There's an intersting thread at reefcentral about an LA times story on the aquarium trade's reaction to "Finding Nemo" (that is the name of the movie, right?)

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showth...5&pagenumber=1

Check it out. My initial response is to see this as an opportunity to actively promote tank raised fish, as oscellaris clowns are the most popular and readily available tank raised marine fish. Also, inland aquatics is currently selling tank reared regal tangs; larvae are harvested and raised in aquariums. This lowers the environmental impact, because the vast majority of these larvae would not survive, and the amount of larvae harvested is not enough to make a serious impact on the marine food chain, I assume.

Eventually, tank raised reef animals will dominate the hobby, just as soon as it's cheaper to produce them than to capture wild animals. Unfortunately , this may only ocurr when the impact on the reef has been so great as to reduce fish/coral populations to the point where wild animals cannot keep up with demand. I would actively support further regulation on the harvesting of animals for the aquarium trade, even if it doubled or tripled the cost of wild caught reef animals. In my opinion, this would only hasten the development of widescale reef animal captive breeding.

Matt