you have to pay in order to watch the documentary.

5$ to see it once is kinda overpriced

Or you can pay $15 to watch anytime as opposed to pay $5 to watch it in one day.

 

This documentary is quite a watch and I highly recommend anyone watching it. It's a documentary that pertains to the benefits of keeping wild-caught South American fish, which shows the Piaberos, local fishermen, catching and selling fish that are from the Amazon. Our main objective is to support the Piaberos by buying WC South American fish, which in turn, helps with their business, not only in themself but to their families. For those who are interested in watching the documentary, it is called "Wild Caught: Aquarium Fish Trade of the Amazon." Hopefully, those who have watched the documentary will get an understanding of why it's important to keep wild-caught fish.

Watch Wild Caught: Aquarium Fish Trade of the Amazon Online | Vimeo On Demand

I've been meaning to watch it, it sounds extremely interesting!

 

This documentary is quite a watch and I highly recommend anyone watching it. It's a documentary that pertains to the benefits of keeping wild-caught South American fish, which shows the Piaberos, local fishermen, catching and selling fish that are from the Amazon. Our main objective is to support the Piaberos by buying WC South American fish, which in turn, helps with their business, not only in themself but to their families. For those who are interested in watching the documentary, it is called "Wild Caught: Aquarium Fish Trade of the Amazon." Hopefully, those who have watched the documentary will get an understanding of why it's important to keep wild-caught fish.

Watch Wild Caught: Aquarium Fish Trade of the Amazon Online | Vimeo On Demand

I almost reposted this. I found it on YouTube. Very well done and informative. Most of my plecos are wild caught.

 

It is free on YouTube. I have watched it, it is interesting and very well made, though perhaps slightly biased towards the positive aspects of the wild caught trade.

 

It is free on YouTube. I have watched it, it is interesting and very well made, though perhaps slightly biased towards the positive aspects of the wild caught trade.

I’ll have to check it out. I would have thought that monitoring, regulations and management practices ensuring the sustainability of the species involved (and therefore of the business itself) would necessarily be a primary focus of such a doco?

 

I just watched this. Fun doc. I’ve bought fish from some of those guys.

 

Yes, I enjoyed watching it, not least because it reminded me of when we were working in that area in the late 80s. As well as many aquarium companies being involved it was also sponsored by Conservation International and the IUCN, which does add credibility to the production.. It makes a good case for not banning the trade in wild caught aquarium fish, and providing a livelihood for families who would otherwise be involved in more harmful activities. The fishing methods they use are basic and rely on seasonal dry seasons, many of the fish caught would have died otherwise, trapped in drying pools. But the film did not really discuss sustainability issues except with regard to the cardinals. One piabero said he no longer fished for discus, but it was unclear whether this was due to a lack of demand because of the increased availability of tank bred fish, or because they were now becoming more difficult to catch. It also does not mention that there may be some rare and endemic species that may be threatened by the wildlife trade, or how many fish are lost during transport to their destinations. In the beginning it said it was going to be an objective look considering positive and negative aspects of the trade. I don't think they discussed the negative, or how sustainability is controlled. However, it is definitely well worth watching.

 

I watched it once it became free on YouTube, couldn't see paying them after the industry donated all the money to have it made, then they turned around and charged for it. Pretty good doc!