We need people to keep fish in aquariums because most of them are going to be extinct in 30 years.
Do you really think many will be extinct so soon? Is there like a list other than CITES about fish that are almost extinct in the wild that we need to preserve? I know that corydoras world keeps a list of breeders of which species of cories etc, trying to preserve species that are at risk from human encroachment and habitat loss... it's devastating what humans have done to the planet. And each other...
I think the planet is screwed and everything that needs oxygen is dead unless people make drastic changes immediately. All the governments going on about reducing emissions to 0 by 2050 is rubbish. We need it done yesterday.
I doubt there are lists of fish that need saving besides CITES list. The WA Department of Fisheries doesn't even know what half the fish are in this state and doesn't care. They simply say "You can't take those fish or we will charge you". I was trying to get some Galaxias truttaceous that are endangered due to the government selling the surrounding land to a farmer sometime between 2016 & 2020, who cleared all the native bush to grow grass for cattle even though there are hundreds of acres of grazing land already in the area. The area was the last feeding ground for white tail black cockatoos and numerous rare and endangered animals and plants, most of which are now virtually extinct. The fish themselves are endangered from pollution from farm runoff, lack of rain and the introduction of non-native fishes that eat the natives and introduce awful diseases that kill the native fish. Instead of being allowed to take some of these fish into captivity for breeding purposes, we have to sit back and watch them disappear because of stupid government rules that do nothing to help or save the species.
These aren't the only fish being wiped out. There are Galaxiella species, Lepidogalaxias salamandroides, various perch and lots of rainbowfish losing habitat and dying from lack of rainfall in WA, and then there are other species around the rest of the country that are suffering the same fate. There is a hairy marron (freshwater crayfish) that was around when dinosaurs existed. It is being wiped out by lack of habitat and rainfall, and by the introduction of other species by the government.
The same government releases trout into native waterways so people can go fishing. The trout farms have Fish TB in them and that is confirmed by the government's own fish scientists, but it doesn't stop them releasing hundreds of thousands of introduced species into native waterways every year. And the trout eat the native fish and the food the native fishes need.
Spread this out over the globe and it isn't looking good for any fish, bird, plant, animal, insect, spider or reptile.
Serious damage has been done to the environment and we have already gone past the point of no return sign. Even if we stop all greenhouse gas emissions today, it will take years before things settle down, and significantly longer to get slightly back on track to having normal weather patterns and rainfall.
None of this means anything when the human race is growing at an alarming rate and chopping down every tree around them. Without the trees, there is nothing to encourage rain or to transpire water vapour into the atmosphere, nothing to stop the wind blowing, nothing to stop the soil eroding away, nowhere for animals and birds to live. We need to get greenhouse gasses under control now and replant the planet otherwise were all toast.
Sorry if this sounds alarming but this is a serious issue that needs to be dealt with right now, not in 5 or 10 years time and certainly not in 30 years time. We simply don't have that time left. It's now or never.