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I noticed Shrimpmart now has Metabetaeus lohena on sale for $5.99 until 21 April. I don't think I will get these any time soon but it is a good price in case anyone wants them. I think it used to be $9.99:

http://shrimpmart.bigcartel.com/product ... ine-shrimp

We know Lohena can't captive breed so Shrimpmart is getting them from a ............

Exactly...

Have you seen this finding. Here's a quote

"The research team had previously done DNA analysis of the various Hawaiian native shrimp populations, and found that the shrimps in different areas are sufficiently unique that they can be distinguished from one another by region.

For this work, published in the February 2009 issue of the journal Animal Conservation, they collected shrimps being sold in the aquarium trade and compared their DNA with those previously studied.

What they found is that most of the shrimps are from the Big Island, where a few people have permits to collect them, but a few aquarium shrimps are from Maui, where there are no existing collecting permits".

Vorteil wrote:Exactly...

Have you seen this finding. Here's a quote

"The research team had previously done DNA analysis of the various Hawaiian native shrimp populations, and found that the shrimps in different areas are sufficiently unique that they can be distinguished from one another by region.

For this work, published in the February 2009 issue of the journal Animal Conservation, they collected shrimps being sold in the aquarium trade and compared their DNA with those previously studied.

What they found is that most of the shrimps are from the Big Island, where a few people have permits to collect them, but a few aquarium shrimps are from Maui, where there are no existing collecting permits".

Yeah, There was a conversation about this in the past. Wonder if there a list of the permit holders in the big island?