Live reef fish displaying physiological evidence of cyanide poisoning are still traded in the EU marine aquarium industry

Abstract The illegal use of cyanide poisoning to supply live reef fish to several markets is one of the main threats to coral reefs conservation in the Indo-Pacific. The present study performed the first survey ever monitoring the marine aquarium trade in the EU for the presence of physiological evi...

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Autores principales:	Marcela C. M. Vaz, Valdemar I. Esteves, Ricardo Calado
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Publicado:	Nature Portfolio 2017
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:cce8c52461aa4a46998c281f4356457a2021-12-02T12:32:21ZLive reef fish displaying physiological evidence of cyanide poisoning are still traded in the EU marine aquarium industry10.1038/s41598-017-04940-x2045-2322https://doaj.org/article/cce8c52461aa4a46998c281f4356457a2017-07-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-04940-xhttps://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract The illegal use of cyanide poisoning to supply live reef fish to several markets is one of the main threats to coral reefs conservation in the Indo-Pacific. The present study performed the first survey ever monitoring the marine aquarium trade in the EU for the presence of physiological evidence consistent with cyanide poisoning in live reef fish. This survey was also the first one worldwide employing a non-invasive sampling approach. Nearly 15% of the fish screened displayed physiological evidence of being illegally collected using cyanide poisoning (by testing positive for the presence of the thiocyanate anion (SCN−) in their urine). The efforts promoted so far to completely eradicate cyanide caught fish from the marine aquarium trade have not been effective, as our results suggest that their prevalence in the trade is in line with data reported nearly two decades ago. A new paradigm is urgently needed to effectively ban cyanide caught fish from the marine aquarium trade.Marcela C. M. VazValdemar I. EstevesRicardo CaladoNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 1-5 (2017)
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spellingShingle	Medicine R Science Q Marcela C. M. Vaz Valdemar I. Esteves Ricardo Calado Live reef fish displaying physiological evidence of cyanide poisoning are still traded in the EU marine aquarium industry
description	Abstract The illegal use of cyanide poisoning to supply live reef fish to several markets is one of the main threats to coral reefs conservation in the Indo-Pacific. The present study performed the first survey ever monitoring the marine aquarium trade in the EU for the presence of physiological evidence consistent with cyanide poisoning in live reef fish. This survey was also the first one worldwide employing a non-invasive sampling approach. Nearly 15% of the fish screened displayed physiological evidence of being illegally collected using cyanide poisoning (by testing positive for the presence of the thiocyanate anion (SCN−) in their urine). The efforts promoted so far to completely eradicate cyanide caught fish from the marine aquarium trade have not been effective, as our results suggest that their prevalence in the trade is in line with data reported nearly two decades ago. A new paradigm is urgently needed to effectively ban cyanide caught fish from the marine aquarium trade.
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author	Marcela C. M. Vaz Valdemar I. Esteves Ricardo Calado
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title	Live reef fish displaying physiological evidence of cyanide poisoning are still traded in the EU marine aquarium industry
title_short	Live reef fish displaying physiological evidence of cyanide poisoning are still traded in the EU marine aquarium industry
title_full	Live reef fish displaying physiological evidence of cyanide poisoning are still traded in the EU marine aquarium industry
title_fullStr	Live reef fish displaying physiological evidence of cyanide poisoning are still traded in the EU marine aquarium industry
title_full_unstemmed	Live reef fish displaying physiological evidence of cyanide poisoning are still traded in the EU marine aquarium industry
title_sort	live reef fish displaying physiological evidence of cyanide poisoning are still traded in the eu marine aquarium industry
publisher	Nature Portfolio
publishDate	2017
url	https://doaj.org/article/cce8c52461aa4a46998c281f4356457a
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Live reef fish displaying physiological evidence of cyanide poisoning are still traded in the EU marine aquarium industry

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