>The question of allowing mariculturists to sell their clams on the
>world market is a question not confined to clams. It is one that
>comes up for any endangered wildlife. If a country is successful at
>protecting and propagating a wildlife resource, should they not
>profit from it? Allowing farmers to sell their clams encourages them
>to remain in operation and expand production. A danger is that it
>may promote illegal harvesting of the remaining and possibly
>endangered and protected wild stock. Origin may become blurred with
>a legal market, to which illegally obtained animals may be
>incorporated. This is stated much more simply than it reality it is.
>It is an ongoing debate.

That is why I suggested that proof of origin be given with purchase.
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Andrew Grebneff
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