Extent of threats to marine fish from the online aquarium trade in the United States.

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Autori principali: Lin, Bing, Zeng, Yiwen, To, Bryan, Holmberg, Robert J, Rhyne, Andrew L, Tlusty, Michael, Wilcove, David S
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Pubblicazione: Conservation biology : the journal of the Society for Conservation Biology 2026
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author Lin, Bing
Zeng, Yiwen
To, Bryan
Holmberg, Robert J
Rhyne, Andrew L
Tlusty, Michael
Wilcove, David S
author_facet Lin, Bing
Zeng, Yiwen
To, Bryan
Holmberg, Robert J
Rhyne, Andrew L
Tlusty, Michael
Wilcove, David S
Lin, Bing
Zeng, Yiwen
To, Bryan
Holmberg, Robert J
Rhyne, Andrew L
Tlusty, Michael
Wilcove, David S
collection PubMed - marine biology
contents Extent of threats to marine fish from the online aquarium trade in the United States. Lin, Bing Zeng, Yiwen To, Bryan Holmberg, Robert J Rhyne, Andrew L Tlusty, Michael Wilcove, David S Animals United States Conservation of Natural Resources Fishes Commerce Aquaculture Endangered Species Fisheries Internet The global marine aquarium hobby is a multibillion-dollar industry, largely driven by demand from the United States. Much of this trade occurs online. We web scraped 4 major US-based e-commerce platforms selling marine aquarium fish to determine the retail price and source (wild capture, aquaculture, or both) of 13 families of ray-finned marine fish (Actinopterygii). We supplemented this with ecological and economic trait data from FishBase and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Across all platforms and 13 popular fish taxonomic families, we found 734 unique species for sale, 89.2% (655 species) of which were sourced exclusively from the wild. A total of 45 species were of conservation concern (20 threatened species and 25 additional species with decreasing population trends), 38 of which were sourced solely from the wild. Retail price was significantly correlated with source, body length, minimum occupied depth, and schooling behavior. A further 100 species for sale were not listed as being in the aquarium trade in FishBase or by the IUCN, indicating incomplete information on this fishery in 2 important databases. For 58 species (encompassing 71 variants) with both wild-caught and captive-bred individuals for sale, aquaculture fish were a mean 28.1% (95% confidence interval 15.3) cheaper than their wild-caught counterparts.
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spellingShingle Extent of threats to marine fish from the online aquarium trade in the United States.
Lin, Bing
Zeng, Yiwen
To, Bryan
Holmberg, Robert J
Rhyne, Andrew L
Tlusty, Michael
Wilcove, David S
Animals
United States
Conservation of Natural Resources
Fishes
Commerce
Aquaculture
Endangered Species
Fisheries
Internet
Extent of threats to marine fish from the online aquarium trade in the United States. Lin, Bing Zeng, Yiwen To, Bryan Holmberg, Robert J Rhyne, Andrew L Tlusty, Michael Wilcove, David S Animals United States Conservation of Natural Resources Fishes Commerce Aquaculture Endangered Species Fisheries Internet The global marine aquarium hobby is a multibillion-dollar industry, largely driven by demand from the United States. Much of this trade occurs online. We web scraped 4 major US-based e-commerce platforms selling marine aquarium fish to determine the retail price and source (wild capture, aquaculture, or both) of 13 families of ray-finned marine fish (Actinopterygii). We supplemented this with ecological and economic trait data from FishBase and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Across all platforms and 13 popular fish taxonomic families, we found 734 unique species for sale, 89.2% (655 species) of which were sourced exclusively from the wild. A total of 45 species were of conservation concern (20 threatened species and 25 additional species with decreasing population trends), 38 of which were sourced solely from the wild. Retail price was significantly correlated with source, body length, minimum occupied depth, and schooling behavior. A further 100 species for sale were not listed as being in the aquarium trade in FishBase or by the IUCN, indicating incomplete information on this fishery in 2 important databases. For 58 species (encompassing 71 variants) with both wild-caught and captive-bred individuals for sale, aquaculture fish were a mean 28.1% (95% confidence interval 15.3) cheaper than their wild-caught counterparts.
title Extent of threats to marine fish from the online aquarium trade in the United States.
topic Animals
United States
Conservation of Natural Resources
Fishes
Commerce
Aquaculture
Endangered Species
Fisheries
Internet
url https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41060374/