marine ornamental fish culture in UK

[nickjones]

Hi,

I'm involved with a project aimed at assessing the potential of captive production techniques of marine fish for the ornamental aquarium sector. I'm trying to get a feel for the UK market and would like to hear from anyone in the UK who is culturing tropical marine ornamental fish, whether it be at home, or commercially. Which species are you culturing? How frequently do you culture them? How many fish do you produce? Do you sell them on? Where to? How much for? Alternatively, do you preferentially buy tank bred fish over wild caught fish? Are you prepared to pay a premium for tank bred fish? Are there any species that you would like to see available as tank bred specimens which aren't currently available?

Many thanks,

N.Jones (osp259@bangor.ac.uk)