I found someone else's video of wally.
[video=youtube;sGNNBE659Ps]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGNNBE659Ps[/video]
Mostprobably I met the same fish haha. Unfortunately these fish are now on the endangered species list in many parts of the world due to them being hunted for their
distinctive lips thought by many to contain aphrodisiac properties.
WTF!!!
Some interesting facts about Wally:
he humphead wrasse is long-lived, but has a very slow breeding rate. Its numbers have declined due to a number of threats, including:
Intensive and species-specific removal in the live reef food fish trade throughout its core range in South-East Asia [5]
Spearfishing at night with SCUBA gear
Destructive fishing techniques, including sodium cyanide and dynamite
Habitat loss and degradation
Juveniles being taken from the wild and raised or “cultured” in floating net cages until saleable size
A developing export market for juvenile humphead wrasse for the marine aquarium trade
Lack of coordinated, consistent national and regional management
Illegal, unregulated, or unreported fisheries
The fish is listed on the IUCN Red list as Endangered and on Appendix II of CITES.[5]
The species has historically been fished commercially in northern Australia, but has been protected in Queensland since 2003 and Western Australia since 1998.[5]
In Guangdong Province, southern mainland China, permits are required for the sale of this species; Indonesia allows fishing only for research, mariculture, and licensed artisanal fishing; the Maldives instituted an export ban in 1995; Papua New Guinea prohibits export of fish over 2 ft (65 cm) total length; and Niue has banned all fishing for this species.
The humphead wrasse is a U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service Species of Concern. Species of Concern are those species about which the NMFS, has some concerns regarding status and threats, but for which insufficient information is available to indicate a need to list the species under the Endangered Species Act.
